Echigo Yuzawa Onsen Sakura-tei
越後湯沢温泉 さくら亭
Does Echigo Yuzawa Onsen Sakura-tei allow tattoos? Yes, covered
The spring comes out of the ground at 55°C and reaches Sakura-tei’s free-flowing open-air tub at 41°C; what the hotel will not do is sell you the seal it asks you to wear.
Sakura-tei lets tattooed guests into its shared baths if the tattoo is completely covered by a seal you bring yourself. If it cannot be fully hidden, the hotel asks you not to bathe. It does not sell seals, and it says plainly that it has no private bath, so there is no fallback on site.
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タトゥーまたは刺青につきましては、お客さま自身でカバーシールなどを使用し、該当部分が完全に隠れた形であればご入浴いただけます。隠しきれない場合は、申し訳ございませんがご利用をご遠慮いただいております。あらかじめご了承ください。（館内でカバーシールは販売しておりません）
The operator’s own wording, to show at the desk if you need to.
Where it is
Tokyo STN
Joetsu Shinkansen 1 h 19
Hotel locationEchigo-Yuzawa STN
JR Tokyo Wide Pass Covers the Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo to Echigo-Yuzawa, and on to GALA Yuzawa in the ski season. 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 (大浴場ご利用案内 on the hot-spring page)
Read on: sakura-tei.jp/hot-spring/
Best for: A traveler with a small tattoo who packs their own cover seals
Shared baths 15:00–10:00 for staying guests. The open-air tub is free-flowing; the indoor bath and half-open-air tub are recirculated and filtered, per the hotel. Day bathing 15:00–18:00 in winter and 15:00–20:00 the rest of the year, 1,320 yen with a face towel, shortened on busy days. The hotel states: 当館は貸切風呂のご用意はございません。 Pickup from the station’s west exit 8:00–17:30.
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