Inoshiba
南紀白浜 井の芝
Does Inoshiba allow tattoos? In a private bath
This place is nothing but private baths: four semi-open-air rooms you book online and open with a door code.
The facility has no shared bath and no rooms to stay in, only four private baths rented by the session. It publishes no tattoo policy, and nobody else is in the water.
What the hotel says about its baths
当施設はお宿ではございません。貸切風呂のみの施設となります。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
Two rooms have rock baths on free-flowing spring water, one with a pot bath beside it and one with a jacuzzi. The other two have cypress tubs that the operator labels herb baths, without saying the water is from the spring. All four are semi-open-air and take up to four adults.
You pay a room fee plus a fee per person. The rooms are ¥4,400, ¥4,620, ¥6,050 and ¥7,150, and each adult adds ¥880, each child ¥550. A session in the ¥4,620 room is 75 minutes. Open 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed on irregular days. Shampoo, soap, a dryer and a face towel are in each room.
Good to know
- Online booking only, by credit card, up to an hour before. The door code arrives by email.
- Pick a rock bath for spring water. The cypress rooms are herb baths.
Getting there
Shirahama STN · JR Kisei line
About 15 minutes by Meiko bus to Shirahama Bus Center; 10 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
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private. Reserve one online.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the operator’s own bath and room pages)
Read on: shirahama.net/inoshiba/
Best for: a private soak without staying the night
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For current hours and prices, see the official website.