Nishiura Onsen, one minute on foot from Palm Beach, 5 minutes by shuttle from Nishiura Station Ryokan hotel (37 rooms; a special room with a half-open-air bath and Japanese rooms with their own open-air bath) ★★★☆☆

Nishiura Grand Hotel Kikkei

西浦グランドホテル吉慶

Does Nishiura Grand Hotel Kikkei allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Kikkei stands a minute from Palm Beach at Nishiura, all 37 rooms facing Mikawa Bay. Its design-award room Wan and its premium Japanese rooms each have an open-air tub on the sea side.

The hotel publishes no tattoo rule for its shared baths and has no private bath to reserve. Its answer for a tattooed guest is a room with a bath of its own: the special room Wan on the 6th floor has a half-open-air bath, and the premium ocean-view Japanese rooms have an open-air bath on the terrace.

Illustration of Nishiura Grand Hotel Kikkei in Nishiura Onsen, one minute on foot from Palm Beach, 5 minutes by shuttle from Nishiura Station

The bath

Two kinds of room come with a bath of their own. The special room, Wan, is on the 6th floor: 90 square meters for up to six guests, with a half-open-air bath looking over Mikawa Bay. The hotel says the room has won six design awards in Japan and abroad. The premium ocean-view Japanese rooms have an open-air bath on the terrace; the photo shows a round dark tub with a wooden spout, a glass screen and the palms of the beach below. The hotel does not say what water fills these room tubs.

The shared baths use Bihakusen, which the hotel describes as gentle enough for children and sensitive skin and slow to let the body cool. On the top floor are a view open-air bath, Umi-koukou, and a view bath, Hikari-reirei. They alternate: the open-air bath is for men from 3 to 8 p.m. and for women from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m., and Hikari-reirei runs the opposite way. Both are open from check-in to 11 p.m. and 6 to 9 a.m. On the 2nd floor the large baths Kegon-no-yu and Shiraito-no-yu stay open until midnight. Day visitors may use the 2nd-floor baths from 3 to 6 p.m., last entry 5:30 p.m., for ¥1,100 with a face towel; a bath towel rents for ¥200.

The hotel

The hotel has 37 rooms, 30 Japanese and 7 Japanese-Western, in six types, and says every room and the top-floor baths look over Mikawa Bay. Besides the two bath-room types there are premium rooms on the top floor, a barrier-free Japanese-Western room and standard Japanese rooms. A lounge on the 2nd floor has massage chairs facing the sea. There is a karaoke lounge and table tennis. Palm Beach, a swimming beach lined with palms, is a minute's walk. Parking in front holds 70 cars and is charged in summer.

Good to know

The top-floor open-air bath changes hands at 8 p.m.: men before, women after and through the morning.
Day bathing costs ¥1,100 with a face towel, 3 to 6 p.m., in the 2nd-floor large baths.
Free shuttle from Nishiura Station, about 5 minutes, between 2:20 and 4:20 p.m.
The beach is one minute on foot, and summer parking carries a charge.

Getting there

From Nagoya, the hotel suggests the JR Tokaido Line special rapid to Gamagori, about 40 minutes, or the new rapid, about 45, then the Meitetsu Gamagori Line to Nishiura, about 10 minutes. A free shuttle runs from Nishiura Station to the hotel in about 5 minutes between 2:20 and 4:20 p.m. From Tokyo, change at Toyohashi from the Shinkansen to the Tokaido Line, about 10 minutes to Gamagori. By car the hotel counts about 1 hour 30 minutes from Nagoya.

Nishiura STN · Meitetsu Gamagori Line
The hotel publishes no walking time.

Free shuttle from the station, about 5 minutes, 2:20 to 4:20 p.m.

Where it is

Nishiura Grand Hotel Kikkei · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 (guest rooms page):

Best for: a terrace tub over the palm-lined beach at Nishiura, in a room of your own

Two room types have their own bath: the special room Wan (6th floor, 90 square meters, up to six guests, half-open-air bath) and the premium ocean-view Japanese rooms with an open-air bath. The hotel does not say whether these room tubs carry spring water. The shared top-floor baths alternate: the view open-air bath is for men from 3 to 8 p.m. and for women from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m., and the view bath beside it runs the other way. Day visitors may use the 2nd-floor large baths from 3 to 6 p.m. for 1,100 yen with a face towel.

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