Tabisomeya Yamaichi
旅染屋 山いち
Does Tabisomeya Yamaichi allow tattoos? In a private bath
Tabisomeya Yamaichi is a 16-room inn laid with tatami from the hallways to the stairs, and its private bath pours source water into a ceramic tub beside a tatami washing floor.
Yamaichi publishes no tattoo rule. It rents a private bath by the session, a ceramic tub of source-flowing spring water with a tatami washing floor, and two first-floor rooms have a ceramic tub of their own. Either gives you a bath nobody else shares; the shared baths have no published answer.
The bath
The water is Tsunagi Onsen, natural hot spring water used at full strength and flowing through, with no artificial spring mixed in. The inn describes it as strongly alkaline, good for tiredness and general health, cleansing for the skin, and rich in metasilicic acid, which it says keeps the skin moist. Staying guests can bathe from 1 p.m. to midnight and from 5 to 9:30 a.m.
Men and women each have an indoor bath and an open-air bath. The open-air baths run a little hot because the water flows straight through, and they cannot be reserved.
The private bath is a ceramic tub filled straight from the source, with a washing area laid with tatami so that families with small children can use it safely. Shower, shampoo, conditioner and body soap are kept there. The resting room beside it has easy chairs and cold water, a dryer and toiletries, and a toilet kept for private bath users. A session is 50 minutes for ¥1,575 a group, from 11 a.m., with the last start at 10 p.m. and the last booking at 9 p.m. Two rooms on the main building's first floor, Sakura and Buna, have their own ceramic tub, and the inn says each room's tub is different.
The hotel
A 16-room inn in Tsunagi's Tateichi district, behind white plaster walls and laid with tatami throughout, corridors and stairs included. The head chef cooks with what is in season and local. All rooms are Japanese style: 6-mat and 8-mat rooms in the main building and 10-mat rooms on the annex's third floor. There is no elevator. Day plans with a lunch tray and a private resting room are sold from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and groups of ten or more get a free pickup around Morioka.
Good to know
- Private bath for ¥1,575, 50 minutes per group, last booking 9 p.m.
- Day visitors can use it too, added to a ¥700 day bath between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- No elevator, so annex rooms are up the stairs.
Getting there
From the east exit bus terminal at Morioka Station, take the bus for Tsunagi Onsen from stop 10. The inn publishes no ride time or walking time; its top page puts it 20 minutes from Morioka Station by car. Drivers leave the Tohoku Expressway at Morioka IC, follow Route 46 toward Akita and turn left at the Tsunagi Jumonji junction toward Tsunagi Ohashi. Parking is free. Groups of ten or more are picked up free around Morioka.
Morioka STN · Bus for Tsunagi Onsen from stop 10 at the east exit
Not walkable.
The inn publishes no ride time; about 20 minutes from the station by car.
Where it is
Tsunagi Onsen bus stop
- Tohoku Shinkansen 2 hr 13 min from Tokyo
- Iwate Kenkotsu bus 32 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR East Pass from ¥35,000 · 5 or 10 consecutive days Covers the Hayabusa from Tokyo to Morioka, seat fee included.
- 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 (hot spring page, FAQ and rooms page):
Best for: a 50-minute private soak in a ceramic tub on a tatami floor
Private bath: 50 minutes for ¥1,575 a group, from 11 a.m., last start 10 p.m., last booking 9 p.m.; it can be added to a day visit. Room tubs: Sakura (6 mats, up to two) and Buna (8 mats, up to four), both in the main building. No elevator. Day bathing 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ¥700.
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