Shunran no Yado Sakaeya
春蘭の宿 さかえや
Does Shunran no Yado Sakaeya allow tattoos? In a private bath
The private bath at Sakaeya comes with a sauna you steam yourself, a cold plunge fed by a waterfall, and a deck on the sixth floor to cool down on, all booked by the hour for one party.
Sakaeya publishes nothing on tattoos. It does sell two private sauna suites, each with its own hot spring tub, cold plunge and air-bathing space, booked by the hour for your party alone. Two room types, the Yoimachi Suite and the Semi-Suite Yu, have an open-air or half-open bath in the room.
Where it is
Tokyo STN
Nagano STN change to Nagano Electric Railway · 45 min
Hokuriku Shinkansen 97 min
Hotel locationYudanaka STN
JR East Pass Covers the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano. The Nagano Electric Railway on to Yudanaka is a private line and is paid separately. 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 inn’s bath Q&A and its private sauna page)
Read on: e-sakaeya.jp/private_sauna2/
Best for: A traveler who wants a Finnish-style sauna, a cold plunge and a hot spring tub without sharing any of them
Two private sauna suites, opened in 2021: Mori-no-iyashi on the sixth floor (14:00–22:30 and 6:00–11:30, with an outdoor deck) and Mizu-no-iyashi on the fifth (14:00–21:00 and 6:30–11:00, with a spring-water cold bath). Each has a hot spring tub, a sauna at about 80°C with self-service löyly, and free towels, sauna hats and drinks. Price per session: 5,000 yen for one, 7,000 for two, 9,000 for three, 10,000 for four. Day visitors can book too. The inn’s water is a weakly acidic blend of two sources.
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