Hotel Sierra Resort Hakuba
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Does Hotel Sierra Resort Hakuba allow tattoos? In a private bath
One of the three private baths is a goemon-buro, an iron cauldron over a hearth that you sink into by standing on a floating wooden lid, in its own detached building.
The hotel publishes no tattoo rule for its shared baths, so do not read silence as a yes. What it does offer is three private baths, reserved at the front desk on the day after check-in, for staying guests only: a tatami-style Japanese bath, a Roman-style bath and a goemon-buro iron tub in a separate building.
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
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 private bath page and the FAQ were read; neither mentions tattoos)
Read on: sierraresort.jp/hakuba/onsen/private/
Best for: Couples who want their own bath with a view of Tsugaike and Norikura-dake
Private baths Washitsu-buro, Thermae Romae and Goemon-buro, 6:00–10:00 and 13:50–23:45, booked at the front desk after check-in; no phone or email bookings. No price is published on the page. The Japanese-style and Roman baths are step-free with handrails. The shared bath, Kominka-no-Yu, is in an Edo-period farmhouse moved to the site: large indoor bath, hinoki and rock open-air baths, sodium bicarbonate spring, 6:00–11:00 and 13:00–2:00. Day bathers 13:00–17:00, adults 1,500 yen (2,000 in peak periods).
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