Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
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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
Open-air bath
MT FUJI VIEW (weather permitting - the operator is explicit that Fuji can be hidden by cloud even on a clear day). Two separate open-air bathhouses, 'Acchi no Yu' (the newer, more open one) and 'Kocchi no Yu' (the original), both looking down over the Kofu basin with Mt Fuji beyond. All baths are gender-separated. Opening before sunrise is the point: sunrise from the bath is what the place is known for, and after dark you get the basin's lights and the stars. Highly alkaline pH 10.1 water.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.From one hour before sunrise until 22:00 (last entry 21:30). Open all year.
- Day visit price
- ¥900900 yen buys one bath - either 'Acchi no Yu' or 'Kocchi no Yu'; each is charged separately. Children 0 to 6th grade 400 yen. Own-brand towel 200 yen, bath towel 1,000 yen.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 1669-18 Yatsubo, Yamanashi city (山梨市矢坪1669-18), on the hillside above Fruit Park. About 10 minutes by taxi from Yamanashi-shi Station on the JR Chuo main line; the city bus runs only four times a day and stops 20 minutes' walk short. Free parking for 280 cars. Winter tyres or chains advised in winter.
- Official website
- www.hottarakashi-onsen.com
Staying nearby
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More onsen in Yamanashi
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.