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
Indoor bath only. Fed by the No.3 source as pure free-flowing spring water with no recirculation - the only one of the three Bessho bathhouses that is not partly recirculated. Associated with the priest Jikaku Daishi.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:00-21:00; closed Thursdays
- Day visit price
- ¥300300 yen flat. Bessho has three of these small public bathhouses, each 300 yen, each closed on a different weekday, so on any given day at least two of the three are open. Children of elementary school age and under bathe free on the 26th of each month. Coin-return valuables lockers (100 yen) are provided.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Bessho Onsen village, a short walk from Bessho-Onsen Station, the terminus of the Ueda Dentetsu Bessho line from JR Ueda Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen). No car needed; the three bathhouses are all within a few minutes' walk of each other.
- Official website
- www.bessho-spa.jp/sight/spa.html
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.
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 Bessho
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.