Toba Grand Hotel
鳥羽グランドホテル
Does Toba Grand Hotel allow tattoos? In a private bath
Toba Grand Hotel keeps one private open-air bath on its bay side, a rock pool fenced in bamboo under a timber roof, booked ahead in 40-minute slots. Three special rooms come with an open-air bath of their own.
Toba Grand Hotel publishes no tattoo rule on its own site, so do not count on the shared baths. Its private open-air bath, fenced in bamboo above the bay, is booked ahead for 40 minutes, and three special rooms have an open-air bath of their own.
The bath
The private open-air bath looks straight out over the bay from inside a bamboo fence. The hotel's photo shows a rock-edged pool of flat stones under a timber roof hung with wire lanterns, a glass rail and green treetops between it and the water. It is reserved ahead, 40 minutes for ¥3,300, from 3:30 to 11:30 p.m. and from 6 to 10 a.m. The hotel says it has you to yourself with the whole bay in view.
Three special rooms have an open-air bath of their own. Two of them, named for the sound of the waves and the quiet sea, are Japanese-Western rooms of 56 square meters for two to four guests, with the bath outside and the bay in front. Shijimayo, in black tones, is a room for two with both a sauna and an open-air bath, which the hotel pitches as a place to listen to the waves. The hotel does not say whether the private bath or the room tubs carry spring water.
The shared baths are the Umikaze open-air bath on the bay side and the view baths Sokai for men and Aoshio for women, with a cold plunge of room-temperature water. They are open 5 to 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to midnight.
The hotel
A 73-room hotel on the Ohama shore in which every room faces the sea. Beyond the special rooms there are the Manpaku and Sakura floors and Japanese rooms, some of them taking pets for a fee. Breakfast is a buffet in a hall or the restaurant; dinner can be in your room, a hall or the restaurant buffet. The hotel has a lounge, karaoke and a shop. Check-in is 3 p.m., last 8 p.m.; check-out is 11 a.m., or noon in the two open-air bath special rooms.
Good to know
- Reserve the private bath ahead; slots are 40 minutes, from 3:30 p.m.
- Three rooms have their own open-air bath, one with a sauna as well.
- Free bus from Kintetsu Toba on a loop from 2:50 to 6 p.m., about 5 minutes.
Getting there
From Kintetsu Nagoya, the Kintetsu limited express reaches Kintetsu Toba in about 1 hour 35 minutes; from Osaka Namba, about 2 hours. The hotel's free bus loops between Kintetsu Toba Station and the hotel from 2:50 to 6 p.m. and takes about 5 minutes. Drivers leave the Ise-Futami-Toba Line at Toba IC; the hotel is about 10 minutes from there.
Toba STN · Kintetsu Toba Line (limited express from Kintetsu Nagoya)
Not walkable.
Free hotel bus on a loop from Kintetsu Toba Station, 2:50 to 6 p.m., about 5 minutes.
Where it is
Hotel bus stop
- Kintetsu limited express 1 hr 35 min
- hotel bus about 5 min
- 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
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site ()
Best for: a 40-minute private soak behind a bamboo fence with the bay below, booked before you arrive
Private open-air bath: 40 minutes for 3,300 yen, 3:30 to 11:30 p.m. and 6 to 10 a.m., reservation required in advance. Rooms with their own open-air bath: two special rooms named for the sound of the waves and the quiet sea (56 square meters, two to four guests) and Shijimayo, which adds a sauna (two guests). The hotel does not say whether the private bath or the room tubs carry spring water. Shared baths: the Umikaze open-air bath and the Sokai (men) and Aoshio (women) view baths, open 5 to 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to midnight, with a cold plunge of room-temperature water. Check-in 3 p.m. (last 8 p.m.), check-out 11 a.m., or noon for the open-air bath special rooms. Pets can stay in some rooms.
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