Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
Staying overnight
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
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
Sounzan Kakurezato-no-yu, separate men's and women's public baths fed by the ryokan's own reddish sodium-bicarbonate source. Open 15:00-24:00 and 5:00-10:00.
Open-air bath
Each public bath has two open-air tubs: a rock bath plus a granite tub (men's) or a Shigaraki-ware tub (women's), facing the Hakone mountains.
In-room bath
ALL guest rooms have their own private open-air bath; for staying guests only.
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
- Not confirmed.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmed
- Staying overnight
- Yesfrom about ¥43,000 per person
- Getting there
- Nearest station is Gora on the Hakone Tozan Railway; the ryokan provides a free pickup shuttle from Gora Station (boarding 15:00-18:00, phone on arrival). A car is not needed, though on-site parking is available up a steep drive.
- Official website
- gorahanaougi.com/hanaougi
Book it
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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.
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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- We have not confirmed whether it takes day visitors.
More onsen in and around Hakone
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.
