Yunokawa, two blocks back from the shore on the airport side Kaiseki ryokan from 1949 with one suite that has its own open-air bath ★★★★☆

Tabist Chikuba Shinyotei

Tabist 竹葉新葉亭

Does Tabist Chikuba Shinyotei allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Fukuju is the one room at Chikuba with an outdoor tub of its own, set where the garden changes with the season.

One room here has its own open-air bath: the guest suite Fukuju, which looks onto the garden. The other 30 rooms in the east and south wings have an ordinary bath and shower and no outdoor tub, and the ryokan publishes nothing about tattoos, so Fukuju is the only booking that settles the question.

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専用露天風呂では、四季折々に表情をかえる庭を眺められます。

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

Where it is

Hakodate STN Hakodate city tram 31 min Goryokaku Yunokawa Onsen STN Hotel location
Hakodate is 3 h 50 from Sapporo on the Hokuto limited express, or about four and a half hours from Tokyo on the Shinkansen to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and the Hakodate Liner. Yunokawa is at the end of the city tram, 31 minutes from the stop in front of the station.. Tabist Chikuba Shinyotei · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the Hokuto limited express between Sapporo and Hakodate. The city tram out to Yunokawa is a separate fare, paid on board. 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 — bath structure, not a tattoo policy (the 客室 page)

Read on: chikuba-s.co.jp/room

Best for: A single garden suite with its own outdoor tub, in a kaiseki house that has been cooking since 1949

The two shared baths, Manyo-no-yu in stone and Chikurin-no-yu in cypress, each have a garden open-air tub and swap between men and women daily. The ryokan also sells a day-use package of a meal plus the bath. The operator does not state whether the Fukuju tub carries spring water. Rooms: Fukuju plus 18 in the east wing and 12 in the south.

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