Phoenix Seagaia Ocean Tower, formerly Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort
フェニックス・シーガイア・オーシャン・タワー
Does Phoenix Seagaia Ocean Tower, formerly Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort allow tattoos? In a private bath
The Ocean Tower’s Shosenkyu baths refuse an exposed tattoo as a rule, but hotel guests can book Hanare-yu, an open-air bath under a gazebo in the pines, by the hour.
The Shosenkyu bath page says that, as a rule, exposed tattoos are refused in the shared baths. The answer is the two private baths for hotel guests, Hanare-yu and Oyunomiya, which are booked ahead and used by one party at a time; their pages set no tattoo rule.
The bath
Shosenkyu draws an iodine-bearing sodium chloride strong salt spring from 1,000 meters down; it calls the water a beauty bath of dissolved ancient sea and lists it for fatigue, cold sensitivity and joint pain. The shared baths are Tsukuyomi, an open-air bath in the pine forest, 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; Mangetsu, with a sauna and a mud pack made from the spring's minerals, men 6 to 11 a.m. and women 3 to 11:30 p.m.; and Shingetsu, an indoor-and-outdoor bath with a lacquered ceiling, closed for renovation from October 2026 to January 2027. Ocean Tower guests enter free with the room key card and pay a ¥150 bath tax at checkout; guests of the resort's condominiums and cottages pay ¥1,100, and outside visitors ¥1,100.
Hanare-yu is a source-flowing open-air bath in its own garden with a timber gazebo, a shower room and washbasins but no indoor tub, for up to four people: ¥6,000 per 60 minutes, ¥3,000 for Club Twin guests, free once a stay for Club Suite guests, from 7 a.m. to noon and 3 to 10:30 p.m. Oyunomiya is the resort's certified room of the yudo bathing way, a hand-plastered tub under a painted ceiling with Miyazaki crafts as the bathing tools, for two adults of junior high age or older: ¥8,000 per 90 minutes, ¥5,200 for Club Twin, free once for Club Suite, starting at 7:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Both are for hotel guests only, reservation only, booked online from a month ahead.
The hotel
A 154-meter tower on the coast in which every room faces east over the Pacific, so the sunrise comes in through the window. Rooms run from standard and deluxe twins and Japanese-style rooms up to the Club Twin Grand, Club Double Grand and Club Suite categories, whose guests get the private baths cheaper or free. Seven restaurants and bars include the Pine Terrace garden buffet, Ristorante ARCO and the teppanyaki (cooked on an iron griddle) counter Fukami. There are indoor and outdoor pools and a spa. The hotel carried the Sheraton name until June 2025.
Good to know
- A Club Suite guest gets Hanare-yu free once a stay; a Club Twin guest pays half.
- Oyunomiya admits only two adults of junior high age or older, for 90 minutes at a time.
- Shingetsu is closed from October 2026 to January 2027; Tsukuyomi and Mangetsu stay open.
- A free shuttle leaves Miyazaki Station's east exit twice a day, no reservation, about 30 minutes.
Getting there
Take the airport line from Miyazaki Airport to Miyazaki Station, about 10 minutes, then the resort's free shuttle bus from the east exit, two runs a day with no reservation, about 30 minutes; a taxi or the local bus takes about 25. From the airport by car it is about 25 minutes, and on weekends and holidays a direct bus runs in about the same time. The resort posts the shuttle timetable on its access page.
Miyazaki STN · JR Nippo Main Line and the Miyazaki Airport Line, then the resort shuttle or a Miyazaki Kotsu bus
Not walkable.
Free resort shuttle from the east exit, two runs a day; taxi about 25 minutes.
Where it is
- Kyushu Shinkansen 1 hr 16 min
- Kirishima express 2 hr 10 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Kyushu Rail Pass from ¥12,000 · 3, 5 or 7 consecutive days Worth it if you’re coming by train from Hakata.
- Takachiho day tour Takachiho Gorge, Takachiho and Amanoiwato shrines and the Amanoyasukawara cave.
- 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 reserve a private bath online.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the Shosenkyu bath page) for the refusal;, for the private baths
※原則タトゥー・刺青の露出はお断りしております
This is the rule for the shared baths. It doesn’t apply to the private baths.
Best for: a 154-meter ocean-view tower where a reserved open-air bath in the pines costs ¥6,000 an hour
Renamed from Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort on June 6, 2025, when the resort ended its Marriott franchise. Hanare-yu is ¥6,000 per 60 minutes, ¥3,000 for Club Twin guests and free once a stay for Club Suite guests, 7 a.m. to noon and 3 to 10:30 p.m., up to four people. Oyunomiya is ¥8,000 per 90 minutes, ¥5,200 for Club Twin and free once for Club Suite, two adults of junior high age or older, starting at 7:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Both are hotel guests only, reservation only, online from a month ahead. The Shingetsu shared bath is closed for renovation from October 2026 to January 2027.
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