Genzo-no-yu Naruko Kanko Hotel
源蔵の湯 鳴子観光ホテル
Does Genzo-no-yu Naruko Kanko Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath
Of the private baths in this valley only one is built for a wheelchair to roll into, and it is the hiba-lined Kohaku at the end of this hotel’s bath corridor.
No tattoo rule is published for the two large baths, so treat them as unanswered. The hotel does publish three free private baths along a corridor it calls Yuoto-no-koji, and states plainly that they are for staying guests only. Booking a night is therefore the whole of the answer here, and the day-use ticket does not reach them.
Show this at the front desk
◎貸切風呂は、ご宿泊のお客様のみのご利用となります。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Sendai STN
Furukawa STN change to JR Rikuu East line · 46 min
Tohoku Shinkansen 12 min
Yamagata STN
Morioka STN
Fukushima STN
Hotel locationNaruko-Onsen STN
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 rather than a tattoo policy (the 無料貸切風呂 湯音の小路 section and the bathing notes on the operator’s 温泉 page)
Read on: narukokankouhotel.co.jp/spa/
Best for: A tattooed guest travelling with someone who cannot manage steps: one of the three private baths is wheelchair accessible
Three free private baths, no charge on top of the room. Ichi-no-yu Kohaku is hiba-lined, laid out for five or six, built barrier-free with two showers, handrails and wheelchair access into the bathing room itself. Ni-no-yu Moegi is a round Shigaraki ceramic tub for two or three. The two large baths, Genzo-no-yu for men and Shizuka-no-yu for women, are closed 04:00 to 04:30 for cleaning and are chlorinated for hygiene. Day bathing is 1,500 yen for adults, 12:00 to 15:00 with last entry at 14:00, and only on Sundays, public holidays and during the autumn colors. A hundred and two rooms.
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