Kawaguchi, on the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi Resort hotel (Kyoritsu Resort) ★★★★☆

La Vista Fuji Kawaguchiko

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Does La Vista Fuji Kawaguchiko allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

The four private baths here are built in brick, stone, bamboo and mosaic tile, cost nothing, and take no booking: a lit board tells you which one is empty, day or night.

La Vista publishes no tattoo rule for this hotel, so do not count on the large bath. What it does have is four private baths on natural hot spring water, free, open 24 hours and never booked: a lit board shows which one is empty and you walk in. Any number of turns is free as long as one is free.

Where it is

Shinjuku STN Fuji Excursion, JR Chuo line and the Fujikyu line 1 h 56 Tokyo STN Hotel location
Kawaguchiko STN
Everything here is reached from Tokyo. Karuizawa is an hour on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Echigo-Yuzawa 79 minutes on the Joetsu Shinkansen, both with no change. Kawaguchiko is the Fuji Excursion from Shinjuku, about two hours, and Isawa the Kaiji, an hour and forty. The Nagano towns change once: Bessho at Ueda, Nozawa at Iiyama, and Yudanaka, Hakuba and Myoko at Nagano.. La Vista Fuji Kawaguchiko · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

Fuji Excursion train tickets Reserved seats on the limited express from Shinjuku straight through to Kawaguchiko, about two hours with no change. The trains fill up, so book ahead. 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, not a tattoo policy (the hotel’s FAQ and spa page)

Read on: dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/la_kawaguchiko/faq/

Best for: Using a private onsen bath as often as you like at no charge

Private baths: brick, stone, bamboo and mosaic tile, natural onsen, 24 hours except short cleaning closures, no reservations, free for repeat use; a chair-style hot-stone bath sits beside them and is also free. No towels at the baths: carry the bath basket left in your room. Large bath “Chozan-no-yu” 15:00–11:00 next morning, closed 2:00–4:00; the hotel notes the small outdoor bath on the men’s side is not hot spring water. Every room but the five Force rooms has a view bath at the window facing Mount Fuji; the hotel does not say what water fills it. Kyoritsu’s La Vista Kusatsu Hills publishes a rule pointing tattooed guests to its private baths; this property does not.

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