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 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
Steam bath founded in 1276: a stone chamber of about 8 tatami, its floor heated by geothermal steam and strewn with sekisho herb, where you lie down for about 8 minutes (plus 2 more on request). Four people per sex at a time, so expect a wait. A hot-spring indoor tub is attached for rinsing off afterwards.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:30-20:00 (last reception 19:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥700700 yen for the steam bath; junior-high age and over only. Yukata rental 220 yen (you may bring your own t-shirt and shorts instead). The outdoor foot steam bath at the entrance is free. Closed the 4th Thursday of the month.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the middle of the Kannawa steam-vent district, reached by bus from JR Beppu Station. Two nearby coin car parks are free for 2 hours if you tell the reception desk.
- Official website
- www.city.beppu.oita.jp/sisetu/shieionsen/detail11.html
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.