Hotel Takeshima
ホテル竹島
Does Hotel Takeshima allow tattoos? In a private bath
Hotel Takeshima faces the small shrine island that is Gamagori's emblem, and its newest rooms put a hot spring tub on the balcony with that island in the frame. The hotel has no private bath, so these rooms are the way in.
The hotel publishes no tattoo rule for its large baths, and its FAQ says it has no private bath to reserve. What it does have is a set of guest rooms with their own open-air bath of hot spring water, so a tattooed guest can book one of those and bathe in the room.
The bath
The rooms to ask for are the ones the hotel lists as having a natural hot spring open-air bath. They come in two layouts, A and B, and were renewed in February 2024 with a white interior. The bath is on the room's own balcony and the hotel lists it as hot spring water. Its photo shows a black glazed tub in a timber-walled alcove, with a wooden spout and Takeshima island in the opening. You fill your time as you like: there is no slot to book.
A second room type on the top floor has a half-open-air bath beside twin beds and a small tatami area. The hotel states that the bath in those rooms is not hot spring water. Its FAQ says there is no private bath in the building.
The shared baths draw two springs: a weakly radioactive cold mineral spring at 24.8°C and an alkaline simple spring, the Bihakusen the hotel calls a beauty bath. The open-air baths, Kirara-no-yu for men and Urara-no-yu for women, sit at the water's edge and are open to guests from 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 10 a.m. The view large baths are Yaotomi-no-yu and Benten-no-yu. Day visitors are admitted from noon to 4 p.m., last entry 3 p.m., for ¥1,600 with a tea voucher; bath towels are lent free.
The hotel
Hotel Takeshima has 82 rooms, all with an ocean view, in nine types from Western singles and twins to Japanese-Western rooms, a large group room and a universal room. The hot spring bath rooms and the half-open-air bath floor are the newest. There is a garden pool beside the sea, an esthetic salon, a pub and a karaoke club. Dinner is served from 5 p.m. and breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Check-in is from 3 p.m., with the last check-in at 10 p.m., and check-out is 10 a.m. Takeshima island is a 15-minute walk.
Good to know
- Ask for the hot spring open-air bath room by name. The top-floor half-open-air rooms are not spring water.
- No private bath to reserve, by the hotel's own FAQ.
- Bath towels are lent free to day visitors; a face towel costs ¥220.
- After check-out at 10:20 a.m. the hotel runs a one-way shuttle to Laguna Gamagori.
Getting there
From Nagoya, the JR Tokaido Line runs to Gamagori Station; the hotel counts about 45 minutes door to door with its free shuttle from the station. The shuttle serves both the JR and Meitetsu sides of Gamagori Station. The hotel publishes the timetable on a separate page, so ask for a pickup when you book. From Tokyo the hotel counts about 1 hour 50 minutes by the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Tokaido Line. By car it is about 20 minutes from the Otowa-Gamagori interchange.
Gamagori STN · JR Tokaido Line
The hotel publishes no walking time.
Free hotel shuttle from Gamagori Station; ask for the times when booking.
Where it is
Hotel shuttle stop
- JR Tokaido line 45 min
- hotel's shuttle about 1 km
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Mt. Fuji-Shizuoka Area Tourist Pass Mini ¥6,500 · 3 consecutive days Worth it only if Shizuoka or Mount Fuji is on the same trip.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the hot spring open-air bath rooms page and the FAQ):
Best for: a room with its own spring-fed tub looking straight at Takeshima island
Book the room type the hotel sells as a room with a natural hot spring open-air bath, in types A and B, renewed in February 2024. The half-open-air bath rooms on the top floor are a different type, and the hotel says their baths are not hot spring water. No private bath can be reserved. Day visitors may use the large baths from noon to 4 p.m. for 1,600 yen with a tea voucher.
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