Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Wanwan Resort Yataya Shotoen
大江戸温泉物語わんわんリゾート 矢田屋松濤園
Does Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Wanwan Resort Yataya Shotoen allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Tattoos are allowed in the large bath only if the hotel’s paid cover-up seal hides them completely. The inn takes only guests traveling with a dog, and some rooms have an open-air bath you can share with your dog.
The rule is on the inn’s own hot spring page, part of the Ooedo Onsen Monogatari group.
Show this at the front desk
※入れ墨・タトゥーのある方は大浴場をご利用いただけません。ただし、当館指定のカバーシール（有料）を貼って、入れ墨、タトゥーが完全に覆える場合に限り、大浴場をご利用いただけます
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
The bath
Each side of the large bath has an indoor bath with windows on Lake Shibayama and a small open-air bath; the men’s looks across the lake toward Mount Hakusan. The water is a salty spring that keeps you warm, with water added, heated and filtered. Hours are 3 p.m. to midnight and 2 a.m. to 10 a.m., except during cleaning. Dogs can’t come into the large bath. Children 7 or older, or taller than 120 cm (3 ft 11 in), use the bath for their own gender.
Some rooms have their own open-air bath, and the inn sells them as a bath you can take with your dog.
The hotel
The inn opened in 1896 and now takes only guests with dogs. Every room looks over Lake Shibayama, with tatami floors and airweave mattresses for dogs, and there’s a sukiya-style detached room in the garden. Dinner is kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal), your dog can eat with you, and dog meals can be ordered. Check-in is 3 p.m., checkout 11 a.m. Parking is free, about 30 cars.
Good to know
- Bring the signed form. Filling in the inn’s request form for guests and dogs before you arrive speeds up check-in.
- An indoor dog run, a lounge with free drinks for owners and a treat buffet for dogs, all free.
Getting there
Katayamazu Onsen bus stop · Taxi or CANBUS Sea Route
4 minutes on foot.
From Tokyo, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen, about 2 hours 40 minutes. Some trains run straight through; if yours ends at Kanazawa, change there to the Tsurugi. From Kaga-Onsen Station, take a short taxi. The CANBUS Sea Route covers the same leg but runs only every hour or two. The inn doesn’t run a shuttle from the station.
Where it is
Katayamazu Onsen bus stop
- Hokuriku Shinkansen 2 hr 40 min from Tokyo
- Hokuriku Shinkansen 15 min
- 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 to Kaga-Onsen.
- 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 at the front desk for the hotel’s paid cover-up seal and cover the tattoo completely before you use the large bath. If your room has an open-air bath, you can use that instead.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the information notice on the inn’s hot spring page); open-air rooms from the Katayamazu tourism association’s page
Best for: dog owners who want to bathe, eat and sleep with their dog by Lake Shibayama
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