Takamiya Hotel Rurikura Resort
たかみや瑠璃倶楽リゾート
Does Takamiya Hotel Rurikura Resort allow tattoos? In a private bath
Six rooms have a semi-open-air tub of their own, on heated plain water, not the spring. The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for its shared bath.
The hotel publishes no tattoo policy for its shared bath, SPA Yururi, and has no private bath to reserve. Six rooms have a semi-open-air tub of their own, which the hotel says is not hot spring but heated water with aroma oil.
What the hotel says about its baths
※客室半露天風呂は温泉ではありませんが、アロマオイルを使いアロマバスが楽しめます。
The operator’s own wording.
The bath
The rooms with a tub are four ten-mat Japanese bed rooms and two eight-mat Japanese double rooms. The spring itself is in SPA Yururi, the shared bath, free-flowing and open 24 hours, beside a cypress dry sauna.
The hotel
A large hotel of the Takamiya group facing the Yokokura slope. Check-in is 3 p.m., last check-in 8 p.m., and checkout is 10 a.m.
Good to know
- Room tubs are heated plain water, in the hotel’s own words.
- Free pickup from the bus terminal if you phone on arrival, about 5 minutes.
Getting there
Zao Onsen bus terminal · Yamagata Shinkansen, then a bus
About 5 minutes by the hotel’s free car.
From Tokyo, take the Yamagata Shinkansen (the Tsubasa) to Yamagata, about 2 hours 35 minutes. From the east exit of Yamagata Station, take the bus to the Zao Onsen bus terminal, about 40 minutes. Phone the hotel on arrival at the bus terminal.
Where it is
Zao Onsen bus terminal
- Yamagata Shinkansen 2 hr 35 min from Tokyo
- Yamagata Kotsu bus 38 min
- Shinkansen tickets Seats between any two stations, booked by date.
- JR East Pass from ¥35,000 · 5 or 10 consecutive days Covers the Senzan line rapid over to Yamagata, and the Shinkansen if you are coming from Tokyo.
- Zao Fox Village and Ginzan Onsen day trip The Zao Fox Village and Ginzan Onsen, from Sendai.
- 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
Book a room with a semi-open-air bath. The tub is heated plain water, not the spring.
How we know
Bath layout confirmed, tattoo policy not published Checked on the official site (the hotel’s rooms page)
Best for: a room with its own tub a minute from the ropeway, if the water’s source matters less than the privacy
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