Yumoto Ginsenkaku
湯元銀泉閣
Does Yumoto Ginsenkaku allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Ginsenkaku blends seven sources that come out of the ground anywhere between 35 and 80°C, which is how it fills its tubs without heating the water or adding any, and it is also the one house in the village that will tell you in writing what an 8 × 10 cm cover seal buys you.
This is the only house in Sounkyo that answers the question in writing. The inn says it refuses the large baths to guests with tattoos as a rule, then lifts the refusal if a single 8 × 10 cm cover seal hides the tattoo, and adds that the guest supplies the seal. Anything wider than a hand is therefore out of the shared baths, but the inn also keeps a family bath, booked by writing your name on the board at the bath entrance on the day, forty minutes a turn.
Show this at the front desk
タトゥーなどを入れたお客様の大浴場のご利用は、原則お断りしています。ただし、8㎝☓10㎝のカバーシール1枚で見えないようカバーしていただいた場合は、この限りではありません。シールはお客様ご自身で持参願います。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Asahikawa STN
Dohoku Bus, Sounkyo line about 2 h 05
Sapporo STN
Hakodate STN
Kushiro STN
Hotel locationSounkyo STN
JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the Kamui and Lilac limited expresses from Sapporo to Asahikawa and the Furano line on to Biei and Furano. The buses to Sounkyo, Asahidake and Shirogane are paid separately. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page. How the seals work, and where to buy them →
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the 注意事項 block on the inn’s 温泉 page)
Read on: breezbay-group.com/ginsenkaku/bath/
Best for: A traveler carrying their own cover seals who wants the one Sounkyo bath that is filled straight from the source
Seven sources between 35 and 80°C are blended to temperature, so the inn says nothing is heated and no water is added; it claims 140 liters a minute. Spring type is given as 弱アルカリ性 低張性中性高温泉. Baths are open to staying guests around the clock; day bathing runs 14:00–20:00 all year, 800 yen for adults and 400 yen for children, with the foot bath and hand bath free. The family bath cannot be reserved in advance: it is a same-day self-booking board at the entrance, forty minutes per turn. Sauna 15:00–22:00, no cold plunge.
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