Unazuki Onsen, on the river side eight minutes’ walk from the gorge railway station Ryokan

Kurobe Unazuki Onsen Togen

黒部・宇奈月温泉 桃源

Does Kurobe Unazuki Onsen Togen allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

Nine baths under one roof, and three of them are small glazed tubs by the Kurobe River that cost staying guests nothing: you take one for forty minutes, lock the door, and go back for another turn later.

Togen publishes no tattoo rule on its pages, and gives you more ways around the question than anywhere else in town. Three small private baths in glazed ceramic, fed straight from the spring, are free to staying guests for 40 minutes at a time. A larger rock-and-granite private open-air bath for up to eight costs 2,200 yen, and three suites have their own open-air bath.

Where it is

Kanazawa STN Kurobe-Unazukionsen STN change to Toyama Chiho Railway · 30 min Hokuriku Shinkansen 35 min Komatsu Airport Toyama Airport Hotel location
Unazuki-Onsen STN
Kanazawa is the door. The Kaga towns and Awara are under an hour away down the Shinkansen and a local bus. Unazuki is the other way: 35 minutes on the Shinkansen to Kurobe-Unazukionsen, a short walk to Shin-Kurobe, and half an hour on the Toyama Chiho Railway, about 1 h 20 in all.. Kurobe Unazuki Onsen Togen · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 (the inn’s own 温泉 page for the private baths and their prices, and its お部屋 page for the three 露天風呂付客室). Its FAQ is a talkappi chat widget that did not load in this browser.

Read on: h-togen.com/spa/

Best for: Private baths at no extra cost, for couples who want several soaks through the evening

Free private baths Akane, Matsuba and Hana-asagi: two semi-open-air and one open-air, facing the Kurobe River, sized for about two adults, 15:00–23:00 and 7:00–10:00, 40 minutes a turn. Private open-air bath Kyokoku: up to 8 people, two carved-granite lie-down tubs, wheelchair access to the tub edge, 2,200 yen for 45 minutes, starting on the half hour 15:30–23:15 and on the hour 6:00–9:45, booked at the desk on the day. Rooms with an open-air bath: Tsukuyomi (top-floor premium suite, 116 m², Shigaraki tub, 2–6 people), Sangetsu (top-floor suite, 90 m², Shigaraki tub, 2–5) and Fugetsu (riverside twin, 75 m²); the page does not say whether the room tubs are spring water. Shared baths: rock and granite halls with riverside open-air sections that swap sexes. The association counts 32 rooms, three with open-air baths, and nine baths in all. A 24-hour foot bath sits outside the private baths.

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