Inatori Ginsuiso
稲取銀水荘
Does Inatori Ginsuiso allow tattoos? In a private bath
Ginsuiso is the grand old name on the Inatori shore, and its rule is the strictest in town: no tattoos in the big bath or pool, covered or not, and no private bath to fall back on. Its suites with open-air tubs are the one opening.
The hotel refuses guests with tattoos in its large bath, open-air bath and pool, and adds that covering up does not change that: it asks guests not to use them wearing tattoo-style paint or stickers either. It has no private or family bath. The only way to bathe here with a tattoo is to book one of the suites with an open-air bath of its own, on the executive floors or among the luxury suites.
The bath
The rooms with their own open-air bath are the suites. On the executive floors, which the hotel calls Gin-no-Shiori, seven suites on the ninth and tenth floors run from 54 to 135 square meters; the largest, on the tenth floor, sleeps up to five and has meals served in the room. Below them, the luxury suites on the fourth to sixth floors are about 72 to 113 square meters with two to four beds, and guests there eat in the dining room. The photos show a deep rectangular tub faced in grey stone on a covered timber balcony, opening straight off the sitting room, with the bay and the green coast beyond a glass rail.
The shared baths, which tattooed guests may not use, are a large indoor hall and a view open-air bath for each sex, open from 5 to 9:30 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., with a sauna and cold plunge. They do not change over. The hotel's own spring rises on the grounds; it is a mildly alkaline chloride water that holds heat well. The shared tubs combine free-flowing and recirculated water, with cold water added to bring the temperature down and no heating. Day-use bathing is sold from 2 to 7 p.m. at ¥2,500.
The hotel
A large resort ryokan on the Inatori shore with every room facing the ocean. Above the general Japanese rooms, some with an anteroom, come upgraded rooms, comfort rooms, the luxury suites and the Gin-no-Shiori executive floors at the top. There is a summer pool and a shop. Bookings go through a central reservation desk open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Good to know
- Covering up does not help: the hotel refuses tattoos in the baths and pool even under a sticker.
- There is no private bath, so a suite with its own tub is the only way to bathe.
- The shuttle meets trains at the ticket gate from 1 to 5 p.m.; it is by advance reservation.
Getting there
Take the Odoriko limited express from Tokyo to Izu-Inatori Station, or the Shinkansen to Atami and change to the Ito and Izukyu lines. The hotel's shuttle bus takes about 5 minutes and is by advance reservation. It runs from the station between 1 and 7 p.m.; from 1 to 5 p.m. the driver waits at the ticket gate for each train. If no driver is there, phone the hotel and wait at the shuttle shelter above the station building. Morning runs to the station leave between 8:20 and 11:15.
Izu-Inatori STN · Izukyu Line (Odoriko limited express from Tokyo)
The hotel publishes no walking time.
Shuttle from the station, about 5 minutes, 1 to 7 p.m., by advance reservation.
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, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the FAQ on the hot spring page refuses the large bath and pool and says there is no private bath; the rooms page lists the suites with open-air baths)
恐れ入りますが、刺青・タトゥーのある方の大浴場（露天風呂）やプールの利用はお断りしています。また、刺青・タトゥーを模したペイントやシール等を施した状態での利用もご遠慮ください。
This is the rule for the shared baths. It doesn’t apply to the private baths.
Best for: travelers set on this well-known house who will take a suite and bathe only in the room
No private bath and no family bath; the FAQ says so directly. Rooms with an open-air bath: the Gin-no-Shiori executive-floor suites on the ninth and tenth floors, 54 to 135 square meters, and the luxury suites on the fourth to sixth floors, about 72 to 113 square meters. The rooms page does not say what water fills those tubs. Covering a tattoo does not open the shared baths.
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