Naruko Onsen Yumoto Kissho
鳴子温泉 湯元 吉祥
Does Naruko Onsen Yumoto Kissho allow tattoos? In a private bath
Four private baths on one corridor, free, with a lamp above each door that lights when someone has bolted it from inside, so the whole question of who sees you is settled by a walk down the hall.
Kissho says nothing about tattoos anywhere on its site, so the shared baths are an unknown and we treat them as one. What it does publish is four private baths on the ground floor, all of them free, none of them reservable: you walk down, and if the lamp outside is dark the room is yours. That is four chances an evening to bathe with nobody watching, which is why this is a private-bath listing.
Show this at the front desk
鳴子の湯を貸切風呂で思う存分ごゆるりと ／ 料金 無料 ／ ヒノキ風呂 ご利用目安：大人8名様 ／ レンガ風呂 ご利用目安：大人2名様 ／ タイル風呂 ご利用目安：大人2名様 ／ 岩風呂 ご利用目安：大人6名様 ／ 入口にランプがあり、施錠をするとランプが点灯する仕組みです。予約不要、先着順になります。
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 貸切風呂 section of the operator’s 温泉 page)
Read on: dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/kissho/hotspring/
Best for: Four free private baths and no booking sheet, so a late arrival is not shut out of them
The four are a hinoki tub for up to eight, a brick tub for two, a tile tub for two and a rock tub for six, all on the first floor, open 14:00 to 01:00 and again 05:00 to 11:00. First come, first served, no reservation: a lamp at the door lights when the bolt is thrown. The operator calls free private baths unusual for Naruko, and on the evidence of the other houses in town it is right. The large baths run 15:00 to 11:00 and close 02:00 to 03:00 for cleaning. There are no towels in the large bath rooms; carry your own down in the basket from your room. Fifty-nine rooms, run by Kyoritsu Resort. No day bathing.
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