hotel around TAKAYAMA
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Does hotel around TAKAYAMA allow tattoos? Yes!
At hotel around TAKAYAMA the second-floor baths look onto a small planted garden, and the hot spring page says guests with fashion tattoos may bathe, with cover seals at the front desk for anyone who wants one.
The hotel's hot spring page says guests with fashion tattoos may bathe in the large baths, and that anyone who would rather cover up can get a cover seal at the front desk. The seal is offered, not required. There is also a private bath, ¥2,000 for 45 minutes, booked at the front desk on the day.
The bath
The baths are on the second floor and are kept for staying guests. The hotel describes the water as Hida Takayama Onsen brought in by tanker, a simple spring it lists for joint pain, muscle pain and neuralgia. The men's bath and the women's bath are each sized for about ten people, with six wash stations, and both face a planted garden through a wide window. The women's side is finished in softer colors. Outside the baths, a lounge shows books and crafts from the Hida region.
The private bath is the one the hotel is proudest of, a large tiled tub with its own garden window. It costs ¥2,000 for 45 minutes. Sessions run from 3 p.m., and the last one starts at midnight. It cannot be reserved before arrival: ask at the front desk on the day. Families, couples and friends use it, and the hotel says a single guest is welcome to book it too.
The hotel
The hotel sets itself up as a base for exploring the town. The first two floors hold a lounge with 100 take-away cards on local shops and sights, a library, a wall gallery on Hida history and a store selling local food and crafts. Rooms run from 18-square-meter queens and 80 standard twins to suites on a separate floor with its own lounge, and Japanese-style rooms for up to six. The first-floor dining bar serves breakfast and dinner with local produce and stays open to the public from 5 p.m. to midnight.
Good to know
- Cover seals are at the front desk, handed to any guest who asks for one.
- The private bath is booked on the day only, ¥2,000 for 45 minutes.
- Rental bicycles and guided town walks are arranged through the hotel.
- Parking costs ¥1,500 for 24 hours, 44 spaces, first come first served.
Getting there
From JR Nagoya Station take the Hida limited express on the Takayama Main Line to Takayama Station, about 2 hours 30 minutes by the hotel's chart. The hotel is about four minutes on foot from the station. The walk is short enough that most guests will not need a taxi; drivers use the hotel car park.
Takayama STN · JR Takayama Main Line
About 4 minutes.
On foot from the station; the hotel has 44 paid parking spaces.
Where it is
Takayama STN
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass ¥19,800 · 5 consecutive days Worth it if Gero, Shirakawa-go or Kanazawa is on the same trip.
- 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
Check in and go to the bath. There's no seal to buy and nothing to mention at the front desk.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (the hot spring page, in the bath overview at the foot of the page)
ファッションタトゥーがあるお客様でもご入浴いただけます。気になるお客様はカバーシールをフロントでお渡しします
The operator’s own wording. Show it if anyone asks.
Best for: a station hotel that lets fashion tattoos into the large bath and hands out cover seals on request
The hotel's wording covers fashion tattoos. Cover seals are handed out at the front desk to guests who want one. The private bath costs ¥2,000 for 45 minutes, with the last session starting at midnight and the first at 3 p.m.; it is booked at the front desk on the day of use and one person may take it alone. The large baths are for staying guests only. The spring water is trucked in from the source rather than piped.
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