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Sabako-yu (Iizaka Onsen)

飯坂温泉 鯖湖湯 · Iizaka Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

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

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1
Water4
Comfort3
Setting2
Access5
×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

The oldest bath in Iizaka, rebuilt in 1993 with a granite tub in the Meiji style, and the one every visitor to the town starts with - hot, plain and over in twenty minutes. A few minutes from the terminus of the tram line out of Fukushima, with seven more community baths and the old merchant quarter in walking distance, but nothing to look at from the water and nowhere to sit.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

The oldest bath in Iizaka - Basho is said to have bathed here in 1689. Long famous as Japan's oldest wooden bath house, it was rebuilt in 1993 with a granite tub in the style of the Meiji-era bath house. Gender-separated. One of eight community baths in the town.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
6:00-21:00 (last entry 20:40); closed Mondays
Day visit price
¥400
Adults 400 yen, children 200 yen. Iizaka's community bath fees were revised on 1 February 2025. Iizaka water runs hot - locals bathe at temperatures visitors find scalding, and there is no cold-water dilution on tap, so ease in.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
A few minutes on foot from Iizaka-Onsen Station, the terminus of the Fukushima Kotsu Iizaka line from Fukushima Station (about 25 minutes). Several of the community baths have no car park, so use the town's free shared car parks.
Official website
iizaka.com/iizaka/spa

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Staying nearby

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What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.