Awara Onsen Tsuruya
越前あわら温泉 つるや
Does Awara Onsen Tsuruya allow tattoos? In a private bath
Every bath here, including a six-person private tub called Tsuru no Su, runs straight from the inn’s own 80-degree wells with nothing recirculated.
Book the private bath. Tsuru no Su is a spring-fed family bath that takes a group of up to six for 45 minutes at a time, reserved by phone, and nobody else comes in. Four rooms also have their own open-air or semi-open-air tub. The inn publishes no tattoo rule for its large baths, which is not the same as permission.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Awara-Onsen STN change to Keifuku bus · 8 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 26 min
✈Komatsu Airport
Hotel locationAwara-Yunomachi STN
JR Hokuriku Area Pass Four days on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tsuruga and Kurobe-Unazukionsen, non-reserved, for 7,000 yen. It covers the ride from Kanazawa to Awara-Onsen; the Keifuku bus into the onsen town is paid separately. Worth it if a Kaga town or Unazuki is on the same trip. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (bath structure, not a tattoo policy)
Read on: awara-turuya.jp/hotsprings/
Best for: A couple who want water straight from the source without sharing it
The inn says all of its baths run on its own spring at 100 percent flow-through with no recirculation, the source at 80°C and the tubs held at 42 to 42.5°C. Tsuru no Su: 45 minutes, 15:00 to 23:00 and 07:00 to 09:00, 2,200 yen per group (1,100 yen for guests who booked on the inn’s own site), up to six people, reserve by phone. Rooms with their own bath: Taikan and Kangetsu (open-air), Soukaku and Jukaku (semi-open-air), one of each. Booking.com sold only a standard Japanese-style room on the date checked, so the private bath is the route for most guests. Large baths Fuku no Yu and Ashi no Yu swap at midnight; there is a free spring footbath and egg-boiling basin in the garden.
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