Isawa Meitokan Itoyanagi
石和名湯館 糸柳
Does Isawa Meitokan Itoyanagi allow tattoos? In a private bath
Itoyanagi’s two biggest private baths sit under an open atrium ceiling, and they go out by the hour, with the first turn free if you book with the inn itself.
Itoyanagi’s notices for day bathers and its foot-bath terrace say tattooed people may not bathe, and no exception is given. Its answer for a tattooed guest is the private baths: two big ones under a high open ceiling, Oku-no-yu and Manyo-no-yu, plus the smaller barrier-free Sakura-no-yu, 45 minutes for 3,300 yen and one free turn if you booked on the inn’s site or by phone. Rooms with an open-air bath on the inn’s own spring take the question off the table.
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※健康状態が悪い方、入れ墨・タトゥーのある方、泥酔のお客様のご入浴はお断しています。
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
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 refusal from the inn’s foot-bath terrace notice; the private baths and open-air rooms from its own pages)
Read on: itoyanagi.co.jp/hotspring/private/
Best for: Booking direct and getting a big private bath included
The quote is from a news post about the free foot-bath terrace, and its sister inn Yuwa posts the same line for day bathers; the inn’s main bath page states no rule. Private baths 15:00–23:45 and 6:00–10:45, starting on the hour. Open-air rooms: a barrier-free 15-mat Western room for three; the Shizuku special floor, Type A about 102 m² with 40 m² of bath and terrace, Type B about 57 m²; and Akaritori-no-yu rooms with spring water indoors. The ryokan association gives its founding as 1879. Staying guests get free draft beer, local wine or grape juice after the bath, 16:00–19:00.
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