Tokyu Stay Hida Takayama Musubi no Yu
東急ステイ飛騨高山 結の湯
Does Tokyu Stay Hida Takayama Musubi no Yu allow tattoos? In a private bath
Tokyu Stay Hida Takayama Musubi no Yu put three private open-air baths named Tea, Ink and Forest on its 9th floor, above garden large baths of Hida Takayama Onsen water.
Tokyu Stay Hida Takayama publishes no tattoo rule for its large baths. A tattooed guest can book one of the three private open-air baths on the top floor instead, each ¥2,750 for 45 minutes and fed by the same hot spring. They are booked at the front desk on the day of the stay, first come.
The bath
All the baths draw on Hida Takayama Onsen, a sodium bicarbonate and chloride spring that the hotel classes as weakly alkaline and low in temperature. It lists the water for neuralgia, muscle and joint pain, stiff shoulders, recovery after illness and fatigue.
The three private open-air baths are on the 9th floor, the top of the building. Each has its own design and name: Cha, Sumi and Mori, meaning tea, ink and forest. A turn is 45 minutes and costs ¥2,750 for the bath, not per person. They open from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., and the last turn is booked at 10 p.m. The hotel takes bookings only on the day you stay, in person at the front desk, in the order guests ask, so ask at check-in.
The two large baths are on the 2nd floor and face a Japanese garden. Hinoki-no-yu is built of cypress; Hyotan-no-yu, the gourd bath, has a jet-black tub. They change between men and women, and open 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. A cypress foot bath on the 9th floor, deep enough to reach the calves, runs 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.; bring a towel from your room.
The hotel
This is the Tokyu Stay chain's Takayama hotel, with the front desk on the 1st floor, baths and restaurant on the 2nd, rooms on floors 3 to 8 and a lounge on the 9th that looks over the town to the Northern Alps. Even floors are themed Classic and odd floors Modern, and each has a small gallery of a local craft. Rooms are twins, doubles, Japanese-Western rooms and long-stay rooms with a mini kitchen; most have a washer-dryer and a microwave. The restaurant Yui serves a breakfast buffet for ¥2,500 and a dinner with Hida beef. There is no curfew.
Good to know
- Ask for a private bath when you check in. Turns are sold only on the day, first come, and the last one starts at 10 p.m.
- Most rooms have a washer-dryer, and the desk hands out detergent free at check-in.
- The foot bath is open to every guest, on the 9th floor beside the view lounge; carry a towel up.
- Parking holds 26 cars at ¥1,500 a night, first come and not bookable; it takes cars only.
Getting there
From Nagoya Station take the JR Hida limited express on the Takayama Main Line to Takayama Station. The hotel prints its route charts as pictures and gives no ride time in text. From the east exit of Takayama Station the hotel is about 2 minutes on foot; its entrance and front desk face the station police box. The old town streets are about 10 minutes farther on foot. The desk keeps bags before check-in and after check-out. There is no shuttle on the hotel's pages.
Takayama STN · JR Takayama Main Line
About 2 minutes from the east exit.
No shuttle listed; the front desk entrance is on the station police box side.
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
Skip the shared baths and use one of the private baths. No reservation needed.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (: the hotel's hot spring page and FAQ list three private open-air baths with price, minutes and same-day booking)
Best for: a private top-floor hot spring bath two minutes from the station
The private baths are Cha (tea), Sumi (ink) and Mori (forest), on the 9th floor, open 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. with the last booking at 10 p.m. They cannot be booked before the day of the stay and are not offered in the morning. The two large baths on the 2nd floor, one of cypress and one with a black gourd-shaped tub, swap between men and women. The 9th floor also has a cypress foot bath of spring water. No room has its own hot spring tub.
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