Yamashiro, a few minutes west of the Yunogawa square Ryokan

Hotel Kikyou

ホテルききょう

Does Hotel Kikyou allow tattoos? In a private bath

Private bath only

A small Yamashiro inn whose best rooms come with a free-flowing half-open-air bath, and one of them with a sauna beside it.

No tattoo rule is published. The special rooms carry the answer: a suite with its own dining room and a free-flowing half-open-air bath, two special rooms Seiraku and Getsuraku, and a room with a half-open-air bath and a private sauna.

Where it is

Kanazawa STN Kaga-Onsen STN change to Hokutetsu Kaga bus · 12 min Hokuriku Shinkansen 18 min Komatsu Airport Hotel location
Yamashiro Onsen STN
Kanazawa is the door. Yamashiro, Yamanaka and Katayamazu are eighteen minutes on the Shinkansen to Kaga-Onsen and then a local bus of ten to thirty minutes. Awara is the next Shinkansen stop, 26 minutes, and eight minutes on the Keifuku bus. Awazu is the IR Ishikawa Railway, the old JR line, 38 minutes, and a short bus. Komatsu Airport, with flights from Tokyo Haneda, is closer to these towns than Kanazawa is.. Hotel Kikyou · map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · open in Google Maps

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 客室 page lists the half-open-air rooms)

Read on: e-kikyou.com/room.html

Best for: A room with a half-open-air bath and a sauna of its own

The half-open-air baths are free-flowing source water. The special rooms are sold one group a day. Smoking has been banned in the open-air rooms since 24 April 2023. Free pick-up from Kaga-Onsen STN by reservation.

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