Yudokoro Murobe
南紀白浜 湯処むろべ
Does Yudokoro Murobe allow tattoos? In a private bath
The ryokan publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths. Three room types have a bath of their own on free-flowing spring water, but you can’t choose which type you get.
Three room types come with their own bath on the Kanro-no-yu spring. The ryokan assigns the type, and a guest can’t pick. It publishes no tattoo policy for the shared baths and has no private bath to reserve.
What the hotel says about its baths
※露天風呂付客室は3タイプございますが、タイプのご指定はお受けできません。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The three types are a 60 m² room with an open-air bath of koyamaki, Japanese umbrella pine; a 50 m² room with an open-air rock bath; and a 45 m² room with a ceramic view bath, which is not open-air. The other rooms have no bath at all.
The shared baths are free-flowing and open 24 hours. The men’s side has a sauna and a small open-air bath, the women’s a partly roofed open-air rock bath and a barrel sauna.
The hotel
Twenty-two rooms, run by a foundation for Wakayama’s teachers and open to everyone. Check-in is 3 to 9 p.m., by 6 p.m. if you booked dinner, and checkout is 10 a.m.
Good to know
- You can’t choose the bath type. One of the three is not open-air.
- A steep walk from the bus. The ryokan itself recommends a taxi.
Getting there
Shirahama STN · JR Kisei line
About 15 minutes by taxi, which the ryokan recommends.
From Shin-Osaka, the Kuroshio limited express reaches Shirahama in about 2 hours 20 minutes. By bus, get off at Yuzaki and climb a steep slope and steps for about 7 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: travelers who want an all-night spring bath on the room
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