Dogo, on Tako-cho about 450 meters from the tram terminus Ryokan ★★★☆☆

Dogo Onsen Yachiyo

道後温泉 八千代

Does Dogo Onsen Yachiyo allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Thirty-four rooms on Tako-cho, each with its own open-air tub of Dogo water left to run, and dinner laid out in the next room rather than a hall.

Thirty-four rooms, every one of them with an open-air bath fed by Dogo water and run free-flowing, and no shared bath in the building. Dinner comes to a second room next to the bedroom rather than to a dining hall, so a stay here can be had without undressing in front of anyone. No tattoo statement is published, and none is needed for the bath you are booking.

Where it is

Matsuyama STN Iyotetsu tram, line 5 28 min Matsuyama Castle Dogo-Onsen STN 6 min on foot Hotel location
Matsuyama is 2 h 45 from Okayama on the Shiokaze limited express. Dogo is at the end of the Iyotetsu tram from the stop in front of JR Matsuyama station, about 25 minutes.. Dogo Onsen Yachiyo · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

Dogo Onsen bathhouse ticket Admission to the Dogo Onsen bathhouse, bought ahead. Dogo Onsen Honkan is one of the three city bathhouses listed on this page. 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. Every room is sold with its own free-flowing open-air onsen bath.

Read on: e-yachiyo.co.jp

Best for: Dinner in your own room and an open-air tub on the balcony, with no shared bath to negotiate

Opened in its present form in August 2018, thirty-four Japanese rooms sleeping about 160 people. Meals are served in the room, in a space separate from where you sleep. Booking.com sells the Japanese-Style Standard Room with Open Air Bath.

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