San Ryutei
サン柳亭
Does San Ryutei allow tattoos? In a private bath
The inn built its reputation on two detached private baths by the river, one in Kurobe River rock and one in hinoki, and has since added seven rooms with open-air baths. Its own FAQ admits that four of those tubs hold plain hot water rather than the spring.
San Ryutei publishes no tattoo rule. It has two detached private open-air baths you book at the desk on the day, and seven rooms with their own open-air bath. The inn’s FAQ is careful to say that only three of those seven, Sakura, Kawane and Tsuki, run on spring water.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Kurobe-Unazukionsen STN change to Toyama Chiho Railway · 30 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 35 min
✈Komatsu Airport
✈Toyama Airport
Hotel locationUnazuki-Onsen STN
JR Hokuriku Area Pass Four days on the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tsuruga and Kurobe-Unazukionsen, non-reserved, for 7,000 yen. It covers the Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Kurobe-Unazukionsen. The Toyama Chiho Railway from Shin-Kurobe up to Unazuki-Onsen is a private line and is paid separately. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.
How we know
Confirmed from official site, bath structure rather than a tattoo policy (its 温泉 page for the two 離れ貸切露天風呂 and prices; its FAQ: 露天風呂付客室は全て温泉ですか？)
Read on: yanagitei.com/hotspring/
Best for: A room with a spring-water bath, with dinner brought to the room
Detached private open-air baths, open since 2006: Iwa-no-yu Seseragi, rock from the Kurobe River, 3,300 yen for 45 minutes; Hinoki-no-yu Seiryu, 2,200 yen for 45 minutes; each takes 4–5 people; booked at the front desk on the day. A private rock-sauna room is 1,650 yen per person for 50 minutes (2,750 yen alone). Rooms with a spring-water open-air bath, all on the second floor and about 60 m²: Sakura, Kawane, Tsuki (semi-open-air); rooms with an open-air bath of plain heated water (素湯): Yamanami, Ryusui, Mikazuki, Kogetsu (added 2022–2023). The spring-water rooms get a premium kaiseki in the room or a private dining room. Shared baths swap sexes, 15:00–23:00 and 5:30–9:30. The association’s list gives this inn Hotel Kurobe’s phone number by mistake; the number in contact is the one on the inn’s own site.
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