APA Hotel Kanazawa-Ekimae, APA Spa
アパホテル〈金沢駅前〉 大浴殿
Does APA Hotel Kanazawa-Ekimae, APA Spa allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Heated tap water rather than a spring, but an open-air tub on both sides and the chain’s tattoo seals handed over free, a minute from Kanazawa Station’s west exit.
Staying guests get the seals free. The property FAQ refuses tattoos and warns that anyone found out inside will be asked to leave, then admits a tattoo covered by no more than two of APA’s 10-by-12-centimeter point cover seals. The front desk hands over two per guest per night at no charge, one night’s worth at a time; day visitors buy theirs at the desk.
Show this at the front desk
入れ墨（タトゥー）をされた方のご入場は固くお断りいたします。ご入場後でもその事実が判明した時点で、直ちに退去していただきます。ただし、当社指定のシール(ポイントタトゥカバーシール)[サイズ10cm×12cm]2枚以内でタトゥーを覆うことが出来る場合には大浴場を利用できます。ご宿泊の方には、フロントにて1泊1名につき2枚までシールを無料で提供しております。(スパ外来ご利用の方はフロントでお買い求めください。）
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Kenroku-en
Kanazawa Castle
Hotel locationKanazawa STN at the station
JR Hokuriku Area Pass Four days on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tsuruga and Kurobe-Unazukionsen, non-reserved, for 7,000 yen, which reaches Kaga-Onsen, Awara-Onsen and Kurobe-Unazukionsen from Kanazawa. It does not cover Kanazawa’s city buses or the IR Ishikawa Railway stops in between. Sold on Klook.
A chain rule with the smallest seal on this page
APA states its rule centrally, in force since 19 March 2019 and repeated on every property page: tattoos are refused in the daiyokujo unless they can be hidden under no more than two of APA’s own point cover seals, each 10×12 cm (3.9×4.7 in). The whole picture on APA Hotel, and every APA Hotel listing on this site →
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page. How the seals work, and where to buy them →
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the property’s own 大浴場について FAQ, read in a browser)
Read on: apahotel.com/hotel/hokuriku/ishikawa/kanazawa-ekimae/faq/category/cid-6/
Best for: A small tattoo and free seals, a minute from the station
Not a hot spring: the FAQ says 沸かし湯, heated water. Men have three tubs and a cold plunge, women two and a cold plunge; both sides have an open-air bath (a pot tub for women), and the men’s side has three chairs for cooling off outside. Busiest 19:00 to 23:00. The FAQ gives the hours once as 06:00 to 24:00 and elsewhere as 06:00 to 25:00. Day bathing 1,500 yen for three hours. No private bath. Bring towels from the room.
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