Taiyokan Yamatoya
大陽館 ヤマト屋
Does Taiyokan Yamatoya allow tattoos? In a private bath
Yamatoya’s family bath sits between the men’s and women’s baths and looks over the old town, where the inn says the lights of the hot spring streets come on at dusk.
No tattoo policy is published. Between the men’s and women’s baths sits a family bath with a view, which the inn describes as private, so a tattooed guest can bathe without company. No booking system or fee is described.
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 page)
Read on: sibu-yamatoya.com/hotspa.html
Best for: A view over Shibu’s rooftops from a family bath you do not share
One men’s and one women’s bath, each with a viewing open-air bath, plus one viewing family bath. Baths open 14:00 to 9:30 the next morning and are drained and cleaned daily. Water is free-flowing Shibu source, pH 6.53. Ask at check-in how the family bath is allotted, since the site does not say.
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