Ginzan Onsen Wooden ryokan

Kozankaku

古山閣

Does Kozankaku allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

A historic wooden inn where the third-floor bath is private and unbooked, open to any guest whenever it is free.

The main building has a shared indoor bath on the first floor and a private bath on the third, and the inn's own site says the third-floor private bath needs no reservation: use it whenever it is free. That private bath alone is enough, whatever the shared bath's policy turns out to be.

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本館1階に内風呂、3階に貸切風呂があります。本館貸切風呂は予約不要で空いているときに自由に入れます。

The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.

Where it is

Tokyo is the door to all of these. Akiu is the Hayabusa or Yamabiko to Sendai, about 1 h 30, then one bus of 43 minutes from the station. Takayu is the Shinkansen to Fukushima and a bus of 30 minutes up the mountain. Naruko is the Yamabiko to Furukawa and three quarters of an hour up the Rikuu East line. Zao is the Tsubasa, the Yamagata Shinkansen, straight through to Yamagata with no change, then a bus of 37 minutes up to the ski village. Ginzan is the same train as far as Oishida and the town’s own Hanagasa bus. Nyuto is the Komachi, JR’s Shinkansen across to Akita, as far as Tazawako, then a bus of 47 minutes. Hanamaki is the Yamabiko to Kitakami, one stop back on the local line and a bus. Higashiyama is the long one: the Shinkansen to Koriyama, the Ban-etsu West line over to Aizu-Wakamatsu and the loop bus, three hours and more with the waits. Kozankaku · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 inn's own auberge/bath page)

Confirmed from the property’s own site.

Best for: A historic wooden ryokan with a private third-floor bath open to any guest, no booking needed

Shares its baths with CLANUOVA, the modern annex next door under the same ownership.

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