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
They have not said
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, in a rebuilt sotoyu (public bath) with a stone tub and cypress, cedar and pine interior; a skylight drops daylight into the room. Reopened on 7 November after major refurbishment. The adjoining 12 m Gyokuro tower is a viewing platform over the hot-spring village.
Open to day visitors
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥700700 yen for adults (junior high and up), 400 yen for elementary-school children. Guests staying at a member ryokan of the Shuzenji ryokan association pay 350 yen. Irregular closures; on the second Thursday of each month (except August) the bath opens late, from 15:00, for maintenance.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the middle of the Shuzenji hot-spring village beside the Katsura river, walkable from the Shuzenji bus terminal (bus from Shuzenji Station on the Izuhakone Sunzu line). Note that 'Tokko no Yu', the symbol of Shuzenji in the riverbed nearby, is a monument only and cannot be bathed in.
- Official website
- www.shuzenji-kankou.com/spa.html
Staying nearby
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.