Sekiyama side of Myoko, below Seki Onsen, beside Myoko Country Club Resort hotel (Kyukamura group) ★★★★☆

Kyukamura Myoko

休暇村妙高

Does Kyukamura Myoko allow tattoos? Yes, covered

Cover seal required

Kyukamura’s Myoko house stands by Myoko Country Club on the Sekiyama side of the mountain and draws its water from Seki Onsen, a spring it describes by its red mineral flakes, though recirculation leaves the bath nearly clear.

Kyukamura’s own rules, which apply at every one of its hotels, turn away tattooed bathers from the large bath unless the tattoo is hidden from other guests, so cover it. For a tub of your own, five rooms have a bath, which the hotel says is not hot spring water; ask for one when you book.

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館内の大浴場において、次の方の入場は、お断りいたします。 泥酔されている方 刺青(タトゥー・シール等を含む)をされている方 ただし、他のお客様から刺青が見えない状態にしているときは、ご利用になれます。

The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.

Where it is

Tokyo STN Nagano STN change to Shinano Railway · 45 min Hokuriku Shinkansen 97 min Hotel location
Myoko-Kogen STN
Everything here is reached from Tokyo. Karuizawa is an hour on the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Echigo-Yuzawa 79 minutes on the Joetsu Shinkansen, both with no change. Kawaguchiko is the Fuji Excursion from Shinjuku, about two hours, and Isawa the Kaiji, an hour and forty. The Nagano towns change once: Bessho at Ueda, Nozawa at Iiyama, and Yudanaka, Hakuba and Myoko at Nagano.. Kyukamura Myoko · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR East Pass Covers the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano. The Shinano Railway on to Myoko-Kogen is a separate company and is paid separately. Sold on Klook.

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 from official site (the Kyukamura group’s own usage rules, qkamura.or.jp/term/; the Myoko FAQ adds the room baths)

Read on: qkamura.or.jp/term/

Best for: A family on a budget who can cover a tattoo, or book a room with its own ordinary tub

The rule is the group’s, not written on the Myoko pages, and says only “not visible to other guests”: no seal size, no seals mentioned for sale. Rooms with a bath: four 10-mat Japanese rooms and one twin, assigned first come first served on request; the FAQ says plainly 客室のお風呂は温泉ではありません. The large bath is indoor only, one each for men and women, on Seki Onsen water that is recirculated and filtered, so the red flakes Seki is known for are gone. Bath hours 13:00–24:00 and 05:00–10:00. Day bathing 13:00–18:00, not in winter. Free pick-up from Sekiyama STN on request; in winter from Myoko-Kogen STN too.

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