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
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Open-air bath
Six open-air baths, including the 'Taiko no Iwaburo' rock bath fed with undiluted kinsen, a gourd-shaped ginsen bath, a Goemon cauldron bath, a herbal bath and a foot bath.
Indoor bath
Indoor bathing hall with a blended kinsen/ginsen bath, a radium-enriched ginsen bath, a lava sauna and a cold ginsen plunge.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-22:00 (last entry 21:00); irregular closing days
- Day visit price
- ¥2,750Weekday full-time adult rate 2,750 yen; weekends, holidays and 28-31 Dec 2,970 yen; New Year, Golden Week and Obon 3,300 yen. A night-time plan from 19:30 is 1,980 yen on weekdays / 2,090 yen on weekends. A 75 yen bathing tax is added on top for most guests. Loungewear and towels are included in the admission fee. Rock-sauna huts ('Taiko no Musera' / 'Hyotan Musera') cost extra.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- A large day-use bathing complex on the hillside above Arima Onsen, walkable from Arima Onsen Station on the Kobe Electric Railway. Free parking for the first 4 hours, extended by 1 hour for every 2,000 yen spent inside.
- Official website
- www.taikounoyu.com
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.
More onsen in and around Arima
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.