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
Indoor bath
Sodium chloride hot spring drawn from about 700 m below ground; sauna and a separate stone-bed sauna area.
Open-air bath
Large open-air hot spring bath.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-01:00 next day (reception until 24:00)
- Day visit price
- ¥950950 yen on weekdays and 1,050 yen on weekends and holidays for junior-high age and above; children aged 4 to elementary school 420 / 470 yen.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- About a 10-minute walk from Yamada Station on either the Hankyu Senri line or the Osaka Monorail, on the west side of the Expo '70 Commemorative Park ring road — walkable from Expocity and the park.
- Official website
- oyuba.com/banpaku
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 Osaka
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.