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, built in hinoki cypress with a tatami-covered floor and showers at the washing stations. No open-air bath and no private bath.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-20:45 (last entry 20:00); closed Wednesdays (Friday instead when the Wednesday is a public holiday)
- Day visit price
- ¥470Adult 470 yen, elementary school child 180 yen, infant 100 yen. The cheapest proper bath in central Gero and the practical replacement for Funsenchi, which no longer allows bathing.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the centre of Gero Onsen town, a short walk from JR Gero Station on the Takayama Main Line (about 1h45 from Nagoya by limited express). No car needed.
- Official website
- gero-onsen.com/shirasagi-no-yu
Staying nearby
The links below are affiliate links — we may earn a commission if you book through them, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what we list or how we score it.
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.
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 Gero
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.