Yuwaku Onsen Kokarian
湯涌温泉 古香里庵
Does Yuwaku Onsen Kokarian allow tattoos? In a private bath
You won’t need a shared bath at Kokarian: it has none, and each of its four rooms has its own hot-spring bath. Two are open-air and two semi-open-air.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule, and it takes no day bathers.
The bath
The two ground-floor rooms, Mokubei (48 square meters, for one or two) and Kokutani (56 square meters, for up to three), have an open-air bath facing the garden. The two upstairs, Yoshidaya (65 square meters, up to five) and Akae (70 square meters, up to six), have a semi-open-air bath. The water comes from Yuwaku’s No. 5 source, a mild spring that comes out of the ground lukewarm.
The hotel
All four rooms are non-smoking suites. Check-in is 3 p.m., checkout 10 a.m. Dinner and breakfast are Hokuriku kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) in private dining rooms with tables. Pick a colorful yukata (a light cotton robe) at the front desk; there are men’s as well as women’s. Parking holds 8 cars.
Good to know
- Nobody younger than junior-high age, infants included.
- Book online. The phone is answered only from noon to 2:30 p.m.
- Kanazawa’s lodging tax is added: ¥200 or ¥500 per person per night, depending on the room rate.
Getting there
Yuwaku Onsen bus stop · Hokutetsu bus 12
2 minutes on foot.
The Yuwaku line bus leaves from stop 6 outside Kanazawa Station and runs straight to the end of the line in 52 minutes. The inn also runs a free pickup for staying guests from the Shinkansen gate at Kanazawa Station, at 2:30 p.m. only; book it at least two days ahead. The drive takes about 40 minutes, and the return leaves the inn at 10:10 a.m.
Where it is
Yuwaku Onsen bus stop
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Hokuriku Arch Pass ¥35,000 · 7 days Seven days between Tokyo, Kanazawa and Osaka, with reserved seats on the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo.
- Shirakawa-go and Takayama bus tour Shirakawa-go’s thatched village with Gokayama or Hida-Takayama, from Kanazawa.
- 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 ()
Best for: couples and small groups of adults who want one of only four rooms, each with a hot-spring tub
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