Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa
ルシアン旧軽井沢
Does Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa allow tattoos? In a private bath
Le Chien’s FAQ turns tattooed guests away from the large bath and toward its two private ones, and one of those runs on natural hot spring water and is free whenever its lamp is off.
The hotel’s own FAQ answers it: whatever the size, guests with tattoos are asked not to use the large shared bath, and are sent to the private baths instead. Kyoritsu Resort’s group FAQ says the same and adds the room bath. Le Chien has two private baths, free and unbooked, and one of them is filled with natural hot spring water. Lock the door and a lamp on the board outside the bath lounge tells everyone else it is taken.
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当館では大きさに関わらず、刺青・タトゥーが入った方の大浴場のご利用はご遠慮いただいております。貸切風呂をご利用ください。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
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 (the hotel’s own FAQ, under 刺青・タトゥーが入っていても入浴できますか？; the Kyoritsu Resort group FAQ says the same)
Read on: dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/karuizawa/faq/
Best for: A hot spring private bath that costs nothing and needs no booking, with the dog asleep upstairs
Private baths 15:00–1:00 and 5:00–10:00: Nagomi-no-yu is natural hot spring, Kaori-no-yu is a cypress tub of carbonated “sparkling” water. Check the lamp board outside the bath lounge for a free one. The hotel’s FAQ says the large bath is natural Kose spring water; that is the bath the tattoo rule closes. A pet bath for dogs (not hot spring) is booked in advance for a fee. No towels are left in the baths; the FAQ says to bring them from your room. Large bath 15:00–11:00, closed 1:00–2:00 for cleaning. No day bathing.
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