Ryokan Yakenoyu
旅館 焼乃湯
Does Ryokan Yakenoyu allow tattoos? In a private bath
The house asks tattooed guests to skip the indoor baths and then hands them the three open-air ones it is proudest of.
Yakenoyu asks tattooed guests to stay out of the gendered indoor baths and then names its three private open-air baths as theirs to use, saying anyone may take them without hesitation. That is a rare thing to find written down in this valley: a refusal and a replacement in the same paragraph. The private baths have no shower, only a bucket and the hot inflow.
Show this at the front desk
恐れ入りますが、タトゥー・刺青のあるお客様の「内湯（男女別）」のご利用はご遠慮いただいております。当館自慢の「3つの貸切露天風呂」につきましては、どなたでも気兼ねなくご利用いただけますので、ぜひそちらでゆっくりと湯浴みをお楽しみください。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Nagoya STN
Takayama STN change to Nohi Bus · 58 min
JR Hida limited express 155 min
Hirayu Onsen bus terminal 8.1 km out
Hotel location
JR Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass Five days for 19,800 yen on JR trains between Nagoya, Takayama and Toyama, with six reserved seats, which covers the Hida from Nagoya to Takayama. The Nohi Bus from Takayama up to Hirayu and Shinhotaka is not part of the pass and is paid separately. Sold on Klook.
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 page (yakenoyu.com/onsen), read 2026-09-18
Read on: yakenoyu.com/onsen
Best for: Three private open-air baths the house names as the answer for tattooed guests.
Shampoo is set in the private open-air baths but there is no shower; you rinse with the bucket from the hot inflow, and the house asks you to keep suds out of the pool. White flakes in the water are crystallized minerals, not dirt. The source runs hot, so watch your footing. Simple thermal spring. 38 beds, around 14,300 yen per person with two meals. No day-use bathing.
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