Noboribetsu Onsen, on the lower bend of the main street Large onsen hotel with a reservable family bath

Noboribetsu Grand Hotel

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Does Noboribetsu Grand Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

The 1938 dome is still there, a Roman-style bath hall lit from a high ceiling, with a garden open-air bath and a waterfall on the other side of the building, and one small family bath behind both of them.

There is no tattoo rule anywhere on this hotel’s site, so the shared domed bath is an unknown and is treated here as closed. What the hotel does publish is a single hot-spring family bath, booked by the hour, and it sells that bath to day visitors as well as to guests. Seven guest rooms also have their own open-air tub, though the hotel is careful to say that water is not the Noboribetsu spring.

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温泉家族⾵呂がございます。泉質は⾷塩泉です。利⽤時間50分間で3,000円（税別）です。（中略）2025年4⽉1⽇からは、50分／4,400円（税込）となります。家族⾵呂は1箇所しかございません。事前のご予約をおすすめ致します。

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

Where it is

Sapporo to Noboribetsu Onsen is about 1 h 45: the Suzuran, JR’s limited express (a faster train with fewer stops and a fee on top of the fare), then a Donan bus of 21 minutes up to the onsen terminal. Toyako Onsen is the Hokuto, the limited express to Hakodate, as far as Toya, then a Donan bus of 24 minutes around the lake, about 2 h 20 in all. Niseko is about 3 h 25 by way of Otaru and Kutchan, or a direct highway coach for less money. Jozankei has no railway: the Jotetsu Kappa Liner runs there from Sapporo Station in 56 minutes and is booked in advance. Noboribetsu Grand Hotel · 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, not a tattoo policy (the family-bath answer in the hotel’s own FAQ, under お風呂)

Read on: nobogura.co.jp/faq/

Best for: Booking a private hot-spring bath by the hour without staying the night

One family bath only, food-salt spring, 50 minutes for 4,400 yen including tax since 1 April 2025, and the hotel says to reserve ahead because there is nothing else to fall back on. Day visitors may use it, but the day-use admission (2,000 yen adults, 1,000 yen children) is charged on top. Day-use bathing runs 12:30–20:00 with last entry at 19:00, plus a 07:00–10:00 morning slot, and starts at 14:30 on Mondays and Thursdays. Of the seven rooms with an open-air tub, five are Western and two Japanese, and the hotel states: “※露天風呂付客室のお風呂は天然温泉ではございません。ラジウム鉱泉を利用した人工温泉です”

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