Shuzenji, in the bamboo at the top of the old town Ryokan ★★★★★

Yagyu-no-Sho

柳生の庄

Does Yagyu-no-Sho allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Fifteen rooms, no two laid out the same, set in a bamboo grove that the inn has let grow right up to the windows.

No tattoo rule is published, so this is filed on structure. Six of the fifteen rooms have an open-air bath of their own, and the inn states that the bath in every room runs on free-flowing hot spring water. Book one of those six and the shared bath never comes up. The inn says nothing about the shared bath and tattoos, and that silence is not an answer.

Where it is

Tokyo STN Mishima STN change to Izuhakone Railway · 37 min Tokaido Shinkansen 42 min Atami STN Hotel location
Shuzenji STN
Everything here is reached from Tokyo. The Odoriko limited express runs down the coast to Ito in 1 h 43 and on over the Izukyu line to Shimoda in 2 h 39, with no change. Shuzenji is the Shinkansen to Mishima and then the small Izuhakone Railway, about 1 h 40 in all.. Yagyu-no-Sho · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

Izuhakone Railway and bus pass One or two days on the Izuhakone Railway and its buses, which covers the Sunzu line from Mishima to Shuzenji and the bus from the station into the onsen town. The Shinkansen from Tokyo to Mishima is paid separately. Sold on Klook.

What happens when you arrive

Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.

How we know

Confirmed from official site — bath structure, not a tattoo policy (the inn’s own 客室 page)

Read on: yagyu-no-sho.com/guestroom/

Best for: A sukiya-built room with its own spring-fed tub and dinner served in it

The six rooms with an open-air bath are Matsu-no-sho (122 m²), Ume-no-sho (96 m², detached), Ichiju (119 m²), Tsukikage (98 m²), Meigetsu (69 m²) and Yuzuki (79 m²). The inn states “お風呂は全室温泉の温泉掛け流しです”, so the water in the room baths is spring water, not heated tap.

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