Marukoma Onsen Ryokan
湖畔の宿支笏湖 丸駒温泉旅館
Does Marukoma Onsen Ryokan allow tattoos? Yes!
A covered walkway runs from the large bath down to a pool walled off from Lake Shikotsu by nothing but rock, where the water comes up through the gravel and stands at whatever height the lake does that season.
The inn states on its own barrier-free page that bathing with tattoos is possible, listed under the large bath alongside the grab rails, the lent assist stool and the women’s bathing gown. That is a plain yes from the operator, and it covers the large bath, which is the way through to the natural open-air pool at the lake edge. Two reservable private baths are there as well if you would rather not test it: Maru-no-yu with a barrel sauna and Koma-no-yu with an open-air tub, both bookable by day visitors too.
Where it is
New Chitose Airport STN
Hokkaido Chuo Bus, Shikotsuko line 56 min
Sapporo STN
Shikotsuko STN 7.1 km out
Hotel location
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
Check in and go to the bath. There is no seal to buy and nothing to declare.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the operator’s ユニバーサル対応 page, under 大浴場)
Read on: marukoma.co.jp/universal/
・タトゥーがある方の入浴可能
The operator’s own wording on that page. Nothing here needs showing at a desk. If anyone does ask, show them this. It is the operator’s own wording.
Best for: Bathing in a pool that fills from the gravel underfoot and rises and falls with the level of Lake Shikotsu
Founded 1915 by Sasaki Hatsutaro, who found the spring, and a member of the Japan Secret Hot Springs Protection Association. The natural open-air pool, reached by a covered walkway past the large bath, is one of about twenty in Japan fed from under the bathers’ feet; it is colorless and its depth changes with the lake. There is also a view open-air bath and an indoor bath, all looking at the lake, plus a Finnish sauna with löyly and a cold bath poured from Lake Shikotsu water. Spring is a sodium and calcium chloride, bicarbonate and sulfate water at 54°C. Large baths 15:00 to 23:00 and 04:00 to 09:00. Private baths for staying guests 15:00 to 23:00, Maru-no-yu 4,400 yen for 50 minutes or 7,700 yen for 110, Koma-no-yu 2,750 yen for 50 minutes, four people each, bring your own towels; day visitors pay 7,700 or 13,200 and 5,500 from 2026-10-02, and from that date the private-bath fee includes the large bath. Day-use bathing is Friday, Saturday and Sunday only, 10:00 to 14:00, leave by 15:00, 1,200 yen for adults, 600 for children, 300 for infants, free under three.
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