Tokigasane
季がさね
Does Tokigasane allow tattoos? In a private bath
A lakeside inn with a private stone-bed sauna room and two room types whose open-air tub is filled with undiluted Katayamazu water facing Lake Shibayama.
No tattoo rule is published. Two room types have an open-air bath of 100 percent Katayamazu hot spring water looking over the lake, a Japanese-Western room and a traditional Japanese room, and those are the rooms to book.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Kaga-Onsen STN change to CAN BUS · 11 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 18 min
✈Komatsu Airport
Hotel locationKatayamazu Onsen STN
JR Hokuriku Area Pass Four days on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tsuruga and Kurobe-Unazukionsen, non-reserved, for 7,000 yen. It covers the ride from Kanazawa to Kaga-Onsen; the CAN BUS from the station is paid separately. Worth it if Awara, Unazuki or a second Kaga town is on the same trip. 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 客室 listing on the facilities page)
Read on: tokigasane.com/facilities.html
Best for: An open-air hot spring tub with Lake Shibayama in front of it
Room types with a source open-air bath: a Japanese-Western room (entry, 12-mat room and two bedrooms) and a traditional Japanese room. Large bath 15:00–25:00 and 05:00–10:00. Private stone-sauna room Hoshi no Fune, 500 yen per use for guests. No regular closing day. The same company ran Kaga Kanko Hotel, which it closed in 2020 while keeping Tokigasane open.
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