Hotel Sun Resort Shirahama
ホテルサンリゾート白浜
Does Hotel Sun Resort Shirahama allow tattoos? In a private bath
All 26 rooms have an open-air bath or pot tub of their own. The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for its large bath.
Every room has its own open-air bath or pot tub, filled with spring water from Tsubaki Onsen down the coast. The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for the shared large bath, and it has no private bath to reserve.
What the hotel says about its baths
全てが露天またはつぼ湯付客室。椿温泉源泉100％
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The Deluxe Japanese-Western room has a full open-air bath. The other types, a twin, a ten-mat Japanese room and two Japanese-Western rooms, have a pot tub on the balcony. The room water is brought from Tsubaki Onsen, not drawn in Shirahama.
The shared large bath has four tubs on Shirahama’s own free-flowing water, indoor and open-air, and swaps sides in the morning. It is open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 9 a.m.
The hotel
Twenty-six rooms, inland of the beach. Check-in is from 3 p.m., with last check-in at 11 p.m., and checkout is 10 a.m. Parking for 35 cars is free.
Good to know
- Room tubs are Tsubaki water, the large bath is Shirahama water.
- Late check-in, until 11 p.m.
Getting there
Shirahama STN · JR Kisei line
About 6 minutes by taxi.
From Shin-Osaka, the Kuroshio limited express reaches Shirahama in about 2 hours 20 minutes. The ryokan association’s free shuttle from the station also stops here.
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 spring-water tub on the balcony, close to the station
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