Satoyu Mukashibanashi Yuzanso
里湯昔話 雄山荘
Does Satoyu Mukashibanashi Yuzanso allow tattoos? Yes, covered
A lakeside ryokan at Ogoto Onsen, nineteen minutes from Kyoto on the Kosei line, with Lake Biwa below the large bath, rooms that carry an open-air bath of their own, and a free pick-up from Ogoto-Onsen station.
The large bath is closed to tattooed guests, and then the ryokan writes an exception in its own FAQ that this site has not seen in these words anywhere else: out of respect for other countries’ cultures, an overseas guest may buy a cover seal at the ryokan’s shop and bathe if it hides the work. Read the condition strictly — it has to be hidden, so this is an answer for a small piece and not for a sleeve. For anything larger, book a room with an open-air bath of its own.
Show this at the front desk
刺青（入れ墨）・タトゥーをされている方のご利用・ご入場はお断りしております。但し、海外のお客様に関しましてはお国の文化も尊重し、当館売店にて販売をしております『タトゥーシール』を貼っていただきタトゥーが隠れるのであれば特例としてＯＫとさせていただいております。
The operator’s own wording. Showing it settles the question.
Where it is
Kyoto STN
JR Kosei line 19 min
↙ Kansai Airport 95 km
↙ Itami Airport 54 km
Hotel locationOgoto-Onsen STN
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page — how the seals work, and where to buy them →
How we know
Confirmed Confirmed from official site (the ryokan's own FAQ)
Read on: yuzanso.co.jp/faq/
Best for: A small piece under a seal you can buy at the desk — or your own bath
Buy the seal when you check in, not at the bath door. The ryokan also warns of seven or eight steps down from the dressing room to the water, and suggests a room with its own bath to anyone who would rather not take them. There is a free pick-up from Ogoto-Onsen station.