Kayotei
かよう亭
Does Kayotei allow tattoos? In a private bath
Most of Kayotei’s ten rooms have an open-air or indoor hot spring tub of their own, and the inn takes bookings through its own English inquiry form as well as Trip.com.
Kayotei publishes no tattoo rule, and most of its ten rooms have an open-air or indoor hot spring bath of their own, so on bath structure it is a private listing. The inn takes bookings through its own English inquiry form.
The bath
Kayotei's Japanese site is set almost entirely in photographs, and the bath page is no exception. It shows an indoor bath walled in glass over the woods, and a wooden open-air tub with a spout pouring into it. Beside them is a handwritten note from the inn thanking the gods of the place for a spring that keeps rising. No spring analysis, bath hours or sauna are published there, and the English site says only that shared onsen areas exist.
The point of the place is the rooms. Of the ten, four tatami rooms have an open-air hot spring bath on their own terrace. They are Kokutani (12.5 and 4.5 mats, first floor, gorge side), Kawasemi (9.5 and 3 mats, gorge side), and Takase and Kakusen (10 and 3 mats, mountain side). Higashiyama (14.5 and 4.5 mats, gorge side) has an indoor tub instead, and the inn notes that its water is the spring. The other rooms have showers: Katsura, Seiryu and Seseragi, and the two Japanese-Western rooms Basho and Korogi with a 7.5-mat twin bedroom on Sealy beds. The rooms pair up as connecting suites, and then both share the terrace bath: Higashiyama with Kawasemi, Kakusen with Basho, Takase with Korogi. The English booking page lists them as three family suites, Kokutani, Higashiyama, a junior suite and one shower-only suite. There is no stated charge or time limit on a room's bath.
The hotel
A ten-room inn on a wooded hillside in Yamanaka Onsen whose tagline reads 'a mountain inn fed by the joy of travelers'. Every room has a wide veranda, a tokonoma alcove and a washlet toilet, and the whole building is non-smoking indoors. The inn's handwritten notes describe the shoji screens, tatami and alcove as the heart of each room, and the veranda as the link between garden and interior. Seasonal kaiseki (a multi-course Japanese meal) is listed by the inn, crab in winter and wild duck hotpot among them, and the English site mentions private dining rooms. Bookings go through the inn's own online form, a phone line open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., or the English inquiry form.
Good to know
- Cancellation costs the full rate from 30 days out, and the inn asks for card details or a wire transfer 30 days before arrival.
- Book two connecting rooms and the terrace bath is shared: Higashiyama with Kawasemi, Kakusen with Basho, Takase with Korogi.
- A chauffeured car from Kanazawa Station runs about ¥25,000 one way and must be booked ahead.
- Four minutes on foot from the Yamanaka Onsen bus terminal, by the inn's own count.
Getting there
From Tokyo, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen, about 2 hours 40 minutes. Some trains run straight through; if yours ends at Kanazawa, change there to the Tsurugi. From Kaga-Onsen Station the inn gives two ways: a taxi, about 20 minutes, or the bus, about 30 minutes to the Yamanaka Onsen bus terminal, then 4 minutes on foot. A chauffeured car from Kanazawa Station is about ¥25,000 one way, booked ahead. By car it is about 20 minutes from the Kaga interchange, 25 from Katayamazu, and 30 from Komatsu Airport.
Yamanaka Onsen bus stop · Hokutetsu Kaga bus
4 minutes on foot from the bus terminal, by the inn's count.
From Tokyo, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen, about 2 hours 40 minutes. Some trains run straight through; if yours ends at Kanazawa, change there to the Tsurugi. From Kaga-Onsen Station, the bus takes about 30 minutes, a taxi about 20.
Where it is
Yamanaka Onsen bus stop
- Hokuriku Shinkansen 2 hr 40 min from Tokyo
- Hokutetsu Kaga bus 28 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- Hokuriku Arch Pass ¥35,000 · 7 days Seven days between Tokyo, Kanazawa and Osaka, with reserved seats on the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kaga-Onsen.
- 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
Use the bath in your room, or reserve a private bath.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the English inquiry page lists each room type and its bath)
Best for: a small inn where most of the ten rooms have a hot spring tub of their own
Room types from the inn: three connecting family suites with a private open-air bath (Higashiyama also has an in-suite bath), Kokutani with a private open-air bath, Higashiyama with an in-suite hot spring bath, a junior suite with a private open-air bath, and one Japanese suite with a shower only and no tub. Most of the Japanese site is set in images; the room page image names a 露天風呂付和室 (a Japanese room with an open-air bath) type. 100% cancellation charge from 30 days before arrival.
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