Takayamaso Hanano
高山荘 華野
Does Takayamaso Hanano allow tattoos? In a private bath
Five suites have a spring-water bath of their own, two of them with both the gold and the silver spring. The ryokan publishes no tattoo policy.
Five suites have a bath in the room: two top-floor suites with both of Arima’s springs and three with the silver spring, one of those with its own sauna. The ryokan’s pages say nothing about tattoos in the shared view bath, which can’t be reserved privately.
What the hotel says about its baths
北欧サウナと銀泉の湯を備えた「山法師」は、心身を整える特別な空間です。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The two top-floor suites, opened in January 2025, are 100 m² and 75 m². Yamaboshi has a silver-spring bath, a Nordic sauna and a cold tub; Futaba-aoi and Hakkakuren have a silver-spring indoor bath.
The shared view bath, Hoshi-no-yu, has a gold-spring indoor tub and a silver-spring open-air tub, open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 10 a.m.
The hotel
No children aged 12 or under. Check-in is 3 to 6 p.m. and checkout is by 11 a.m.
Good to know
- Adults only. Children 12 and under aren’t admitted.
- Pickup until 6 p.m. Call from the station or bus stop.
Getting there
Arima-Onsen STN · Kobe Electric Railway
About 10 minutes on foot.
From Sannomiya in Kobe, take the subway to Tanigami, then the Kobe Electric Railway, changing at Arima-guchi, to Arima-Onsen; it’s about 1 hour from Osaka. Express buses from Sannomiya and Osaka also run to the Arima Onsen bus stop. The ryokan picks up from the station or bus stop between 2:30 and 6 p.m.; there is no shuttle back.
Where it is
Arima-Onsen STN
- Hankyu Kobe line 30 min
- Kobe Electric Arima line 35 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Kansai Railway Pass Lite from ¥5,200 · 2 or 3 days Worth it if you’re riding the private lines from Osaka. It covers Kansai’s private railways and subways, including Hankyu from Umeda and the Kobe Electric line to Arima-Onsen. JR trains aren’t covered.
- Himeji Castle, Arima and Mt Rokko day tour Himeji Castle, a stop in Arima Onsen and the view from Mt Rokko, from Osaka.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the operator’s own bath and room pages)
Best for: couples who want a suite with its own bath, and a sauna if they like
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