Yu no Yado Hakusan Shoubutei
湯の宿 白山菖蒲亭
Does Yu no Yado Hakusan Shoubutei allow tattoos? In a private bath
A mid-size inn on Kikyogaoka where eighteen rooms have hot spring water in them and a source-fed private bath runs in seven evening slots.
No tattoo rule is published. Eighteen rooms have a hot spring bath inside, fourteen with an open-air bath, and a source-fed private bath is booked in 45-minute slots by staying guests.
Where it is
Kanazawa STN
Kaga-Onsen STN change to Hokutetsu Kaga bus · 12 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 18 min
✈Komatsu Airport
Hotel locationYamashiro 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 温泉 page and the room page’s 総部屋数)
Read on: shoubutei.co.jp/spa/
Best for: An open-air room bath without the price of a luxury inn
49 rooms, 14 with an open-air bath and 7 special rooms; the bath page counts 18 rooms with hot spring in the room. One private bath, staying guests only, advance reservation, slots from 16:00 to 22:45. The inn closes on scattered days: its news page lists closure days for September and October 2026, so check the date.
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