Otaru Retreat Kuramure by Onko Chishin
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Does Otaru Retreat Kuramure by Onko Chishin allow tattoos? In a private bath
Nineteen rooms behind warehouse walls, each with its own spring bath already at temperature, and one rented tub outdoors with a sauna beside it for 90 minutes at a time.
Nothing about tattoos is published anywhere on this operator’s site. It does not need to be: all nineteen rooms have a spring bath kept at temperature around the clock, most of them semi-open-air, and the shared bathing is a single completely private rental with its own open-air tub, löyly sauna and cold bath. The one thing the FAQ does say about bathing is that the spring is for staying guests only, so nobody else will be in the building.
Where it is
Sapporo STN
JR Rapid Airport, then Chuo Bus about 1 h 10 of riding
Hakodate STN
Tomakomai STN
✈New Chitose Airport
Hotel locationAsarigawa Onsen STN
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 (in-room spring baths from /rooms/, the rented bath from /private-onsen/); no tattoo rule on the site’s rooms, FAQ or private-onsen pages
Read on: otaru.by-onko-chishin.com/private-onsen/
Best for: Nineteen rooms of different design, each with its own spring bath, in a building shaped after Otaru’s warehouses
Rebranded in 2026 under Onko Chishin; the architecture is Nakayama Makoto’s, and the 2026 rework added new sofas, desks and headboards per room. Six room types: semi-open-air suite, four-bed suite, junior suite, Japanese-Western suite, semi-open-air maisonette and onsen maisonette. Spring is a sodium and calcium chloride water. The rented bath is about 11.4 m² of open-air tub looking at the hills, with a löyly-capable sauna, cold bath and outdoor cooling space, at 11,000 yen for 90 minutes per room; there is also a fermented sawdust enzyme bath produced with Otaka Koso. Minibar drinks in the room are included. Infants sharing a bed are not accepted in several room types.
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