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Hoshino Resorts AOMORIYA

星野リゾート 青森屋

OK if covered (day visit)OK if covered (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

Yes, if you cover it up

Tattoos must be covered with a patch in the main baths.

Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29

Staying overnight

Yes, if you cover it up

Tattoos must be covered with a patch 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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View4
Water3
Comfort4.5
Setting3
Access4.5
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Uki-yu, the open-air bath built out over the pond, is the picture people come for, though it is reserved for staying guests while day visitors use the older Motoyu bath house. A large, well-run resort on parkland close to Misawa Station and airport with food, shows and grounds enough to fill a day; the spring is not documented as free-flowing, and there is little outside the gates.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

Motoyu, the original Komaki Onsen bath house on the resort grounds, is the part open to day visitors (9:00-21:00). A shuttle runs between the front desk and Motoyu.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Uki-yu, the 'floating' open-air bath over the pond, is for staying guests.

Overnight guests only

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
Motoyu bath house open to day visitors 9:00-21:00 (5:00-22:00 for staying guests)
Day visit price
Not confirmed
The official site publishes the day-use hours for the Motoyu bath but not the day-use fee; secondary sites quote around 450 yen, which is unverified.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
A large resort on the former Komaki Onsen grounds in Misawa, eastern Aomori, close to Misawa Station and Misawa Airport; the resort runs its own shuttle around the grounds.
Official website
hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/aomoriya

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What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.

More onsen in Aomori

Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.

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