Hotel Tsubakikan
道後温泉 ホテル椿館
Does Hotel Tsubakikan allow tattoos? In a private bath
A big family ryokan with a drum show and an atrium lobby, where the two special rooms have a rock bath and a cypress bath plumbed straight from the Dogo supply.
The FAQ answers in two lines: the large bath is closed to tattooed guests, and the room bath is what is left. That narrows the booking to two room types, because only the Iwaburo and Hinoki special rooms have tubs plumbed with Dogo water. Every other room here has an ordinary unit bath, so a tattooed guest who books a standard room gets no onsen bathing on the property at all.
Show this at the front desk
大浴場への入浴はお断りさせて頂いております。客室のお風呂しかご利用頂けませんのでご了承くださいませ。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Matsuyama STN
Iyotetsu tram, line 5 28 min
Matsuyama Castle
Dogo-Onsen STN 4 min on foot
Hotel location
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 (the hotel’s FAQ under 入浴, read together with its rooms page, which names the two room types whose baths carry 道後温泉引き湯)
Read on: tsubakikan.co.jp/faq/
Best for: Booking the rock-bath or cypress-bath special room and bathing in it whenever you like
Book Type 01, the 岩風呂付き特別室 with its own walled garden, or Type 02, the 檜風呂付き特別室; both are two-room suites and both carry Dogo water into the tub. The other six room types have a unit bath. No day bathing. Check-in 15:00–18:00, check-out 10:00, dinner is a buffet or a set Japanese menu, and the bath tax adds 150 yen. Parking is 880 yen a night. The Suigun taiko drums are usually played at 20:40 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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