Kisara Bettei TOKI
季さら別邸 刻～TOKI～
Does Kisara Bettei TOKI allow tattoos? In a private bath
TOKI is Kisara's newer annex on the Anrakujima hill: ten rooms named for shades of blue, each with an open-air tub of Shaguji spring water, and no shared bath.
TOKI publishes no tattoo rule, and has no large bath to apply one to. Each of its ten rooms has an open-air bath of its own, filled with Shaguji spring water.
The bath
There is no large bath at TOKI; every room has its own. The inn speaks of open-air baths fitted to each room, and the photo of the room Misora shows the pattern: a square tub of dark grey stone tile on a timber terrace under a deep eave, with a glass rail and the bay, its oyster rafts and a wooded island beyond. The water is Shaguji Onsen, whose source is at Nanakuri, across the Ano River from Sakakibara Onsen. TOKI calls it 100 percent natural hot spring, circulated and filtered; it is alkaline, almost clear and odorless, and the inn lists it for chronic skin complaints, neuralgia and sore muscles. Staff will make the bath hotter or cooler if you ask.
The ten rooms take their names from shades of blue, chosen, the inn says, because the bay in front shows so many of them: Shiraai, Misora, Sabiasagi, Chigusa, Hanada, Amairo, Gunjo, Konpeki, Ruri and Hanakonjo. Misora also has an indoor bath beside the open-air one.
The hotel
The annex of Kisara, opened on June 1, 2019, with ten rooms on the Anrakujima hill. The inn sells the stay as all-inclusive and has a guest lounge called THE SCENE. Dinner is a seasonal course built on local produce, with a made-to-order course on offer. The same company runs Kisara next door and the villas of Kisara Oneness.
Good to know
- No shared bath: the open-air tub on your terrace is the bath.
- Spring water, not diluted, circulated and filtered, the inn says.
- Ten rooms only, each named for a shade of blue.
Getting there
From Nagoya, the JR or Kintetsu trains reach Toba in about 1 hour 40 minutes, the group's access page says; from Osaka, the Kintetsu takes about 2 hours. The access page shows where the inn's car waits at Toba Station but gives no ride time. By road the inn is in Anrakujima, across Anrakujima Bridge from Toba, about 2 hours' drive from Nagoya.
Toba STN · Kintetsu Toba Line (limited express from Kintetsu Nagoya) or JR Sangu Line
Not walkable.
The inn's car meets guests at Toba Station.
Where it is
Hotel bus stop
- Kintetsu limited express 1 hr 35 min
- hotel bus about 2 km
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Kintetsu Rail Pass, 5 days ¥4,900 Worth it if you’re coming from Osaka, or stopping at Ise or Nara on the way. It covers Kintetsu trains between Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Ise, Toba and Nagoya; the limited express seat is extra, about ¥1,340 from Nagoya or ¥1,640 from Osaka. From Nagoya and back, ordinary tickets cost less.
- Ise Grand Shrine and Toba Aquarium day tour Ise Grand Shrine, the Wedded Rocks at Futami, and Toba Aquarium or Mikimoto Pearl Island, from Nagoya.
- 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
There's no shared bath here, so every bath you use is private.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site ()
Best for: a couple who want an all-inclusive night with a spring-water tub on their own terrace above Toba Bay
The water is Shaguji Onsen, the same alkaline spring as at Kisara, which TOKI describes as 100 percent natural hot spring, circulated and filtered; staff will adjust the temperature on request. The ten rooms are named for shades of blue: Shiraai, Misora, Sabiasagi, Chigusa, Hanada, Amairo, Gunjo, Konpeki, Ruri and Hanakonjo. The inn sells its stay as all-inclusive and has a guest lounge, THE SCENE. Opened June 1, 2019.
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