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
Indoor bath
Spacious main bath decorated with Tobe-ware ceramic murals depicting the landscapes of the classical poems written about Dogo. The building, opened in 2017, reconstructs an Asuka-period bathhouse, with the Dogo tower on its roof.
Open-air bath
An open-air bath - the one thing the historic Honkan across the road does not have. This is the reason to choose Asuka-no-Yu over the Honkan if you want to bathe outdoors.
Private (kashikiri) bath
The 'Special Bath' on the second floor: a private bath and rest room recreating the Yushinden, the imperial bathing chamber of the Honkan, screened with fine Iyo-su reed weave. 2,040 yen per group plus the per-person rate; advance booking through the official site is recommended.
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.6:00-23:00 for the ground-floor bath (last tickets 22:30); second-floor facilities 6:00-22:00.
- Day visit price
- ¥610Ground-floor bath only: adult 610 yen / child 300 yen. With a second-floor tatami hall 1,280 / 630; with a second-floor private room 1,690 / 830. The second-floor Special Bath (private family bath) is 2,040 yen per group plus 1,690 / 830 per person and should be booked in advance on the official site.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- Beside the Dogo Onsen shopping arcade, about 5 minutes on foot from the Dogo Onsen tram terminus and a minute from the Honkan.
- Official website
- dogo.jp/onsen/asuka