Jozankei, up the hill on the west side above the Toyohira river Hotel

Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Suizantei

定山渓第一寶亭留 翠山亭

Does Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Suizantei allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Three springs rise from the riverbed under this hotel and get blended before they reach the tubs, and the blend arrives in your own room: every room type here has a hot spring bath in it. A detached bath house in the trees, Morino-yu, can be booked by the hour on its own.

Suizantei publishes no tattoo rule anywhere on its site, so nothing here says the two shared baths are open to you. What it does publish is a building where you never have to ask: every one of the sixteen room types has its own hot spring bath, and on top of that there are two baths you book for yourself, the rooftop Myotai-no-yu and the detached Morino-yu.

Where it is

Sapporo STN Jotetsu Kappa Liner coach 56 Hakodate STN Tomakomai STN New Chitose Airport Hotel location
Jozankei Onsen Higashi 2-chome STN
Sapporo to Noboribetsu Onsen is about 1 h 45: the Suzuran, JR’s limited express (a faster train with fewer stops and a fee on top of the fare), then a Donan bus of 21 minutes up to the onsen terminal. Toyako Onsen is the Hokuto, the limited express to Hakodate, as far as Toya, then a Donan bus of 24 minutes around the lake, about 2 h 20 in all. Niseko is about 3 h 25 by way of Otaru and Kutchan, or a direct highway coach for less money. Jozankei has no railway: the Jotetsu Kappa Liner runs there from Sapporo Station in 56 minutes and is booked in advance. Jozankei Daiichi Hotel Suizantei · 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 — bath structure, not a tattoo policy (the hotel’s own rooms and onsen pages; no tattoo rule is published)

Read on: jyozankei-daiichi.co.jp/jyozankei/spa/

Best for: A hotel where the room bath is the standard fitting rather than the expensive exception

Room types run from a 45 sq m room with a view bath to a 160 sq m room with a hot spring and a sleeping bath. Myotai-no-yu is the top-floor reservable open-air bath, booked at check-in, with no shower or washing area. Morino-yu is a detached bath house with an indoor and an outdoor tub, deliberately dim and without amenities; 60 minutes costs 4,400 yen and it is also sold to day visitors from 12:00 to 14:00. A reservable sauna, Suizan Neppa, takes day bookings too. The hotel takes guests of elementary-school age and up only.

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