Kochou
日本が香る宿 胡蝶
Does Kochou allow tattoos? In a private bath
An eight-room kaiseki house where the view from the bath is of Ayatori Bridge, the pink S-shaped footbridge over the gorge. One family bath and two open-air rooms are the private ways in.
Kochou publishes no tattoo rule. It has one private bath, Yamanami, which the inn calls somewhat roomy and meant for families, and two rooms, Korogi and Kurodani, with open-air baths. The Jurakudai, a detached shoin-style building let as one unit, has its own indoor and open-air bath.
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 温泉 page and 部屋 pages)
Read on: kochou.jp/?page_id=46
Best for: An eight-room kaiseki inn where the family bath and two rooms answer the question
Shared baths Tsukikage (indoor into a garden open-air bath) and Kawakaze (facing Kakusenkei and Ayatori Bridge) swap between men and women at 22:00. Private bath fee and booking method not stated on the page. The spring is drinkable, calcium sodium sulfate at 48.3°C. Kochou also sells a paid membership scheme with annual stays, published on its own site; ordinary bookings are open to anyone.
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