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
Two indoor tubs - hot (atsu-yu) and lukewarm (nuru-yu) - in the newest of Beppu's municipal bathhouses, reopened July 2016. Ramp, multipurpose toilet, tub handrails and two wheelchairs on site; you can enter the bathroom in a house wheelchair kept for that purpose.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:30-22:30 (closed 14:00-15:00 for cleaning)
- Day visit price
- ¥250250 yen for adults (junior high school age and up), 100 yen for children, free under school age. Closed the 1st Wednesday of the month (the following day if that is a public holiday).
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Kamegawa district at 10-26 Kamegawa Chuo-machi, a short walk from JR Kamegawa Station. 5 parking spaces including one accessible bay.
- Official website
- www.city.beppu.oita.jp/sisetu/shieionsen/kiyosen.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.