SPA TERRACE Shisui
SPA TERRACE 紫翠
Does SPA TERRACE Shisui allow tattoos? In a private bath
Three room types have a bath on a mix of the gold and silver springs, and a private bath is rented for ¥5,500. The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths.
Three room types have a spring-water bath in the room, and one private bath is rented for 50 minutes at ¥5,500, booked at the desk on the day. The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for the shared baths. Its only tattoo sentence is in the notice for the summer pool, which tattooed guests are asked not to use.
What the hotel says about its baths
客室の温泉は名湯有馬の金泉と銀泉の混合泉です。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The rooms with a bath are Tsuzumi-zakura, 55 m², Atago-yuri, 45 m², and Nene-zakuro, 40 m², whose tub sits beyond its terrace. The hotel doesn’t say whether the private bath is spring water.
The shared baths have a gold-spring open-air tub and a silver-spring indoor tub for each sex, open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 10 a.m.
The hotel
Sister hotel of Ginsuiso Choraku; guests can use Choraku’s baths once during a stay. Checkout is 11 a.m.
Good to know
- The summer pool refuses tattoos. That is the only rule the hotel publishes.
- Private bath is same-day only. Ask at the desk after check-in.
Getting there
Arima-Onsen STN · Kobe Electric Railway
By the hotel’s free car within Arima.
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 and a car is sent.
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 at the front desk.
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 modern room with Arima’s water in it
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