Kadoya Besso
鈍川温泉 カドヤ別荘
Does Kadoya Besso allow tattoos? In a private bath
A gorge-side inn where the women’s bath is built around one enormous boulder and the private bath is refilled for every party that books it.
Rent the bath and the shared rule does not apply. The inn takes reservations for a private bath at 1,080 yen per person for sixty minutes, first come first served, and says the water is changed for each party. Nothing is published about tattoos in the two shared baths, so book the private one and do not assume the rest.
Where it is
Matsuyama STN
Shiokaze, JR’s limited express 41 min
Okayama STN
Takamatsu STN
Imabari STN 10.6 km out
Hotel location
JR All Shikoku Rail Pass Three to seven days, from 12,000 yen, on every JR Shikoku train, with non-reserved seats on the limited expresses. It starts at Kojima, the first stop on the Shikoku side of the line from Okayama. It covers the Shiokaze and Ishizuchi between Matsuyama and Imabari. The Shimanami Liner bus over the bridges to Setoda is not a JR service and is paid separately. 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 温泉 page: 貸切風呂 at お一人様1,080円/60分, ご予約は先着順)
Read on: hpdsp.jp/kadoyabs/hot_spring
Best for: An hour of pH 9.8 beauty water to yourself in a river gorge
Alkaline simple spring drawn from the source, colorless and odorless. The women’s bath 美人の湯 is built around a single large natural boulder, the men’s is a rock bath. Baths and the private bath both run 15:00 to 22:00 and 06:00 to 09:00. Guest rooms are formal Japanese rooms looking over the Nibukawa gorge; most share a bathroom. Free pickup and a table-tennis room.
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