Rosewood Garden & Villa
ローズウッドガーデン＆ヴィラ
Does Rosewood Garden & Villa allow tattoos? In a private bath
Every room at Rosewood has a roofed open-air hot spring bath facing a stream, and some are big enough for a family at once.
Rosewood publishes no tattoo rule, and it has no shared bath: every room has its own covered open-air hot spring bath beside the stream.
The bath
Rosewood publishes no spring analysis. It says every room's open-air bath is fed with Nasu hot spring water, and that the indoor tub in each room is local well water, soft and mineral-rich, which the hotel heats; it says so plainly on its bath page. The open-air baths are roofed, so rain does not close them, and all of them face the stream, which the hotel calls the background music. They are yours at any hour of the stay.
The tubs differ by room. The two deluxe rooms, 101 and 103, and the maisonette, 107, have a large open-air tub that the hotel says seats several people at once, so a family can soak together; in the maisonette the washing area is built into the bath terrace so you never step away from it. The standard rooms, 105 and 106, have an open tub the hotel describes as airy. The bath page shows a square tub faced in reddish-brown tile on a terrace of rough stone, with the treetops beyond the parapet.
A day stay is sold too: 12 noon to 6 p.m., six hours in a room with its bath, ¥16,000 for up to two adults on the official site, no meals, booked by phone or email. It is not offered in August, on long weekends or at New Year.
The hotel
A five-room villa hotel at Takaku beside a stream, with parking in front of each room and a cap of two adults a room; children through junior high stay free sharing the bed, without meals. Deluxe rooms have a bedroom and a living room, standard rooms are one open room, and the maisonette puts the bedroom upstairs, all with a wide king bed. The only meal is breakfast on request: two handmade breads and farm milk, left in a service box by the door so nobody has to meet. Rooms have a microwave and dishes for takeout from the restaurants nearby. Check-in is 2:30 p.m., checkout 9:30 a.m., and the desk takes cash only.
Good to know
- Bath and hot spring taxes are in the price, including the Nasu lodging tax from October 2026.
- No shuttle. The Morikozaka bus stop is a 10-minute walk, and so are a convenience store and cafes.
- Breakfast arrives in a box by the door, contact-free, bread baked without additives.
- Sparklers are allowed, by the door or in the parking space; the hotel lends a bucket and a lighter.
Getting there
From the west exit of Nasushiobara Station take the Kanto Jidosha bus toward Nasu-Yumoto Onsen or the Nasu Ropeway, about 33 minutes, ¥1,010 at 2026 fares; from Kuroiso Station it is about 18 minutes and ¥780. Do not board the Itamuro Onsen bus. Get off at Morikozaka and walk about 10 minutes. The hotel runs no pickup. By car there is a free space in front of each room, one car a room.
Nasushiobara STN · Tohoku Shinkansen (or JR Tohoku line to Kuroiso)
Not walkable.
Kanto Jidosha bus toward Nasu-Yumoto Onsen to Morikozaka, about 33 minutes, ¥1,010, then a 10-minute walk. No shuttle.
Where it is
Morikozaka bus stop
- Tohoku Shinkansen 1 hr 8 min
- Kanto Jidosha bus 33 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Tokyo Wide Pass ¥16,000 · 3 days Worth it if Nasu is one stop in a longer Kanto trip.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site ()
Best for: a family who want one big open-air spring tub to share by the river
The open-air baths are hot spring water; the indoor tubs are local well water that the hotel heats, which it says plainly. Some rooms have an oversized open-air bath for several people. A six-hour day stay of a room with its bath is sold too.
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