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
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Private (kashikiri) bath
'Enma no Yu' is a single private bath house, so the large tub is yours alone. 100% source water with nothing added; chloride spring measured at 387.2 mg/L metasilicic acid, far above the 100 mg/L usually quoted for a skin-beautifying water, and weakly acidic at around pH 3.3-3.9. There is also a free foot bath, and the site runs jigoku-mushi steam cooking and bamboo-craft workshops.
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.10:00-17:00 (last order 16:00)
- Day visit price
- ¥2,5002,500 yen for a 60 minute private booking of the whole bath, not per person - the tub takes up to about 8 people, so it is cheap for a group. Card and cashless payment were still being introduced as of the last update.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Kannawa steam-vent district at 228-1 Kannawa Furonomoto, walkable from the Kannawa bus terminal and next to Kannawa Mushiyu. 5 parking spaces beside Kannawa Mushiyu and 5 more next to the municipal coin car park by Miyuki Ryokan. Reservations on 0977-75-9592, 10:00-17:00.
- Official website
- enma-ch.com
Staying nearby
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Why Agoda for Japan: it lists a lot of ryokan and small inns that the Western booking sites never picked up, and it usually prices Japanese properties in yen, so you are not paying a conversion spread on top of the room rate. Worth comparing before you book — the difference on a ryokan is often larger than you would expect.
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.
More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.