Kanazawa Yuwaku Yamane
金沢・湯涌 山音
Does Kanazawa Yuwaku Yamane allow tattoos? In a private bath
Yamane doesn’t publish a tattoo policy, so ask for its private open-air bath at check-in. The tub is hollowed from a single block of Tomuro stone in a bamboo grove.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule for its shared baths. Its notice of July 11, 2026 closed the shared open-air bath to save fuel but kept the private bath running.
The bath
The private open-air bath, Roman Hiko, is carved from Tomuro stone, which the inn calls the Kaga domain’s secret stone. It costs ¥2,200 for 45 minutes, between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. The inn sets the time and may turn requests down when it’s busy. Several room plans include a free 45-minute session.
Two rooms have a tub of their own: Fukujin, with a semi-open-air bath, and Gozengamine, a 68-square-meter detached room opened in 2018, with a private open-air bath. The other rooms’ bathrooms aren’t hot-spring water.
The shared baths are open 3:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. The indoor bath has stained glass in the style of Takehisa Yumeji, the painter who stayed in Yuwaku. The bamboo-grove open-air bath, with a jacuzzi and two waterfall showers, is closed for now because of fuel costs. These are shared baths with no published tattoo rule.
The hotel
Ten rooms, all non-smoking. Check-in is 3 p.m., checkout 10:30 a.m. Dinner and breakfast are in two dining rooms, one built around an irori, a sunken hearth. Parking is free.
Good to know
- Cash only. The inn takes no credit cards.
- Web bookings only, and no infants.
Getting there
Yuwaku Onsen bus stop · Hokutetsu bus 12
About 5 minutes on foot through the town.
The Yuwaku line bus leaves from stop 6 outside Kanazawa Station and runs straight to the end of the line in 52 minutes.
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
Ask for the private open-air bath when you check in; the inn gives you a 45-minute slot. In Fukujin or Gozengamine, use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (); operating status of the private bath from a blog notice dated July 11, 2026
Best for: couples who want a stone tub under the trees, or a detached room with its own open-air bath
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