Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Hotel Kinugawa Gyoen
大江戸温泉物語 ホテル鬼怒川御苑
Does Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Hotel Kinugawa Gyoen allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Ooedo Hotel Kinugawa Gyoen’s private bath holds up to 20 people, big enough for a whole tattooed party to bathe together for 45 minutes.
The rule matches its sister hotel across the river: seals bought from the hotel must cover the tattoo completely, two at most under the group’s bath terms. For more ink than that, the private bath in the Gekko wing takes up to 20 people, 45 minutes for 5,000 yen, booked on the day of your stay.
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
The water is an alkaline simple spring that the hotel calls easy on the body; it is diluted, heated and recirculated, and the posted uses are nerve complaints, sleeplessness and low mood. The two open-air baths stand apart from the main building down a corridor of their own, each with a wooden changing room. Hime-no-yu is the women's bath and Tono-no-yu the men's; both sit above the river with mountains in front, and the hotel says you can see stars on a clear night. Indoors, Gekko-no-yu on the first floor of the Gekko wing has windows on the river, and Hyakka-no-yu in the basement of the Hyakka wing is the wider tub; the two swap between men and women. Each has a sauna. Hours are 15:00 to 24:00 and 5:00 to 10:00, saunas 15:00 to 24:00 and 7:00 to 10:00. Day visitors come 7:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to 24:00, last entry 22:00, for ¥1,000 on weekdays, ¥1,400 at weekends and ¥1,600 on peak days, towel rental ¥330.
The one private bath, Gosho-no-yu in the Gekko wing, is an indoor tub the hotel rates for 20 people. It is for overnight guests only, 45 minutes for ¥5,000 (¥2,500 for the group's Iifuro members), open 15:00 to 24:00 and booked at the front desk on the day until 23:00. There is no advance booking.
The hotel
An Ooedo Onsen Monogatari group hotel in two wings, the Gekko-no-yakata and the Hyakka-no-yakata, beside the painted-demon staircase that is the town's photo spot. The lobby has a wall of windows over the gorge. Dinner and breakfast are buffets of Japanese, Western and Chinese dishes, with sushi, tempura and sashimi, plus yuba (tofu skin) and other local plates. Yukata are free to choose from a rack, and there are karaoke rooms, table tennis, a manga corner and a kimono gallery outside the banquet hall. Check-in is 15:00 and check-out 11:00.
Good to know
- The private bath takes a whole party, rated for 20 people, 45 minutes, booked on the day of your stay.
- Day bathing is cheap here, ¥1,000 on a weekday, with a towel for ¥330.
- The loop bus is quicker coming than going: about 10 minutes from the station and about 20 minutes back.
- A yukata (a light cotton robe) corner in the lobby lets you pick a pattern and wear it through the hotel.
Getting there
Tobu limited expresses from Asakusa reach Kinugawa-Onsen Station in about 2 hours. The Nikko Kotsu hotel loop bus leaves the station and stops at Hotel Kinugawa Gyoen, about 10 minutes out and about 20 minutes on the way back. Walking takes about 15 minutes. Drivers leave the Nikko-Utsunomiya road at Imaichi, about 25 minutes away; free parking for about 150 cars.
Kinugawa-Onsen STN · Tobu Kinugawa line (limited expresses from Asakusa)
About 15 minutes.
Hotel loop bus from the station, about 10 minutes out, about 20 back.
Where it is
Kinugawa-Onsen STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Tokyo Wide Pass ¥16,000 · 3 days Worth it if you’re also traveling around Tokyo on JR.
- Nikko Pass All Area ¥8,000 · 4 days Worth it if you’re coming from Asakusa. It covers the Tobu line from Asakusa and back, and Tobu trains and buses around Kinugawa and Nikko.
- Nikko classic day tour Toshogu Shrine, the Irohazaka hairpins, Lake Chuzenji and Kegon Falls, from Tokyo.
- 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
Bring your own seals and cover the tattoo completely before you go in. The hotel doesn't specify a size, so cover everything.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the hotel’s onsen page, and the Ooedo group’s bath terms for the two-seal limit)
Best for: Groups or families who can book one big private bath for everyone
Open-air baths Hime-no-yu (women) and Tono-no-yu (men) stand apart from the main building over the river; indoor baths Gekko-no-yu and Hyakka-no-yu swap by gender. Private bath 15:00 to 24:00, 45 minutes 5,000 yen (2,500 yen for Ooedo members), guests only, same-day booking. Water diluted, heated and recirculated per the operator.
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