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
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Private (kashikiri) bath
Every bath here is a private family bath, and each one sits inside its own greenhouse planted with the flower it is named after ('Ran' orchid, 'Yuri' lily, 'Ajisai' hydrangea and so on). The roofs are clear, so daylight floods in. Sodium chloride spring. Each room has a cascade bath (utase-yu) falling from height like a strong massage, and floral shampoo is provided.
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.10:00-23:00
- Day visit price
- ¥1,8001,800 yen per room for 60 minutes on weekdays, 2,000 yen on weekends and holidays. There is also a weekday 'service time' rate of 600 yen per person between 10:00 and 17:00, which is much cheaper for one or two people - ask for 'service time' at the desk. Open every day. Towel rental costs extra. Home-made onsen pudding 400 yen.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 2-2 Takenouchi in the hills above central Beppu, best reached by car - 15 parking spaces. Tel 0977-21-8778.
- Official website
- www.hana-no-yu.com
Staying nearby
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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.
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.
More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.