Kawaramachi Gion Onsen Golden Time Takamatsu
瓦町ぎおん温泉 ゴールデンタイム高松
Does Kawaramachi Gion Onsen Golden Time Takamatsu allow tattoos? Yes, covered
A radon spring under a capsule hotel a two-minute walk from Kawaramachi station, open around the clock, where the front desk sells the cover seal that makes a small tattoo admissible.
The house rule is a refusal with a written exception: a small tattoo may be covered by a seal bought at the front desk, and once it is fully hidden the bath is open. The operator prints the rule in Japanese with an English heading on the page describing the spring, so it is not a back-office practice. The seal is sold rather than given, and the size the desk stocks is not published, so a large piece is unlikely to pass.
Show this at the front desk
当施設では、タトゥー・刺青のある方のご入浴をご遠慮いただいております。 ただし、小さなタトゥーで専用カバーシールで隠れる場合は、フロントにてシールをご購入いただき、完全に隠した状態でご利用いただけます。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Okayama STN
Marine Liner, JR’s rapid train 53 min from Okayama
Matsuyama STN
Hotel locationTakamatsu STN
JR All Shikoku Rail Pass Three to seven days, from 12,000 yen, on every JR Shikoku train, with non-reserved seats on the limited expresses. It starts at Kojima, the first stop on the Shikoku side of the line from Okayama, so Okayama to Kojima is a short separate fare. It covers the Marine Liner from Kojima to Takamatsu and the Ishizuchi to Matsuyama. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page. How the seals work, and where to buy them →
How we know
Confirmed from official site. The rule is on the spa page at goldentime-takamatsu.com/sauna_spa/spa, under a heading the operator writes in both languages as 入浴に関するご案内 / Notice Regarding Bath Use.
Read on: goldentime-takamatsu.com/sauna_spa/spa
Best for: A tattooed traveler with one small piece who wants a genuine spring bath inside the arcade district at any hour
Men only, and the platform listing says so in the property name. The water is a radon spring the operator calls Kawaramachi Gion Onsen and describes as free-flowing from the source. The complex runs 24 hours. Bathing alone is 1,200 yen for an hour, 1,950 yen for three hours with towels, 2,100 yen for the 3:00 to 10:00 morning slot and 2,800 yen for the 10:30 to 24:00 free-time pass; a capsule with bathing starts at 3,600 yen. There is a cold bath at about 8 to 10 degrees in summer and 10 to 13 in winter, a massage room, an oxygen box and a comics corner.
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