Oyado Ichifuji
御宿一富士
Does Oyado Ichifuji allow tattoos? In a private bath
One bath hall with a spring-fed open-air tub, and the inn’s own line that you can take it as a private bath whenever it is empty.
The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Its answer is the bath itself: there is one bath hall, an open-air bath with an indoor tub, and the inn says that when it is empty you can take it as a private bath. Ask at the desk for a slot; nothing is published on a fee or a time limit.
The bath
The water is an alkaline simple spring. The inn says it is 100 percent natural Kinugawa hot spring water with nothing artificial added, and lists it for neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, frozen shoulder, chronic digestive complaints, hemorrhoids and poor circulation. The open-air bath runs free-flowing from the source; the indoor tub is recirculated.
There is one bath hall. It holds the open-air bath, a tiled tub in a small walled garden of shrubs and river stones fed from a ceramic jar, and an indoor tub behind glass. The hall is given to one side at a time, men or women, so check the sign before you go in. No bath hours are published.
The private option is the same hall. The inn's outline says the bath can be used as a kashikiri, a private bath, when it is empty, and lists private use as available. Nothing is published about a fee, a time limit or a sign-up sheet, so ask at the front desk when you check in. A bathing tax of ¥150 per adult is added to the bill.
The hotel
A small inn in the Taki district with a main building and an annex 100 meters away, which has no elevator. Main-building rooms are Japanese style of 8, 10 or 14 mats, plus Western single rooms; the annex has two larger Japanese rooms of 12 and 15 mats. Dinner and breakfast are served in a dining room built from 300-year-old farmhouse timber. The inn calls its cooking country cuisine: deer sashimi, grilled mountain trout, Yashio trout, taro with yuzu miso and rolled yuba (tofu skin) are on the menu. It won a Jalan Award 2024 for dinner in its size class for the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.
Good to know
- Ask at the desk for the bath as a kashikiri, the inn says it is yours when it is empty.
- Towels and yukata (a light cotton robe) are in the room, with toothbrush, razor, shampoo and body soap.
- Four board games to borrow, Carcassonne, Catan, Patchwork and Captain Rhino.
- Free parking for 16 cars, and the inn asks you to say so when you book.
Getting there
Take the Tobu limited express (Kinu, Spacia or Revaty Kinugawa) from Asakusa to Kinugawa-Onsen Station, about 2 hours. Outside the station, to the right, is the stop for the dial bus that runs daily to the hotels; ride it to the inn. The inn also runs its own bus from its door to Kinugawa-Onsen Station and to Edo Wonderland and the other theme parks, which must be booked ahead. No walking time or taxi fare is published.
Kinugawa-Onsen STN · Tobu Kinugawa line (Kinu, Spacia and Revaty Kinugawa limited expresses from Asakusa)
Not published by the inn; about 1.3 km on the map.
Dial bus from the stop to the right outside the station, daily. The inn's own bus back to the station or the theme parks needs a booking.
Where it is
Kinugawa-Koen 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
Skip the shared baths and use one of the private baths. No reservation needed. Check the sign to see which are free.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (ichifuji.biz/onsen.html)
Best for: a small inn where the whole bath hall becomes yours whenever nobody else is in it
One bath hall, given to one side (men or women) at a time, with a 100% free-flowing open-air bath and a recirculated indoor tub. The inn's outline says it can be used as a private bath when empty (空いていれば貸切風呂として利用可能) and lists kashikiri as available. No price, minutes or booking method is published. No tattoo rule on any page read. Bathing tax of ¥150 per adult is charged separately. The annex, 100 m from the main building, has no elevator.
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