Tattoo-friendly onsen in Hakone Onsen
Places that will take you with a tattoo — including ones where the shared baths are off-limits but a private bath is not.
Is Hakone Onsen tattoo friendly?
Yes, at more places than you might expect. Of the 27 onsen we have checked in Hakone Onsen, 4 let you into the shared baths with tattoos showing; 6 let you in if you cover them with a patch; 5 only in a private (kashikiri or in-room) bath. 5 turn tattooed bathers away, and 7 publish no rule we could confirm. Each count comes from the facility’s own published rule. Some inns treat day visitors and overnight guests differently, so a place counts here if either one is let in — each card below says which.

Tenzan Tohji-kyo
天山湯治郷
Visited · No.8Tattoos OK (day visit)Tattoos not allowed (overnight)Day visits without staying
Hakone Yuryo
箱根湯寮
Tattoos OK (day visit)Private bath
Hakone Kowakien Yunessun
箱根小涌園ユネッサン
OK if covered (day visit)
Hakone Kowakien Motoyu Mori no Yu
箱根小涌園 元湯 森の湯
OK if covered (day visit)Private bath
Yoshiike Ryokan
箱根湯本温泉 吉池旅館
OK if covered (day visit)OK if covered (overnight)Private bathDay visits without staying
Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu
箱根小涌園 天悠
OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bath
Hakone Hotel Kowakien
箱根ホテル小涌園
Policy not published (day visit)OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bathDay visits without staying
Hakone Kowakien Mikawaya Ryokan
箱根小涌園 三河屋旅館
OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bath
Gora Hanaougi
強羅花扇
Tattoos OK (overnight)Private bath
Hakone Gora Onsen Kinoyu Setsugetsuka
箱根強羅温泉 季の湯 雪月花
OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bath
Susukinohara Ichinoyu
仙石原 ススキの原 一の湯
OK if covered (day visit)OK if covered (overnight)Private bathDay visits without staying
KAI Hakone
界 箱根
Tattoos OK (overnight)Private bath
Yumoto Fujiya Hotel
湯本富士屋ホテル
OK if covered (day visit)OK if covered (overnight)Private bathDay visits without staying
Hakone Suishoen
箱根・翠松園
OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bath
Hakone Ashinoko Hanaori
箱根・芦ノ湖 はなをり
OK in a private bath (overnight)Private bath
Tonosawa Ichinoyu Honkan
塔ノ沢 一の湯本館
OK if covered (day visit)OK if covered (overnight)Private bathDay visits without staying