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Prefectures / Niigata

Komako-no-yu

下湯沢共同浴場 駒子の湯

Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.

Visiting for the day

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1
Water3
Comfort3.5
Setting2.5
Access3
×Somewhere to sitBathe and leave
Anything else nearbyNearby, but off to one side

Named after Komako, the hot spring geisha in 'Snow Country', and the roomier of the pair: a tub for about fifteen people with partitioned washing places, indoors only. It is 20 minutes on foot from the station in the lower part of the village, and works best as the second half of a walk that starts at Yama-no-yu.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

Named after Komako, the hot spring geisha in Kawabata's 'Snow Country'. Bigger and more comfortable than Yama-no-yu: a tub that takes about fifteen people, with partitioned washing places. Indoor only.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-21:00 (last reception 20:30)
Day visit price
¥850
Adults 850 yen; children aged 4 to elementary school age 350 yen. Closed on Thursdays, moved to another day when Thursday is a public holiday or falls in the New Year or Obon periods. Some third-party listings still show an older 500 yen price - the tourism association's current figure is 850 yen.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
At 148 Yuzawa, about 20 minutes on foot from JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station, in the lower part of the village. Pair it with Yama-no-yu if you want to walk the Snow Country literary route; Tokyo is roughly 70 to 80 minutes away by Joetsu Shinkansen.
Official website
www.e-yuzawa.gr.jp/sys/hotspring_p/%E4%B8%8B%E6%B9%AF%E6%B2%A2%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E6%B5%B4%E5%A0%B4-%E3%80%8C%E9%A7%92%E5%AD%90%E3%81%AE%E6%B9%AF%E3%80%8D

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What we have not confirmed

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