Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
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Visiting for the day
Tattoos must be covered with a patch in the main baths.
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
Baths on the 9th floor of an office building, fed by a natural hot spring drawn from about 800 m down.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.Sun-Fri 6:00-01:00, Sat 8:00-01:00 (reception closes 24:00); open year-round apart from maintenance days
- Day visit price
- ¥880880 yen on weekdays, 1,000 yen on weekends and holidays (junior-high age and above); children aged 4 to elementary school 400 yen.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- About a 10-minute walk from Exit 4 of Shin-Osaka subway station (roughly 6 minutes from the Shin-Osaka office district). Address: Dolce Vita Shin-Osaka 9F, 1-6-15 Mikunihonmachi, Yodogawa-ku.
- Official website
- www.hinatanoyu.com/shinosaka
Staying nearby
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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.
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.
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