HOSHINOYA Karuizawa
星のや軽井沢
Does HOSHINOYA Karuizawa allow tattoos? Yes!
Hoshinoya’s own bath is the Meditation Bath, a hot spring kept for staying guests, built as a “room of light” and a “room of darkness” that you move between.
Nothing to cover in the guests’ own bath. Hoshino Resorts states group-wide that it does not restrict guests with tattoos, and keeps the right to refuse the bath where it judges other guests might be frightened. Hoshinoya’s Meditation Bath is for staying guests only, so the unrestricted rule is the one that applies there. Tombo-no-yu, the public bath that HoshinoyaTombo-no-yu, the public bath next door that Hoshinoya also points its guests to,rsquo;s own onsen page lists beside it, is a different case: it is open to everyone and asks for no more than eight cover seals.
Where it is
Tokyo STN
Hokuriku Shinkansen 1 h 06
Hotel locationKaruizawa STN
JR Tokyo Wide Pass Covers the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo as far as Karuizawa and Sakudaira. The buses to hotels outside the center are paid separately. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Check in and go to the bath. There is no seal to buy and nothing to declare.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the Hoshino Resorts group FAQ; Hoshinoya Karuizawa’s onsen page describes the Meditation Bath as a guests-only hot spring)
Read on: hoshinoresorts.com/ja/sp/faq/hotelinfo/
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The operator’s own wording on that page. Nothing here needs showing at a desk. If anyone does ask, show them this. It is the operator’s own wording.
Best for: A bath with no seal and no size limit, taken in a room of light and a room of dark
77 rooms, 1 to 4 guests, check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00. The group FAQ says the onsen at Hoshinoya, KAI and RISONARE properties are for staying guests and cannot be used on a day visit. Rooms have an ordinary bathtub with the toilet and basin separate; the operator does not call the room tubs hot spring. The operator lists two onsen for the resort: the guests-only Meditation Bath and Tombo-no-yu, which follows the eight-seal rule. Dogs are accepted in designated rooms.
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