Kinjo Onsen Motoyu
金城温泉元湯
Does Kinjo Onsen Motoyu allow tattoos? In a private bath
Fourteen private bathrooms on the bathhouse’s own spring, nine of them bookable online, and no shampoo unless you bring it.
Rent a family bath. Kinjo Onsen runs 14 private bathrooms beside its public bath, nine of which can be reserved online, so you lock the door and have the spring to yourself. The house turns away drunks and pets and publishes nothing about tattoos, which is why the private room is the answer rather than the public side.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Kenroku-en
Kanazawa Castle
Nishi Kanazawa STN 3.7 km out
Location
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.
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)
Read on: kinjo-onsen.jp/guide_private.html
Best for: Locals’ spring water in a room of your own, bookable ahead
Family baths 12:00 to 24:00, last entry 23:00; closed Tuesdays (the next day when Tuesday is a holiday) and New Year’s Day. The rooms named “〇〇とおふろ” can be booked and cannot be extended; the plain “ofuro” rooms take walk-ins and can be extended by up to 30 minutes on weekdays. Coupon books: seven visits 9,800 yen, three visits 5,000 yen; single prices are published only as an image. No soap or shampoo in the rooms: buy minis at the desk for 30 yen or bring your own. Own two wells; the operator describes the public bath as 100 percent flowing spring. Public bath 06:00 to 23:00.
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