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
Sodium bicarbonate spring. The women's side is much the larger - roughly twice the tub and three times the changing room - because until the Taisho era this was a women-only bath. High ceiling, mint-green walls and arched windows; unusually for a neighbourhood bath there is a lobby with a vintage mirror and weighing scale.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.13:00-24:00
- Day visit price
- ¥300300 yen flat. Multi-use tickets are sold from a 500 yen capsule-toy machine (two tickets per turn), which can work out cheaper for a group. Closing days are irregular.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 11-15 Kusunoki-cho, in the nightlife area a short walk from JR Beppu Station - look for the banana-like basho plant outside. No parking. One of very few Beppu baths open until midnight.
- 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.