Arima Royal Hotel
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Does Arima Royal Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath
Rooms with an open-air or semi-open-air tub are available, but the hotel says the room tubs are not spring water. It publishes no tattoo policy for its large bath.
Several room types have an open-air or semi-open-air tub of their own. The hotel states plainly that the bath in the room is not hot spring. It has no private bath to reserve, and its pages say nothing about tattoos in the large bath.
What the hotel says about its baths
近代和風調の和室に信楽焼の露天風呂がついたお部屋です。（お部屋のお風呂は温泉ではありません）
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
One room type has a Shigaraki ceramic open-air tub, another a semi-open-air tub, and two larger rooms add a bedrock bath. All of it is heated plain water.
The gold spring is in the first-floor large bath, which has an open-air bath and a ceramic pot bath and swaps between men and women by time.
The hotel
Check-in is 3 p.m. The hotel runs a free shuttle to the Arima Onsen bus stops on request.
Good to know
- Room tubs are heated plain water, in the hotel’s own words.
- No private bath to reserve. The room tub is the private option.
Getting there
Arima-Onsen STN · Kobe Electric Railway
By the hotel’s free shuttle from the bus stops, on request.
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.
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, or reserve a private bath.
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: a private soak in the room when the water’s source matters less than the privacy
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