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
Indoor bath
Simple spring in an old-style bathroom where the changing area and bath are one room. Murals by the illustrator Izuru Aminaka - Mt Takasaki on the men's side, Mt Tsurumi on the women's - plus smaller drawings hidden around the room. High ceiling, wide wash area, small tub. You pay at a bandai desk and walk down a long flight of steps to the bath.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.5:30-22:45
- Day visit price
- ¥200200 yen flat. No fixed closing day, but bathing can be suspended when heavy rain coincides with a spring tide. Free entry every 1 January. Towels can be rented.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 1-16-1 Hamawaki, one minute on foot from JR Higashi-Beppu Station (one stop south of Beppu). Has parking, and one of the earliest opening times in the city at 5:30.
- Official website
- Not found
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.