Otemachi, between the morning market and the bay Large city hotel with a thirteenth-floor hot spring bath ★★★★☆

Hakodate Kokusai Hotel

函館国際ホテル

Does Hakodate Kokusai Hotel allow tattoos? Yes, covered

Cover seal required

Called directly in September 2026: small tattoos are allowed if covered. A skin-colored cover can be bought at the property, or bring your own.

Where it is

Hakodate STN Goryokaku Shiyakusho Mae STN 4 min on foot 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.. Hakodate Kokusai Hotel · 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

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 we contacted the property directly (September 2026)

Read on: the property, contacted directly, September 2026

Best for: Shiomi-no-yu on the thirteenth floor, a chloride spring salty enough to taste, with a skin-colored cover bought at the property or brought from home.

Shiomi-no-yu on the thirteenth floor of the main building, indoor baths on both sides and an open-air bath on the men’s side, 15:00 to 25:00 and 05:00 to 10:00. The hotel describes the water as a chloride strong saline salty enough to taste.

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