Choseian
源泉かけ流し湯宿 長生庵
Does Choseian allow tattoos? In a private bath
Every staying guest gets the private pot bath free, an hour at a time. The inn publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths.
The inn opens its private bath, Tsubo-yu, free to every staying guest for an hour at a time. You tell the inn the hour you want, and it takes the booking ahead too. It publishes no tattoo policy for the two shared baths.
What the hotel says about its baths
当庵にご宿泊いただく全てのお客様に、貸し切り風呂（つぼ湯）を無料で開放しております。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
Tsubo-yu is a pot bath that fills with two people in it, with its own washing space. It is open 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., last booking 9:30, and 8 to 10 a.m., last booking 9:30. Two rooms have a bath of their own: the detached Kinmokusei, with a semi-open-air cypress bath, and Miyabi, with an indoor one. Every bath at the inn is free-flowing spring water.
The shared bathhouse has a rock bath and a cypress bath, and guests can also use Chosei-no-yu, the day-use bath across the road, at no charge.
The hotel
A small inn with seven named rooms. Its site doesn’t give check-in or checkout times.
Good to know
- The private bath is free for every guest.
- A second bathhouse across the road is included.
Getting there
Shirahama STN · JR Kisei line
Bus toward Sandanbeki to Kogaura, 15 minutes, then 1 minute on foot; 5 minutes by taxi.
From Shin-Osaka, the Kuroshio limited express reaches Shirahama in about 2 hours 20 minutes.
Where it is
- JR Kuroshio limited express 2 hr 30 min from Osaka
- bus 15 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Kansai Wide Area Pass ¥12,000 · 5 days Worth it if you’re riding the Kuroshio to Shirahama and back.
- Wakayama and Shirahama coast day tour Toretore fish market, Shirahama and the Senjojiki rock shelf, from Osaka.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the operator’s own bath and room pages)
Best for: a quiet night at a small inn where the private bath costs nothing
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