Hotel Hana Isawa
ホテル 花いさわ
Does Hotel Hana Isawa allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Hana Isawa’s water comes from a spring that flows up under its own pressure, and its bath rules put a number on the tattoo question: anything a 20 cm seal can hide is fine.
Seal it and you can use the shared baths. The hotel turns away tattooed bathers in general, then makes an exception in the next sentence: a tattoo fully hidden under a cover seal of 20 cm or less may bathe. Anything bigger goes to the barrier-free family bath, which staying guests use free for 50 minutes, booked at check-in.
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入れ墨やタトゥー（刺青）をされているお客様のご利用はご遠慮いただいております。※但し、20cm以内のタトゥー隠しシール（カバーシール）等でタトゥー（刺青）が完全に覆われている場合に限り、ご入浴いただくことが可能でございます。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Shinjuku STN
Kaiji, JR’s limited express on the Chuo line 1 h 38
Tokyo STN
Hotel locationIsawa-Onsen STN
JR Tokyo Wide Pass Covers the Kaiji from Shinjuku to Isawa-Onsen; the pass area runs as far as Kofu. Worth it if Kawaguchiko, Karuizawa or Echigo-Yuzawa is also on the trip. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page. How the seals work, and where to buy them →
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the 注意事項 block on the hotel’s hot spring page)
Read on: hana-isawa.com/hotspring/
Best for: A small tattoo and a seal, or a free family bath if the tattoo is too big to cover
The hotel does not say it sells seals, so bring your own. The family bath takes the first nine groups each day, 14:00–23:00, 50 minutes each; it has no step from changing room to bath and a handrail by the tub. The shared baths (two indoor, two open-air) swap sides and run 14:00–02:00 and 04:00–10:00, water from the hotel’s own free-flowing spring. The detached cottage Hanarei has its own open-air bath and takes dogs up to 10 kg; the hotel warns its tub runs cool in winter because the spring is not reheated. Day bathing 1,650 yen with towels. Staying guests can ride a free car to the baths at Isawa View Hotel and a third group hotel on the Kasugai spring, 15:00–18:00 and 20:00–22:00. Check-in 14:00.
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