APA Hotel Yamanote Otsuka Ekimae Tower
アパホテル〈山手大塚駅前タワー〉
Does APA Hotel Yamanote Otsuka Ekimae Tower allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Tattoos are allowed if two of APA's cover seals, 10 cm × 12 cm (3.9 × 4.7 in) each, hide them completely. The bath is on the 20th floor with an open-air bath, and the room TV shows how full it is.
Overnight guests get both seals free at the front desk each night. A tattoo two seals can't hide is refused.
Show this at the front desk
当社指定のシール(ポイントタトゥカバーシール)[サイズ10cm×12cm]2枚以内でタトゥーを覆うことが出来る場合には大浴殿を利用できます。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
The bath
Genyo no Yu is on the 20th floor, with an open-air bath, free to guests, open 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. APA's standard bath water is a "quasi-natural Komeiseki hot spring," which means an artificial spring made with a mineral ore, not water from the ground. A sensor counts people in, so the room television can tell you how busy it is before you go up.
The hotel
613 rooms in an all-non-smoking tower with an orange top you can see from the station. The superior and deluxe rooms are on the top floor.
Good to know
- Ice machine and microwave on the bath floor, and a water dispenser on every floor.
Getting there
To the right out of the south exit.
Otsuka STN · JR Yamanote line; Toden Arakawa tram
About 3 minutes from the south exit.
One stop from Ikebukuro.
Where it is
Otsuka STN 3 min
- JR Tokyo Wide Pass ¥16,000 · 3 days Three days of JR trains around Tokyo, the Narita Express and the Tokyo Monorail included.
- Tattoo-friendly onsen visit with a guide A guide takes you to a Tokyo bathhouse that welcomes tattoos, with five indoor baths and a separate open-air tub. About 90 minutes.
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
A chain rule with the smallest seal on this site
APA has applied this rule at all 65 of its large-bath hotels since March 19, 2019. The whole picture on APA Hotel, and every APA Hotel listing on this site →
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 (APA’s chain-wide customer-support page)
Best for: a quieter Yamanote line base than Ikebukuro, with a 20th-floor bath
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