Noritake, north side of the Taiko-dori exit Business hotel with a large shared bath ★★★☆☆

APA Hotel Nagoya-Ekimae Kita

アパホテル〈名古屋駅前北〉

Does APA Hotel Nagoya-Ekimae Kita allow tattoos? Yes, covered

Cover seal required

A second-floor tub with the coin laundry built into the same room, a few doors north of its sister APA.

Admitted only under cover seals. APA refuses tattooed bathers outright, then makes one exception: if the tattoo fits under no more than two of the chain’s own point tattoo cover seals, 10 by 12 centimeters each, the large bath is open. Overnight guests are given two seals free per person per night, handed out one night at a time. Anything a pair of seals cannot cover is refused.

Show this at the front desk

入れ墨(タトゥー)をされた方のご入場は固くお断りいたします。ご入場後でもその事実が判明した時点で、直ちに退去していただきます。ただし、当社指定のシール(ポイントタトゥカバーシール)[サイズ10cm×12cm]2枚以内でタトゥーを覆うことが出来る場合には大浴殿を利用できます。

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

Where it is

Nagoya Castle Hotel location
Nagoya STN 4 min on foot
APA Hotel Nagoya-Ekimae Kita · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

Tokyo to Nagoya Shinkansen tickets One-way Tokaido Shinkansen tickets from Tokyo, about 1 h 40 on the Nozomi, booked ahead with a QR code for the gate. Sold on Klook.

A chain rule with the smallest seal on this page

APA states its rule centrally, in force since 19 March 2019 and repeated on every property page: tattoos are refused in the daiyokujo unless they can be hidden under no more than two of APA’s own point cover seals, each 10×12 cm (3.9×4.7 in). The whole picture on APA Hotel, and every APA Hotel listing on this site →

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 (APA’s central 大浴殿について customer-services page, read in a browser because apahotel.com refuses fetchers; the bath itself is listed on the property page)

Read on: apahotel.com/customer/stay-services/39/

Best for: A plain indoor tub with a washing machine in the same room after a long travel day

Second-floor Gen’yo-no-yu on artificial Komeiseki mineral water, indoor tub only, free to guests, 15:00 to 25:00 and 6:00 to 10:00. The coin laundry stands inside the bath area, two washers and two dryers, 300 yen a wash. The seal rule has been in force across APA since 19 March 2019. Day visitors buy their seals at the desk rather than receive them. Seal size 10 x 12 cm.

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