Yamanaka Onsen Hanamurasaki
山中温泉 花紫
Does Yamanaka Onsen Hanamurasaki allow tattoos? In a private bath
Hanamurasaki lets you build your own kaiseki from a menu, which the town association says no other inn does, and its three suite types each have a private onsen and a sauna on the other side of the wall.
Hanamurasaki says nothing about tattoos. Its three suite types (Art Suite, Modern Suite and Universal Suite) each come with a private hot spring bath and a sauna in the room, which is how a tattooed guest bathes here. The other room types are not described with a private onsen, so book a suite.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Kaga-Onsen STN change to Hokutetsu Kaga bus · 32 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 18 min
✈Komatsu Airport
Hotel locationYamanaka 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 ride from Kanazawa to Kaga-Onsen; the Hokutetsu Kaga bus from the station is paid separately. Worth it if Awara, Unazuki or a second Kaga town is on the same trip. 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 客室 page in Japanese and English)
Read on: hana-mura.com/guest-rooms/
Best for: A private bath and sauna in the room, with art made for the suite by local craftspeople
Two shared baths: an open-air bath on the top floor and a large bath beside the gorge. Every room faces Kakusenkei. The Art Suite has an open-air bath, a sauna and work by local artists; the Modern Suite has a private onsen, a sauna and a lacquered sunken kotatsu table; the Universal Suite, about twice a standard room, has an open-air bath and a sauna. 27 rooms. The association describes its dinner as the only a la carte kaiseki in Japan.
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