Shirouma-so
信州白馬八方温泉 しろうま荘
Does Shirouma-so allow tattoos? Yes!
A bath built of Tago stone, a hard rock with a grain like wood, small enough that the inn asks guests to take turns, and its English page is the rare Hakuba ryokan page that labels itself tattoo friendly.
The ryokan’s English onsen page marks its bath “Tattoo Friendly” in so many words. The bath is small, Tago stone, four or five people at most, so the inn asks guests to take turns at busy times. It can also be hired privately between 11:00 and 15:00 through the front desk. The Japanese page does not repeat the tattoo line.
Where it is
Tokyo STN
Nagano STN change to Alpico express bus · 70 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 97 min
Hotel locationHakuba Happo bus terminal
JR East Pass Covers the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano, or the JR line from Shinjuku by way of Matsumoto to Hakuba. The Alpico bus from Nagano is not included. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Check in and go to the bath. There is no seal to buy and nothing to declare.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the English Natural Onsen page; the Japanese onsen page is silent on tattoos)
Read on: shiroumaso.com/english/spring.php
The more adventurous among you might also wish to try the Japanese tradition of public bathing "naturally" here in our bath...in the nude!(Tattoo Friendly)
The operator’s own wording on that page. Nothing here needs showing at a desk. If anyone does ask, show them this. It is the operator’s own wording.
Best for: A small family inn in Happo whose English page settles the tattoo question before you ask
Bath hours 6:00–9:00 and 15:00–23:00; free-flowing Happo water until 22:00, with filtration used alongside and no added water. Swimwear prohibited. Private use of the bath 11:00–15:00, arranged at the front desk; the inn publishes no price for it. Day bathing by phone reservation. The inn describes itself as a modern Japanese ryokan on the site of the old Hosono hamlet, where ski minshuku began, keeping 300-year-old farmhouse pillars in the entrance.
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