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
Private (kashikiri) bath
16 private rooms in 4 types. The source water is drained and refilled between every booking ('gensen ire-kae shiki'), so nobody shares your water. Sodium bicarbonate spring, a classic 'bijin no yu' skin-softening water with natural moisturising components at 2.5x the standard threshold. Some rooms have an open-air tub, one has a slide for children, and some have a Finnish Tiilo sauna with a cold plunge and a 50-inch TV in a tatami rest room. Toy and shampoo buffets for families.
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.10:30-22:30 (last reception 21:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥2,000Priced per private room, not per person. Cheapest room type is 2,000 yen for 60 minutes / 3,000 yen for 90 minutes; the other types run 2,600, 3,200 and 3,400 yen for 60 minutes, with 90 and 120 minute slots available. Rooms with a Finnish sauna and cold plunge are at the top of that range. Towel rental is free, so you can turn up empty-handed. Open every day; 24-hour online booking.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 24-37 Horita-machi in the Horita / Kankaiji hillside district, a short drive from the Beppu IC. Own car park on site plus a second one 100 m before it. Bookable online 24 hours; phone 0977-76-6007 (reservations 11:00-21:00).
- Official website
- www.off-yu.com
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.