Inatori Akao Hotel
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Does Inatori Akao Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath
Inatori Akao Hotel has drawn on its own spring since it opened in 1963, and it now runs seven private baths, from a fountain room in pale tile to an open-air tub with a day bed, all free to guests.
The hotel publishes no tattoo rule. It does give every staying guest seven private baths at no charge, two of them open-air, all fed with free-flowing water from its own spring and used whenever one is free. Many rooms have a spring-fed tub as well. Treat the two large shared baths and the pool area as unconfirmed and ask first.
The bath
Seven private baths are open to every staying guest without charge. Two are open-air: Itsuki-no-yu, set among greenery with a day bed for lying down afterward, and Nagomi-no-yu, which looks out on a wide sky and the Izu hills. The other five are indoor rooms, each in a different style; the hotel mentions a tropical resort theme and one modeled on a European fountain, and one on the second floor is called Makani. You use whichever is vacant, and the hotel encourages guests to try all seven during a stay. Every private bath is free-flowing.
The water is a chloride spring that comes up at 84°C from the hotel's own well. It is neither diluted nor heated: the hotel cools it beforehand and puts a fresh-water tap in each bathroom so you can adjust it. Only the tubs in the two large baths combine free-flowing and recirculated water, to keep them clear.
Those large baths are the garden bath on the first floor, themed on Bali, and the sixth-floor view bath, each with an open-air tub; the upper one looks over Inatori port and Sagami Bay. The hotel takes no day visitors for bathing.
The hotel
A resort hotel founded in 1963, with every room facing the ocean. Room types run from standard rooms to a top-floor suite of 64 square meters and several rooms with cypress or ceramic open-air tubs. Dinner is the hotel's Izu dining course, with main dishes cooked in an open kitchen and free second helpings. There is a pool and spa area with two open-air baths for swimsuits, a children's play corner, a karaoke room and a 24-hour welcome corner with free drinks. Check-in is 3 p.m. and check-out 10 a.m.; the pool area opens to guests from 2 p.m.
Good to know
- Seven private baths, no fee: walk in when one is vacant.
- A cold tap in every bathroom lets you cool the undiluted spring to taste.
- Staying guests only; the hotel does not sell day-use bathing.
- Call from Izu-Inatori Station between 2 and 6 p.m. for the pickup; outside those hours take a taxi.
Getting there
From Tokyo Station the hotel gives about 50 minutes on the Kodama Shinkansen to Atami, then about 70 minutes on the JR Ito and Izukyu lines to Izu-Inatori Station; the Odoriko limited express runs through from Tokyo without the change. Phone from the station between 2 and 6 p.m. and the hotel sends a car. Before 2 or after 6 p.m. there is no pickup, and the hotel says to walk or take a taxi. Return cars leave at 9, 9:30, 9:50, 10:15 and 11:10 a.m.
Izu-Inatori STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
The hotel publishes no walking time.
Pickup on request from 2 to 6 p.m.; otherwise a taxi.
Where it is
Izu-Inatori 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
Use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the hot spring page describes the seven free private baths and says the private and room baths are free-flowing)
Best for: families and couples who want to work through seven themed private baths without paying for any of them
Seven private baths, two open-air (Itsuki-no-yu, with a day bed, and Nagomi-no-yu, open to the sky) and five indoor, each with a different theme. All free, used when vacant. No day-use bathing: the baths are for staying guests only. The spring is not diluted or heated; each bathroom has a cold tap for adjusting the temperature. Rooms come with cypress or ceramic open-air tubs, half-open-air tubs or indoor spring tubs depending on type.
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