Tomiya
湯村温泉 とみや
Does Tomiya allow tattoos? In a private bath
The ryokan publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths, so book a room with a bath. Three room types have an open-air bath fed from the ryokan’s own source.
The ryokan publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths. Its own booking page sells three room types with an open-air bath fed from the source.
The bath
Three room types come with an open-air bath on the ryokan’s own source: a 12-mat Japanese room, a 16-mat Japanese room and a Superior room with both beds and tatami mats. All three are non-smoking. A fourth room, Tsuki no Akari, also has an open-air bath, but the booking page doesn’t say its water is from the source.
Tomiya has a source of its own, which the ryokan calls its greatest asset. The shared baths include a large bath with a view over the town.
The hotel
A long-established ryokan on high ground at the foot of Tenjinyama, above the town, run by a fisheries company on the Sea of Japan coast. The kitchen serves the day’s catch from there.
Good to know
- Check the room name when you book. The three source-fed rooms have “gensen”, source, in their Japanese names.
- On the hill, not the main street. The view over Yumura is the reward.
Getting there
Yumura Onsen bus stop · Yume Tsubame town bus
Uphill from the stop.
From JR Hamasaka on the San’in line, the Yume Tsubame town bus takes about 25 minutes to Yumura Onsen. The Zentan highway bus runs direct from Osaka Umeda to the same stop.
Where it is
Yumura Onsen bus stop
- JR Hamakaze limited express 3 hr from Osaka
- bus 25 min
Or the Zentan express bus about 3 hr from Osaka (Hankyu Sanbangai), no change, two a day
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR Kansai Wide Area Pass ¥12,000 · 5 days Covers the Hamakaze, JR’s limited express by way of Himeji, from Osaka as far as Kinosaki-Onsen, most of the way to Yumura.
- Japan Rail Pass from ¥53,000 · 7, 14 or 21 days For a trip that takes in several regions by Shinkansen and JR lines.
What happens when you arrive
Use the bath in your room.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the ryokan’s own booking page lists the rooms)
Best for: travelers who want a spring-water open-air bath on the room, away from the main street
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