Arima Spa Hyoe Koyokaku
有馬温泉 兵衛向陽閣 · Arima Onsen
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
Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28
Staying overnight
Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
Three separate bathing floors — 'Ichi-no-yu', 'Ni-no-yu' and 'San-no-yu' — all using Arima's kinsen.
Open-air bath
Open-air sections attached to the main bathing floors.
Private (kashikiri) bath
Two private open-air baths, 'Asagiri' and 'Yugiri', attached to San-no-yu, each with its own garden. Reservation required, extra charge. NOTE: this is NOT a workaround for tattooed guests — see the tattoo policy.
A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmedDay-use is sold as plans (usually bath plus a meal) booked on the official site rather than as a walk-in bathing fee, so there is no single published price.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- In the centre of Arima Onsen at 1904 Arima-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, walking distance from Arima Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway.
- Official website
- www.hyoe.co.jp
Book it
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About the day-pass link: Asoview is the main place day-use onsen in Japan sell entry tickets and discount coupons in advance. It is a Japanese-only site, so use your browser’s translation — you show the ticket on your phone at the door.
Getting in from the airport
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Why not the train: the last leg to an onsen is usually a local bus with nowhere to put a suitcase. A fixed-price car is booked in English and quoted before you travel, tolls and fuel included.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The day visit price is not published in a form we could verify.
- Opening hours for day visits are unconfirmed.
More onsen in and around Arima
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.