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Prefectures / Fukuoka

Taisenkaku

原鶴温泉 泰泉閣 · Harazuru Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

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. A private (kashikiri) bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.

Staying overnight

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private or in-room bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3
Water4
Comfort3.5
Setting4
Access2
×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

A big, cheerfully unserious ryokan on the Chikugo River: six tubs and a slide in a greenhouse-like Jungle Bath, a rock bath full of kappa statues, and two private open-air baths that day visitors can reserve for 2,000 yen - the most straightforward private option in Harazuru. Harazuru's water combines an alkaline simple spring and a simple sulphur spring, the pair the area markets as the double beauty water. The inn says plainly that there is nowhere for day visitors to rest afterwards, and it will not drive you from the station.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric, and every score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Indoor bath

The Jungle Bath, the inn's signature bathroom, has six tubs of different sizes among dense greenery plus a sauna and a jacuzzi, and one tub has a slide for children. The changing room was rebuilt in March 2023.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Kappa-no-yu, a semi-open-air rock bath ringed with kappa statues, connected to the indoor Chitose-no-yu and its sauna. Men's and women's sides swap daily, so which bath you get depends on the date.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

Two private open-air baths, Keiryu-no-yu (in the Japanese garden) and Takimi-no-yu (facing a waterfall). 2,000 yen per 50-minute session, reservation required in advance by phone or e-mail, and day visitors may book them on top of the entry fee. Neither has a roof, so heavy rain can close them.

Open to day visitors

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.
Mon-Tue 14:00-20:00, Wed-Sun 11:00-20:00; irregular closing days
Day visit price
¥1,000
1,000 yen for adults (junior-high age and up), 500 yen for children 3 to 12, and a face towel is lent free. A bath towel is 150 yen extra. There is no rest area for day visitors and no shuttle for them either. Walk-ins can be turned away at short notice when the inn is busy or has a group in, so phone ahead the same day.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
In Haki, Asakura, above the Chikugo River. About 10 minutes by car from Chikugo-Yoshii Station on the JR Kyudai Main Line, or 5 minutes from the Haki highway bus stop on the Fukuoka-Hita expressway bus (about 1 hour 10 minutes from Tenjin). The free pick-up from the station and bus stop is for overnight guests only, so day visitors need a car or a taxi.
Official website
taisenkaku.co.jp

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What we have not confirmed

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