Ogawa, up the valley from the town center Hotel ★★★☆☆

Breezbay Hotel & Resort Gero

ブリーズベイホテル&リゾート下呂

Does Breezbay Hotel & Resort Gero allow tattoos? Yes, covered

Cover seal required

Out at Ogawa, away from the inn street, this is the Gero hotel that names the exact seal it will accept: eight centimeters by ten, one of them, brought with you.

Tattoos are refused in the large bath as a rule, and the exception is written into the same sentence: one cover seal of 8 by 10 centimeters, hiding the tattoo, and the refusal no longer applies. The seal is not sold here. The hotel asks guests to bring their own, which makes this a listing to pack for.

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

Nagoya STN Hida, JR’s limited express on the Takayama line 1 h 50 Takayama STN Hotel location
Gero STN
Nagoya is the door, 1 h 40 from Tokyo and 50 minutes from Osaka on the Shinkansen. The Hida limited express runs up the Hida river valley to Gero in 1 h 50 and on to Takayama, where the Nohi Bus for Hirayu and the other Okuhida villages leaves from beside the station.. Breezbay Hotel & Resort Gero · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass Five days for 19,800 yen on JR trains between Nagoya, Gero, Takayama and Toyama, with six reserved seats, which covers the Hida from Nagoya to Gero both ways. Worth it if Takayama, Shirakawa-go or Kanazawa is on the same trip. 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 hotel’s own hot-spring page, breezbay-group.com/bbh-gero/onsen/)

Read on: breezbay-group.com/bbh-gero/onsen/index.html

Best for: A published seal size, so the packing decision is made before you travel

One seal, 8 by 10 centimeters, supplied by the guest. The hotel also has a granite open-air bath it says can be taken privately, which sidesteps the seal question for a larger tattoo.

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