Kaike Shogetsu
皆生松月
Does Kaike Shogetsu allow tattoos? In a private bath
At Shogetsu the four private tubs stand in their own building across the garden from the inn, so nobody walks past the door on the way to dinner.
Shogetsu refuses tattoos at the large bath and, in the same breath, names the two places a tattooed guest may bathe: a room with its own tub, or one of the reservable baths. Those baths sit in a separate building away from the main house, four of them, all on natural spring water, taken 45 minutes at a time, first come, with no reservations. An app-free QR code at check-in shows which are free.
Show this at the front desk
入墨（刺青、TATOO等）の方の大浴場入浴は固くお断りしております。お部屋のお風呂もしくは貸切風呂をご利用ください。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
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 (the FAQ and the 貸切露天風呂「潮騒の小露天」 page, which carry the same sentence)
Read on: shogetsu.co.jp/hotspring/private-bath/
Best for: A tattooed guest who wants a choice of four private tubs rather than one
The four are a barrel tub, a rock bath, a garden bath and a granite bath; the granite one has a ramped entrance and a wide changing room for wheelchair users. The reservable baths are for overnight guests only, 6:30 to 8:00 and 15:00 to 22:00 by last start. On the rooms: the FAQ says the tubs in the Twin Bed Modern Japanese rooms and the Cabana rooms carry spring water, while the sea-view open-air rooms, the Hollywood Twin rooms with a balcony tub, and special rooms 301 and 401 are heated ordinary water, not onsen. Pick the room type with care if the water itself is the point.
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