Yuen Bettei Daita
由縁別邸 代田
Does Yuen Bettei Daita allow tattoos? Yes, covered
Tattoos are allowed in the shared baths if a cover seal hides them. The front desk sells the seals.
The answer is in the ryokan's own Q&A. It names no seal size and no price.
Show this at the front desk
タトゥーシールでカバーしていただければご利用が可能でございます。フロントで販売もございます。
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
The bath
The open-air bath is built of hiba, an aromatic cypress, and filled with spring water brought in from Ashinoko Onsen in Hakone. Next to it is an indoor bath that looks onto a courtyard garden. The women's side has a mist sauna and the men's a dry sauna.
Guests can bathe from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m., or to 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays, and again from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. The bath is not open to walk-in visitors. Day plans exist, but only with a meal, a spa treatment or a workshop, booked online at least two days ahead.
The hotel
A ryokan at 2-31-26 Daita in Setagaya, west of Shimokitazawa. Rooms run from 19 to 32 m². Most have a shower room and no tub, and the ones with an open-air bath of their own fill it with plain hot water, not the spring. Check-in is 3 p.m. and checkout is 11 a.m., and a ¥150 bathing tax is added per person.
The ryokan has a Japanese restaurant, Kappo Tsukikage, and a tea room.
Good to know
- Cover seals sold at the front desk, so you don't need to bring one.
- Hakone spring water in the open-air bath, without leaving Tokyo.
- The room tubs are not spring water. Book an open-air-bath room for the privacy, not for the water.
Getting there
Setagaya-Daita Station on the Odakyu line is 30 seconds from the door by the east gate. Shimokitazawa is eight minutes on foot. The ryokan has no parking.
Setagaya-Daita STN · Odakyu line
30 seconds from the east gate.
Shimokitazawa Station 8 minutes on foot.
Where it is
Setagaya-Daita STN 30 sec
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- 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.
- 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
Cover the tattoo completely with a seal before you go in. The ryokan doesn't specify a size, so cover everything.
How we know
Confirmed from official site (Q&A read directly)
Best for: a ryokan night with an open-air bath, eight minutes on foot from Shimokitazawa
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