Kaichoen
海潮園
Does Kaichoen allow tattoos? In a private bath
Kaichoen hands out its family bath for nothing, first asked and first served, on water that has never been through a pump.
Kaichoen publishes no tattoo rule, leaving its two shared baths unanswered. Its reservable family bath is free, which is unusual anywhere, and it runs on the same undiluted 73.5°C source as the rest of the house. There is no advance booking: you ask for a time at the front desk after checking in. Day visitors are told plainly that the family bath is not theirs to use.
Where it is
Matsue STN
Yonago STN change to Kaike line bus · 19 min
JR San’in line 28 min
Hotel locationKaike Onsen STN
JR Sanyo-San’in Area Pass Seven days on JR West trains across both coasts for 23,000 yen, with reserved seats on the Sanyo Shinkansen between Shin-Osaka and Hakata and on the Yakumo limited express from Okayama to Matsue. It covers the train from Matsue to Yonago. The Kaike line bus from Yonago station, 300 yen, 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 inn’s 温泉 page, 貸切家族風呂（無料）)
Read on: kaichoen.net/spa/
Best for: A tattooed guest who does not want to pay extra for privacy
The rock open-air bath dates from the Taisho era and the inn says it is the oldest still standing in Kaike. A second bath, Sangoyu, uses a large piece of coral a previous owner’s trawler brought up off Hagi as its spout. The family bath keeps a baby tub and the inn lends a Bumbo seat. Dogs are taken in designated rooms under a separate set of terms.
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