OnsenQuest

Prefectures / Chiba

Kameyama Onsen Hotel

亀山温泉ホテル

Policy not published (day visit)Policy not published (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

They have not said

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

Staying overnight

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private or in-room bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.

How it scores

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

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3.5
Water4
Comfort3
Setting5
Access2
—Somewhere to sit — not checked
△Anything else nearby — Nearby, but off to one side

A chocolate-brown alkaline brine on Lake Kameyama, deep in the interior of the Boso peninsula - three private baths including one open-air room facing the valley, and a genuinely free-flowing 26.4C tub on the men's side. The tattoo rule is not published anywhere, so phone first. The station is a 15-minute walk but the Kururi line runs only a few trains a day.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

Two bathing halls, one per sex. The men's side has a tub fed straight from the 26.4C source; the halls themselves are heated and circulated.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

Three private baths: two half-open-air rooms called Kiraku no Yu and Yuraku no Yu, and an open-air one called Tokinoyu overlooking the valley. The site does not say whether day visitors may book them.

A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
11:30-18:00, last reception 30 minutes before closing. Day use is not offered every day - the official calendar marks the days it is closed to day visitors, so check before travelling.
Day visit price
Not confirmed
Neither the hotel's own site nor Kimitsu city's tourism page publishes the day-use price; both say to ask the hotel.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
At 65 Toyoda, Kimitsu, on Lake Kameyama in the interior of the Boso peninsula. About 15 minutes on foot from Kazusa-Kameyama Station, the terminus of the JR Kururi line, which runs only a handful of trains a day; about 42 minutes by car from Kisarazu-Higashi IC.
Official website
www.kameyamaonsen.jp

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Getting in from the airport

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Fixed-price airport transfer to ChibaAirport Taxi (English) ↗

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.

What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.