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 not allowed in the shared baths, but you can bathe in a private or in-room bath.
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
Two large bathhouses, 'Ukigumo-no-yu' (6F) and 'Kurumasawa-no-yu' (5F), each with an indoor bath and dry sauna. Open 5:00-24:00 (last entry 30 min before close); men's and women's baths are swapped.
Open-air bath
Terraced infinity open-air bath on 6F and a waterfall-view open-air bath on 5F, attached to the two large bathhouses. Same 5:00-24:00 hours.
In-room bath
ALL guest rooms have a private Shigaraki-ware open-air hot spring bath, included with the stay.
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
- Yes
- Getting there
- About 90 minutes from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto Station by Odakyu Romancecar, then roughly 20 minutes by local bus, or about 10 minutes on the free circulating shuttle bus from Gora Station. A car is not needed.
- Official website
- www.ten-yu.com
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.
