Hotel Cypress Karuizawa
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Does Hotel Cypress Karuizawa allow tattoos? In a private bath
Seven rooms at the Cypress come with an open-air bath, each laid out differently, and in winter the hotel takes the outdoor shower and taps off the wall so they do not freeze.
Seven rooms here have an open-air bath of their own, and that is the way to bathe with a tattoo. The hotel’s FAQ and facilities pages say nothing about tattoos in the large shared bath on B1, and silence is not permission.
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
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 rather than a tattoo policy (the hotel’s page for its seven rooms with a private open-air bath)
Read on: cypresshotels.jp/karuizawa/rooms/outdoor_bath.php
Best for: A room with its own outdoor tub a short ride from the station and the outlet mall
Three layouts carry the open-air bath: a 55 m² Western room for two to four, and two 65 m² Japanese-Western rooms, numbers 101 and 102, for up to five. All non-smoking. In winter the shower and taps in the open-air bath area are removed so they do not freeze. The hotel does not say whether the room tubs carry hot spring water, so treat them as ordinary baths until it does.
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