Cape Ashizuri, on the rise above the hot spring village Hotel with a hot spring open-air bath over the sea ★★★☆☆

Ashizuri Kokusai Hotel

足摺国際ホテル

Does Ashizuri Kokusai Hotel allow tattoos? Yes!

Nothing to cover

Called directly in September 2026: there is no restriction. The hot spring page and the FAQ never mentioned tattoos; the property’s own answer by phone confirms there is nothing to cover.

Where it is

Okayama STN Kochi STN change to JR Ashizuri limited express · 102 min Nakamura STN change to Kochi Seinan Kotsu bus · 105 min JR Nanpu limited express 144 min Matsuyama STN Takamatsu STN Hotel location
Ashizuri Misaki STN
Matsuyama is the door for Dogo and Imabari. The rest are quicker from Okayama, over the Seto Ohashi bridge: Takamatsu 53 minutes, Kochi 2 h 24 on the Nanpu. Shodoshima is a boat from Takamatsu port, and Naruto the Uzushio limited express from Takamatsu by way of Tokushima.. Ashizuri Kokusai Hotel · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR All Shikoku Rail Pass Three to seven days, from 12,000 yen, on every JR Shikoku train, with non-reserved seats on the limited expresses. It starts at Kojima, the first stop on the Shikoku side of the line from Okayama. It covers the Nanpu from Kojima to Kochi and the Ashizuri limited express on to Nakamura, which runs over the Tosa Kuroshio Railway and is included. The bus from Nakamura to Cape Ashizuri is paid separately. Sold on Klook.

What happens when you arrive

Check in and go to the bath. There is no seal to buy and nothing to declare.

How we know

Confirmed we contacted the property directly (September 2026)

Read on: the property, contacted directly, September 2026

Best for: The open-air bath over the Pacific at Cape Ashizuri, recommended at dawn, with no restriction to plan around.

The largest of the cape hotels, on あしずり温泉, a weakly alkaline radon spring. Bathing 05:30 to 08:30 and 16:00 to 23:30, with an open-air tub looking down on the Pacific; the hotel recommends it at dawn. The FAQ states 部屋にお風呂はありますか? はい。全室バス・トイレ(洗浄器)付です, which is a bathroom and not a private onsen, and 日帰り入浴はできますか? 申し訳ございません。当館では日帰り入浴は行っておりません. Kongofukuji, the 38th temple on the Shikoku pilgrimage, is a 15-minute walk.

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