Otanisanso
大谷山荘
Does Otanisanso allow tattoos? In a private bath
The inn that made this valley a destination keeps its free-flowing water for four suites on the river.
The biggest inn in Nagato-Yumoto says nothing about tattoos across 45 pages, so its large bath, lying bath, sauna and open-air bath are all unknown ground. The suites are not: Fukawa, Nagato, Akebono and the Terrace Suite each have their own open-air bath, and the inn states on its plan pages that the suite open-air baths run free-flowing source water.
Where it is
Hiroshima STN
Asa STN change to JR Mine line replacement bus · 67 min
Sanyo Shinkansen 56 min
Okayama STN
Hotel locationNagato-Yumoto STN
JR Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass Five days for 15,000 yen on JR West trains between Mihara and Hakata, reserved Sanyo Shinkansen seats included. It covers the Shinkansen from Hiroshima to Asa and JR’s Mine line on to Nagato-Yumoto. On the date checked the Mine line ran as a JR replacement bus; ask at the station whether the pass is accepted on it. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.
How we know
Confirmed from official site — bath structure, not a tattoo policy. The four suite types with open-air baths are on the inn’s own suite page at otanisanso.co.jp/rooms/privatebath/; 45 pages of the site carry no tattoo statement.
Read on: otanisanso.co.jp/rooms/privatebath/
Best for: A river-facing suite with a free-flowing open-air tub, in the inn that put this town on the map.
Suites: Fukawa on the river side, Nagato on the stream side, Akebono on the mountain side, and the Terrace Suite. 98 rooms in all, from about 27,800 yen. Day bathing 2,500 yen for adults, 1,250 yen for primary school children. The inn runs an astronomy dome and stargazing, and shares its operator with Bettei Otozure next door. Its own sightseeing pages point guests at Onto, which refuses tattoos, so do not take that recommendation as a signal.
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