Hayamakan
葉山舘
Does Hayamakan allow tattoos? In a private bath
Every room at Hayamakan has an indoor bath fed from the inn's own source, and the Suiyotei rooms add a view bath facing the Zao range and a foot bath on the terrace.
Hayamakan publishes no tattoo rule. Every room has its own indoor bath of 100 percent source water, so a guest can bathe without using the shared baths at all.
The bath
Hayamakan draws from a source it owns, a sodium-calcium chloride-sulfate spring, and says only source water comes out of the spout in the large bath. The inn calls the water soft as silk and gentle enough for babies, and lists fatigue, cold sensitivity, stiff shoulders, cuts, burns, chronic digestive complaints and the skin. The tubs are recirculated to hold their temperature, and water may be added to the large bath or the open-air bath heated in winter. The large bath is built of stone and looks onto the open-air bath, which has no roof and a wall planted with moss from Yamagata. Both are open 24 hours.
The room baths are what make this a private stay. The inn says every room bath is 100 percent source water, and guests can use it as often as they like. Suiyotei's view bath is wide enough for two and faces the Zao range through tall windows, with a spring-water foot bath on the terrace outside. Kayotei has a compact cypress tub, and Shikitei a cypress tub where light falls on the water from a small courtyard garden.
The hotel
A hillside inn set back from the town, facing the Zao range. All rooms are Japanese rooms on Ryukyu tatami mats with a sofa, and all are non-smoking. Dinner and breakfast are served in private dining rooms; the inn calls its cooking new Japanese cuisine built on Yamagata produce. A massage room offers treatments by appointment, and the whole inn can be rented by a single group. Check-in is from 3 p.m., last 7 p.m., and check-out 11 a.m.
Good to know
- Every room has a source-water bath, use it as often as you like.
- Suiyotei has a foot bath on the terrace, and a view bath facing the Zao range.
- Free pickup from Kaminoyama-Onsen Station, 2:30 to 6 p.m., booked ahead by phone.
Getting there
From Yamagata Station, take the JR line to Kaminoyama-Onsen Station, about 13 minutes. From there a taxi or the inn's free shuttle takes 5 to 10 minutes. The shuttle meets trains from 2:30 to 6 p.m. and returns guests from 8 a.m. to noon; book both by phone. The inn publishes no walking time.
Kaminoyama-Onsen STN · JR Yamagata Shinkansen / Ou line
Not walkable.
Free shuttle, booked ahead by phone, 2:30 to 6 p.m.; or a taxi, about 5 minutes.
Where it is
Kaminoyama-Onsen STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR East Pass from ¥35,000 · 5 or 10 consecutive days Covers the whole train ride: the Tsubasa, the Yamagata Shinkansen, runs from Tokyo to Kaminoyama-Onsen with no change.
- Zao Fox Village and Ginzan Onsen day trip The Zao Fox Village and Ginzan Onsen, from Sendai.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site: (the rooms page and the hot spring page say every room bath is 100 percent source water)
Best for: a couple who wants a view bath of the inn's own spring and dinner in a private dining room
Three room types, all with a spring bath: Suiyotei, 12 mats with twin beds, a view bath big enough for two that faces the Zao range, and a hot spring foot bath on the terrace; Kayotei, 10 plus 4.5 mats with a sunken kotatsu table and a small cypress tub; and Shikitei, 10 mats with a cypress tub looking onto a small courtyard garden. The inn says it recirculates its baths to keep the temperature even, and may add water to the large bath or heat the open-air bath in winter. All rooms are non-smoking. Check-in 3 p.m. (last 7 p.m.), check-out 11 a.m.
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