Yamashiro, Higashiyama-machi on the east side of town Hotel-style ryokan

Yuzankaku

雄山閣

Does Yuzankaku allow tattoos? Yes, covered

Cover seal required

A large hotel on the east side of Yamashiro whose tattoo rule is unusually exact: one cover seal, 8 by 10 centimeters, brought from home.

One seal, and you bring it. The hotel refuses tattooed guests at the large baths as a rule, then makes an exception for a tattoo hidden by a single 8×10 cm cover seal, and says the guest must supply the seal. Anything one seal of that size cannot hide is not admitted. Rooms with a hinoki bath or a Kutani-ware open-air bath avoid the question.

Show this at the front desk

タトゥーなどを入れたお客様の大浴場のご利用は、原則お断りしています。ただし、8㎝☓10㎝のカバーシール1枚で見えないようカバーしていただいた場合は、この限りではありません。シールはお客様ご自身で持参願います。

The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.

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.. Yuzankaku · 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

Cover the tattoo completely before you go in, to the size on this page. How the seals work, and where to buy them →

How we know

Confirmed from official site (注意事項 on the hotel’s 温泉 page)

Read on: breezbay-group.com/yuzankaku/onsen/index.html

Best for: A small tattoo and a seal packed from home

120 rooms. The hotel does not sell seals, so bring one 8×10 cm (3.1×3.9 in) seal. Some basic rooms have no bathroom at all; rooms with a hinoki bath or a Kutani-ware open-air bath are sold separately. Sauna 15:00–23:00 and 06:00–09:00, with a cold bath on one side only. Run by the Breezbay group.

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