Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Ikaho
大江戸温泉物語 Premium 伊香保 · Ikaho Onsen
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 must be covered with a patch in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
Staying overnight
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.
The baths
Indoor bath
A day ticket covers the hotel's large baths, and the unusual 7:00-10:00 morning slot means you can bathe before the hotel's own guests check out. Ikaho has two waters and English-language guides rarely explain the difference: Kogane-no-yu ('golden water') is the historic iron-bearing sulphate spring that turns rust-brown on contact with air, while Shirogane-no-yu ('silver water') is a weak, clear, odourless metasilicic-acid water tapped much later.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.7:00-10:00 and 15:00-24:00 (last reception 22:00)
- Day visit price
- ¥1,150Weekday adult 1,150 yen; weekends and public holidays 1,400 yen; peak dates 1,600 yen. Elementary school children 440 / 550 / 630 yen, under-6s free. Prices include consumption and bathing tax. Towel rental 330 yen. No reservation needed for bathing, but entry can be refused when the baths are crowded. A separate dinner-buffet-plus-bath package (advance booking required) runs from 4,200 yen on weekdays.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- In Ikaho Onsen. Take a Kan-Etsu Kotsu bus from JR Shibukawa Station or a Gunma Bus from Takasaki Station via Mizusawa; highway buses run from Ueno, Shinjuku and Tokyo Station.
- Official website
- www.ooedoonsen.jp/ikaho
Book it
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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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Ikaho
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