Lake Shikotsu Tsuruga Bessou Ao no Za
しこつ湖鶴雅別荘 碧の座
Does Lake Shikotsu Tsuruga Bessou Ao no Za allow tattoos? In a private bath
Ao no Za answers the question by not having a shared bath at all: twenty-five rooms above the lake, each with a wide open-air tub and a jet bath indoors, and a written note that the tub water is filtered and chlorinated.
There is no shared bath here to have a rule about. The operator answers its own FAQ with a flat statement that the inn has no large bath and that every room has a wide open-air bath and an indoor jet bath instead. Nothing is published about tattoos and nothing needs to be. One caution: the free large bath it offers guests at its sister hotel Mizu no Uta is the one place in this region that refuses tattoos in writing, cover seals included.
Where it is
New Chitose Airport STN
Hokkaido Chuo Bus, Shikotsuko line 56 min
Sapporo STN
Hotel locationShikotsuko STN
JR Hokkaido Rail Pass Five, seven or ten days of unlimited JR trains on the island, which covers the trains between Sapporo, Chitose and New Chitose Airport. The Hokkaido Chuo bus from the airport or Chitose station out to the lake is not a JR service 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 structure, not a tattoo policy (the FAQ states 大浴場はございません and that every room has an open-air bath and a jet bath)
Read on: aonoza.com/faq/
Best for: A lake-facing open-air tub of your own in a building that never asks you to undress in front of anyone
Opened May 2019 as the top of the Tsuruga group. Rooms run from suites to a 210 m² executive suite villa, with adjoining and connecting pairs for groups of four to seven. The operator says plainly that the room open-air baths are recirculated and chlorinated for hygiene, so this is spring water but not free-flowing. Guests may use the large bath at Mizu no Uta free on request; that bath refuses tattoos, so the room is the answer here. Bar lounge with night food 21:00 to 24:00, room service 14:00 to 23:00, treatment rooms to 21:00.
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