Yamashiro, on the Yunogawa square next to the Kosoyu Ryokan

Hoshino Resorts KAI Kaga

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Does Hoshino Resorts KAI Kaga allow tattoos? Yes!

Nothing to cover

A Hoshino ryokan on Yamashiro’s old bath square, whose large bath is tiled with Kutani panels of the four seasons, and whose guests are pointed across the square to the Kosoyu as well.

Nothing to cover. Hoshino Resorts publishes one rule for all its hotels: it does not restrict guests with tattoos. The same answer keeps a discretion clause, under which staff may refuse the hot spring or large bath if they judge other guests could be frightened. KAI Kaga has no page of its own that says anything different.

Where it is

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.. Hoshino Resorts KAI Kaga · 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

Check in and go to the bath. There is no seal to buy and nothing to declare.

How we know

Confirmed from official site (the Hoshino Resorts group FAQ, read 2026-09-16; the KAI Kaga property page carries no separate rule)

Read on: hoshinoresorts.com/ja/sp/faq/hotelinfo/

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The operator’s own wording on that page. Nothing here needs showing at a desk. If anyone does ask, show them this. It is the operator’s own wording.

Best for: A Kutani-tiled bath with nothing to cover, and the Kosoyu across the square

48 rooms. Check-in 14:30, check-out 11:00. The large bath is for staying guests only; the group FAQ says KAI baths do not take day visitors. The property page says guests may also use the Kosoyu, the rebuilt Meiji town bath beside the hotel. Rooms with an open-air bath are sold. The group’s discretion clause is the one condition a tattooed guest could meet at the door.

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