Himeji Castle Grandvrio Hotel
姫路キヤッスルグランヴィリオホテル
Does Himeji Castle Grandvrio Hotel allow tattoos? Yes, covered
You can bathe if the tattoo is completely hidden under a cover seal. The size the property allows is the thing to check before you book — allowances differ enough between chains to decide the matter.
Refused in principle, but the large bath is open to anyone whose tattoo is completely covered by the hotel's own cover seal, which measures 11.4×20 cm (4.5×7.9 in).
Show this at the front desk
入れ墨・タトゥーのある方のご利用をお断りしております。ただし、当館指定のカバーシール(11.4㎝×20㎝)を貼って、入れ墨・タトゥーが完全に覆える場合に限り大浴場をご利用頂けます
The operator’s own wording, copied from the page named under “How we know” below. Holding up your phone settles the question faster than explaining it.
Where it is
Osaka/Umeda STN
JR Kobe line 1 h 7
Shin-Osaka STN
Namba STN
Kansai Airport 65 km ↘
✈Itami Airport
Hotel location
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, with a seal that fits the size the property allows — that figure is in the policy line at the top of this page, and it is the property’s, not ours. Where the seals are sold at the front desk, buy them at check-in rather than at bath time; where they are not, bring your own. A seal that does not cover the whole tattoo counts as no seal, and staff are within their rules to turn you away at the door. Nothing needs declaring, but nothing may show.
How we know
Confirmed Confirmed from official site (the bath's own page)
Read on: himejicastlehotel.co.jp/kaguranoyu/
Best for: A real onsen in Himeji, and one you can use without staying the night
The bath is 華楽の湯, a natural hot spring, and day use runs 10:00 to 24:00 with last entry at 23:00. A Route Inn group property, though it does not carry the Route Inn name, and the seal size is the same 11.4x20 cm the chain uses.