Asarigawa Onsen 2-chome, two minutes from the Onsen-Minami bus stop Hotel with day-use bathing

Asarigawa Onsen Hotel

朝里川温泉ホテル

Does Asarigawa Onsen Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

The family bath here is the one private spring tub in Asarigawa that a day visitor can reserve, sixty minutes for 3,000 yen, with handrails and no step to climb over.

The hotel publishes no tattoo rule on its own site; the Asarigawa Onsen association does, refusing tattooed bathers in this hotel’s day-use bath, so plan around the large bath rather than testing it. The way in is the step-free family bath, which is real spring water, reserved by the hour, and sold to day visitors as well as guests. At 3,000 yen for sixty minutes it is the cheapest private spring bath a non-resident can book in this valley.

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. Otaru is 35 minutes on the Rapid Airport, Lake Shikotsu a bus from New Chitose Airport, and Hakodate 3 h 50 on the Hokuto. Asarigawa Onsen Hotel · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the Rapid Airport from Sapporo or the airport to Otaru. The Hokkaido Chuo bus up to Asarigawa Onsen 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 structure, not a tattoo policy (the reservable barrier-free 家族風呂, its hours and price from the hotel’s own front page). The refusal is published by the Asarigawa Onsen association, not by the hotel.

Read on: asarigawaonsenhotel.com

Best for: A step-free private spring bath booked by the hour, open to people who are not staying the night

The family bath is barrier-free, with low thresholds and grab rails, by reservation, 60 minutes at 3,000 yen; 11:00 to 21:00 for guests and 11:00 to 20:00 for day visitors with last entry 19:00. Day visitors pay extra per head above three people, and extra again if they also want the large bath. The large bath is a calcium and sodium chloride water, open 06:00 to 09:00 and 15:00 to 24:00 for guests, with a self-löyly Finnish sauna added in December 2023 (HARVIA Legend15 on the men’s side, KIP8 Black on the women’s) and a free-flowing cold spring bath at about 7°C. Day-use bathing 11:00 to 20:00, last entry 19:30, 850 yen for adults on weekdays and 1,000 on weekends and holidays, 400 and 500 for elementary age, 100 yen for preschoolers. Rooms are Japanese, Western and long-stay rooms with a mini kitchen. The jacuzzi in the indoor bath is off in the morning.

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