Shiki no Irodori Hatago
四季の彩 旅篭
Does Shiki no Irodori Hatago allow tattoos? In a private bath
Every room has its own open-air bath on the gold spring. The ryokan’s house rules refuse tattoos in a large bath, so the room bath is the one to use.
All rooms come with a stone open-air bath for two on the gold spring. The lodging agreement refuses tattooed guests in the large bath, the same sentence its sister ryokan uses, though the ryokan’s pages describe no shared bath at all.
What the hotel says about its baths
全室「金泉の露天風呂付客室」となっております。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The open-air tubs are fed from the Gokuraku source. Rooms run from 60 to 85 m², the largest with its bath in a small garden. Each room except one also has an indoor tub, and that one is not spring water.
The hotel
Reopened in March 2023 after a full renovation. Check-in is 3 to 7:30 p.m. and checkout is 11 a.m.
Good to know
- Gold spring in every room. Only the outdoor tub; the indoor one is plain water.
- Free pickup from the station, the bus stops or the ropeway.
Getting there
Arima-Onsen STN · Kobe Electric Railway
By the ryokan’s car, about 5 minutes.
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. Call on arrival for the free pickup.
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
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the ryokan’s room pages and lodging agreement)
Best for: an adults’ stay where the gold spring is on your own terrace
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