Yukiguni no Yado Takahan
雪国の宿 高半
Does Yukiguni no Yado Takahan allow tattoos? In a private bath
Kawabata Yasunari wrote Snow Country in the Kasumi-no-ma here, which the inn now shows as an exhibit; the two Ginrei rooms, set apart from the rest, are the ones with an onsen bath of their own.
Takahan has no published tattoo rule. Two rooms, Ginrei 317 and 318, come with their own onsen bath with a view, so a tattooed guest can use the inn’s Tamago-no-yu water in private. Its other rooms have no onsen tub, and the Showa-style kotatsu rooms have no bath at all.
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
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 (facilities and rooms pages)
Read on: takahan.co.jp/rooms/
Best for: Staying in the inn where Kawabata wrote Snow Country, with a spring-fed bath in the room
Ginrei 317 (up to three, about 80 m²) and 318 (up to two, about 70 m²), set apart from other rooms. The inn calls its free-flowing water Tamago-no-yu. The Showa kotatsu floor rooms have no bath: この客室にはお風呂はありません。大浴場をご利用ください。 The Kasumi-no-ma, where Kawabata wrote, is preserved as an exhibit.
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