Funatsu, on the west side of the onsen town Large ryokan with thirteen rooms that have their own spring open-air bath

Awara Onsen Matsuya Sensen

あわら温泉まつや千千

Does Awara Onsen Matsuya Sensen allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

A 118-room house where thirteen rooms, among them the Tokiwasure Riza floor, keep a spring open-air tub for the guests inside.

Take a room with its own tub. Thirteen of the 118 rooms, including the Tokiwasure Riza floor, have a private open-air bath on the spring, so you bathe when you like without meeting anyone. The inn warns that it may have to move a booking to a room without the bath when it is full, so confirm the room type before you arrive. Nothing is published about tattoos in the shared baths.

Where it is

Kanazawa is the door. Yamashiro, Yamanaka and Katayamazu are eighteen minutes on the Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen and then a local bus of ten to thirty minutes. Awara is the next Shinkansen stop, 26 minutes, and eight minutes on the Keifuku bus. Awazu is the IR Ishikawa Railway, the old JR line, 38 minutes, and a short bus. Komatsu Airport, with flights from Tokyo Haneda, is closer to these towns than Kanazawa is.. Awara Onsen Matsuya Sensen · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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: matuyasensen.co.jp/rooms/room2.html

Best for: A tattooed couple who want a big-inn dinner and a spring tub on the balcony

118 rooms: 98 Japanese-style, 13 with open-air bath, 7 Western. The special room with open-air bath has 15 tatami, a twin bedroom and its own bath and toilet. The room page carries this caveat: ※予約状況によっては、露天風呂なしのお部屋に変更をお願いする場合がございます。 The shared open-air bath, Sen no Koboreyu, is billed by the inn as one of the largest spring open-air baths in Hokuriku. Booking.com sells a Japanese-Style Superior Room with Open-Air Bath.

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