Naruko, eight minutes on foot up from the station Ryokan

Naruko Fuga

大人の隠れ家 鳴子風雅

Does Naruko Fuga allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Fuga takes the opposite line from the rest of the street: rather than a hall full of people it sells you an hour of the open-air bath by yourself, booked before you set out.

No tattoo rule appears anywhere on Fuga’s site, so its two large baths are an open question. The house sells a private open-air bath instead: one party, sixty minutes, 2,200 yen, booked before you arrive and limited to people staying the night. Book that at the same time as the room and the shared baths become optional.

Show this at the front desk

貸切露天 / 広くてのんびりできる源泉かけ流し露天風呂を大切な方とゆっくりお過ごしいただけるよう、貸切でお愉しみいただけます。 ・1組60分 2,200円(事前予約制)※ご宿泊者様限定となります

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 location
Naruko-Onsen STN
Sendai is the door to all of these. Akiu is 43 minutes on one bus from the station, with no change. Nyuto is the Komachi, JR’s Shinkansen across to Akita, as far as Tazawako, then a bus of 47 minutes, about 2 h 20 in all. Naruko is twelve minutes on the Shinkansen to Furukawa and three quarters of an hour up the Rikuu East line. Zao is the Senzan line rapid over the mountains to Yamagata, then a bus of 37 minutes up to the ski village. Naruko Fuga · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 貸切露天 block on the operator’s 温泉 page)

Read on: naruko-fuga.com/hotspring

Best for: Reserving the private open-air bath weeks ahead instead of hoping a key is free at the desk

Reserve the private bath before arrival, not on the night. The large baths run 15:00 to 24:00 and 06:00 to 10:00, one indoor and one open-air on each side, with a step down into the water that the inn warns about. Sulfur sodium chloride water at pH 8.0 coming out of the ground at 97.3°C, part-diluted for temperature. Twenty-four rooms, sold as an adults’ retreat. The inn closed for part of February 2026, so check the calendar for winter dates.

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