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 2026-08-28
Staying overnight
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
Renovated in August 2020. Tubs are a hot bath, a medicinal bath, a carbonated bath and a cold plunge. The men's side has an auto-loyly sauna in bamboo-leaf stone and hiba wood with its own deep cold bath; the women's side has a self-loyly sauna in domestic hinoki. The outdoor space is an air-bathing deck, not an open-air tub. This is an ordinary public bathhouse, not a natural hot spring.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.06:00-09:00 and 11:00-24:30 every day including weekends and holidays. Closed on the second and fourth Monday of each month. Men's and women's sides swap on Wednesdays.
- Day visit price
- ¥600600 yen for adults, stated by the venue as covering 90 minutes; this matches the Tokyo ordinance-controlled bathhouse rate raised from 550 to 600 yen on 1 August 2026. Junior high 500 yen, elementary 200 yen, infants 100 yen. Sauna is extra and priced by sex and day: weekdays women +350 yen / men +550 yen for 2 hours; weekends and holidays women +400 yen / men +600 yen. Towel set +200 yen. Bathing and sauna fees are cash or PayPay only; other purchases also take credit cards.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- At 4-14-6 Taihei, Sumida-ku, about a 6-minute walk from the north exit of JR Kinshicho Station. Bicycle parking only; there is no car or motorcycle parking.
- Official website
- koganeyu.com/tokyo
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.
Getting in from the airport
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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.
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