Hotel Shinayoshi
ホテル志なよし
Does Hotel Shinayoshi allow tattoos? In a private bath
Hotel Shinayoshi has a geyser in its front garden: the Gongen-no-yu spring, 98°C from 200 meters down. It feeds a tea bath in a jar, a jungle rock bath and two private tubs that look straight out to sea.
The hotel publishes no tattoo rule. It has two private view baths, Taiheiyo and Oshima, each a single tub facing the open sea, available from 3 to 11:30 p.m. Use those; the shared baths are unconfirmed for tattooed guests.
The bath
The two private baths are called Taiheiyo, the Pacific, and Oshima, after the island on the horizon. Each is one deep round tub on a deck with nothing between you and the ocean, and both are open from 3 to 11:30 p.m. The hotel praises the feel of the glazed tub against the skin and says the sea breeze is the only background music. The hot spring page does not give a fee or say how to book, so ask at the front desk when you arrive.
The shared baths are an assortment: a jungle rock bath among plants, a waterfall bath, a rejuvenation bath, and a tea bath in a big jar shaped like a rice bowl, where green tea is steeped into free-flowing spring water. They alternate between men and women, one group from 3 to 11:30 p.m. and the other from 5 to 9 a.m.
The spring, Gongen-no-yu, erupts in the garden in front of the entrance from 200 meters down. It is mildly alkaline at pH 8.4, and the hotel lists it for the skin, cold sensitivity and chronic digestive and women's complaints. A private bedrock bath that uses the spring's heat, with a footbath attached, runs 50 minutes from the top of each hour.
The hotel
A long-running hotel by the beach at Atagawa, which the local inn association describes as a place to enjoy the spring and the ocean view in a nostalgic mood. The hotel writes about its own baths with a good deal of humor, and it makes a feature of the spring that erupts in the garden by the front door. Besides the baths it has the private bedrock bath with a footbath. Free parking holds 30 cars.
Good to know
- Two private sea-view tubs, open from 3 to 11:30 p.m.
- Ask about the fee at the desk; the hotel's page does not list one.
- The tea bath is shared, so leave it unless the hotel says otherwise.
Getting there
The hotel gives 55 minutes from Tokyo to Atami by Shinkansen and 60 minutes from Atami to Izu-Atagawa, or 2 hours 20 minutes from Tokyo by direct train through Ito. The hotel is in the hot spring town below the station; its access page gives no walking time and mentions no shuttle. Free parking for 30 cars is available.
Izu-Atagawa STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
The hotel publishes no walking time.
In the hot spring town below the station; ask the hotel about a pickup.
Where it is
Izu-Atagawa STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Tokyo Wide Pass ¥16,000 · 3 days Three days of JR East trains from Tokyo, and the Izukyu line from Ito on to Izu-Atagawa and Izu-Inatori.
- Izukyu Discovery Pass Worth it if your stay also stops at Ito or Shimoda. It covers two or three days in a row on the Izukyu line between Ito and Izukyu-Shimoda, Izu-Atagawa and Izu-Inatori included, and a vacant ordinary seat on the Odoriko. It doesn’t cover the JR part of the ride from Tokyo.
- Mt Omuro and the Izu coast day trip The Mt Omuro lift, the Atami beach road, the Jogasaki cliffs and Ito’s harbor.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and use one of the private baths. No reservation needed.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the hot spring page lists the two private view baths and their hours)
Best for: travelers who like an unpolished, old-fashioned hotel and a private tub with the Pacific in front
Private view baths Taiheiyo (the text calls it cypress, the photo caption ceramic) and Oshima (ceramic), 3 to 11:30 p.m. The page gives no fee and no booking method. A private bedrock bath heated by the spring costs ¥2,000 a person for two or ¥3,000 for one, 50 minutes, starting on the hour.
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