Higashiyama, Takinoyu, beside the Fushimigataki falls Ryokan

Shosuke no Yado Takinoyu

庄助の宿瀧の湯

Does Shosuke no Yado Takinoyu allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Seven reserved baths spread from the riverbank to the roof, including one sunk in a koji vat given up by the Aizu brewery behind Sharaku and one that disappears when the Yugawa rises.

The shared baths are closed to tattooed guests, and the inn says so in Japanese and in its own English. The seven reserved baths are a separate system with a separate booking page, and the rule as written names only the large baths and the open-air baths. That is where a tattooed guest bathes here: 45 minutes from 3,000 yen before tax, bookable online from 90 days out, and included in the price on plans that come with one.

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当館の大浴場・露天風呂をご利用の場合、タトゥー・刺青のある方はご入浴をご遠慮下さい。また、浴場内に携帯電話・カメラ等の持ち込みはご遠慮ください。

The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.

Where it is

Sendai is the door to all of these. Akiu is 43 minutes on one bus from the station, with no change. Nyuto is the Komachi, JR’s Shinkansen across to Akita, as far as Tazawako, then a bus of 47 minutes, about 2 h 20 in all. Naruko is twelve minutes on the Shinkansen to Furukawa and three quarters of an hour up the Rikuu East line. Zao is the Senzan line rapid over the mountains to Yamagata, then a bus of 37 minutes up to the ski village. Hanamaki is the Yamabiko to Kitakami, one stop on the local line and a bus, about 2 h 10. Higashiyama is the long one: the Shinkansen to Koriyama, the Ban-etsu West line over to Aizu-Wakamatsu and the loop bus, nearly four hours with the waits, and easier from Tokyo. Shosuke no Yado Takinoyu · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 (the 大浴場・露天風呂等ご利用時のご注意 answer in the Japanese FAQ, repeated in the English FAQ under Bathing / Baths)

Read on: shousuke.com/faq/

Best for: Choosing between seven reserved baths, including two on the roof and one built from a sake brewery’s koji vat

The English FAQ says: “If you have tattoos, please refrain from using the large communal bath or open-air bath at this facility.” Reserved baths run 13:00 to 24:30 and 05:30 to 09:30 and are booked in 45-minute blocks; guests on a plan that includes one pay nothing extra. Several have no washing area, only a rinse shower, and the two rooftop baths are reached by an outside staircase that ices up, so the inn tells guests to wear their own shoes. Day bathing is 1,200 yen, weekends and holidays only, 13:00 to 15:00, by email the day before, and day visitors with tattoos are refused entry outright: タトゥー・刺青のある方はご入場出来ません。 The inn also notes that Aizu-Wakamatsu raised its bathing tax from 150 to 350 yen on 1 October 2025 for ten years.

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