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
Indoor bath
Sodium bicarbonate spring, opened 1965 and re-drilled in 1989 when the flow weakened. Roughly 10-tatami bathroom with a single rounded tub in the middle; three steps down from the changing area, with no partition between the two. The tank is cleaned annually and scale removed every two months.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:30-10:30 / 14:00-22:00
- Day visit price
- ¥150150 yen flat. Closes only about once a year, on an unfixed date. Bring your own towel and soap.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 15-8 Kamitanoyu-cho, in the hills just west of JR Beppu Station. Unusually for a neighbourhood bath it has a large car park with 8 spaces, so it is easy to reach by car.
- Official website
- Not found
Staying nearby
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Why Agoda for Japan: it lists a lot of ryokan and small inns that the Western booking sites never picked up, and it usually prices Japanese properties in yen, so you are not paying a conversion spread on top of the room rate. Worth comparing before you book — the difference on a ryokan is often larger than you would expect.
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.
More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.