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
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.
The baths
Indoor bath
Two indoor bathhouses, 'Ichi-no-yu' and 'Ni-no-yu', filled with Arima's famous kinsen — an iron-rich, strongly saline hot spring that turns rust-brown on contact with air. Body soap, shampoo and hairdryers provided; towels sold. The water is not drinkable here.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.8:00-22:00 (last entry 21:30); closed the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month (open if that is a public holiday, closed the next day) and 1 January
- Day visit price
- ¥650Adults 650 yen on weekdays, 800 yen otherwise; the weekday rate does not apply over New Year, Golden Week, Obon and other peak days. Children (elementary/junior high) 350 yen, under-6 free. A two-bath ticket covering Kin no Yu and Gin no Yu is 1,200 yen. Cashless payment accepted.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the centre of the Arima Onsen village in Kita-ku, Kobe (833 Arima-cho), a short walk from Arima Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway; also reachable by direct bus from Sannomiya and Osaka.
- Official website
- arimaspa-kingin.jp
Staying nearby
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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 tattoo policy for day visits is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Arima
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.