Suzuya Konnichiro
微笑みの宿 すゞや今日楼
Does Suzuya Konnichiro allow tattoos? In a private bath
Two top-floor rooms at Konnichiro, Mai and Miyabi, opened in 2024 with an open-air bath and a sauna on the balcony, a night of bathing with nobody else in the water.
Konnichiro publishes no tattoo rule. Two top-floor rooms, Mai and Miyabi, opened in April 2024 with an open-air bath and a sauna of their own, so a guest in either never shares the water.
The bath
The water is Yamanaka Onsen, which the inn says the monk Gyoki found about 1,300 years ago and Basho ranked among the three great springs of Japan. The inn's figures: a calcium-sodium sulfate spring, alkaline, pH 8.4, 48.2°C at the source, flowing at about 1,475 liters a minute. It is rich in calcium and sodium and carries carbonate, so it warms you fast. The inn says the tinted water flatters the color of your skin, and lists neuralgia, stiff joints, poor circulation and recovery after illness among its uses. The shared baths are two owan-buro, bowl baths 3.6 meters across modeled on the lacquer bowls Yamanaka is known for: Akayu, the red bowl, and Kuroyu, the black. The sides swap by time. Men have the red bowl 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the black bowl 3 p.m. to midnight; women the reverse. The open-air baths close at 11 p.m. Check the curtain before you go in. Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, soap, dryers, combs, cotton swabs and razors are provided.
The private baths are in two rooms. Mai and Miyabi opened in April 2024 on the top floor, each a tatami room and a bedroom joined together. Each has an open-air bath and a sauna of its own on the balcony, with the mountains in front. The inn sells them through its own online plans, and nothing on the site puts a price or a time limit on the balcony bath; it is yours for the stay.
The hotel
A traditional Japanese inn run by Suzuya Konnichiro Inc., with pure Japanese-style rooms facing the mountains and a few newer ones. Besides Mai and Miyabi, six modern Japanese-Western rooms (Wakakusa, Sumire, Kurumi, Tenran, Nadeshiko, Tanpopo) have Simmons semi-double beds, a shower booth, yoga mats and streaming TV. The tatami rooms include a top-floor two-room suite, 12- and 8-mat mountain-side rooms and rooms with low Japanese beds. Dinner is Yamanaka's handed-down local cooking alongside other regional dishes. The lobby is finished in local wood and crafts, with a shop, a Yamanaka lacquerware gallery and a folk-craft gallery.
Good to know
- Only Mai and Miyabi have a bath of their own, an open-air tub and a sauna on a top-floor balcony; every other room uses the shared bowl baths.
- The red and black bowls swap at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., so a two-night stay lets you try both; the open-air sides close at 11 p.m.
- Razors, combs and cotton swabs are in the bath, and bath towels, yukata (a light cotton robe) and dryers are in the room.
Getting there
From Tokyo, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen, about 2 hours 43 minutes by the inn's count. Some trains run straight through; if yours ends at Kanazawa, change there to the Tsurugi. From Osaka the Thunderbird connects to the Shinkansen at Tsuruga, about 2 hours in all. From Kaga-Onsen Station the inn gives only a taxi, about 20 minutes; the Hokutetsu Kaga bus reaches Yamanaka Onsen in 28 minutes. From Komatsu Airport a taxi takes about 30 minutes, and by car it is about 15 minutes from the Kaga interchange.
Yamanaka Onsen bus stop · Hokutetsu Kaga bus
The inn gives no walking time; it quotes 20 minutes by taxi from Kaga-Onsen Station.
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 Hokutetsu Kaga bus reaches Yamanaka Onsen in 28 minutes; the inn itself names only a 20-minute taxi.
Where it is
- 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.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the inn’s rooms page)
Best for: couples who want a top-floor room with its own open-air bath and sauna
Shared baths: the big open-air lacquer-bowl baths Akayu and Kuroyu, 3.6 m across, swapped by time. 33 rooms.
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