Kumihama Onsen Yumotokan
久美浜温泉 湯元館 · Kumihama Onsen
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
The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.
Staying overnight
The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Open-air bath
The reason to come: a genuinely huge open-air bath, big enough for around 100 bathers at once, fed 100% by free-flowing source water with no recirculation. The men's and women's sides swap daily. Overnight guests may bathe until 22:00 and from 6:00.
Indoor bath
Indoor bathing alongside the open-air bath. Rinse-in shampoo and body soap provided; razors, hair caps and toothbrushes sold at the counter.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.9:00-21:00
- Day visit price
- ¥600600 yen for adults and 200 yen for children, tax included - among the cheapest natural hot spring day visits in Kyoto Prefecture. An 11-ticket book is 5,000 yen. Bathing is free for overnight guests, who pay a separate 150 yen bathing tax on site. Rental items are extra and pricier than usual: face towel 200 yen, bath towel 1,000 yen.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- 1106-4 Hirata, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango, on the Sea of Japan coast in northern Kyoto Prefecture (postal code area of Kyotango), tel 0772-83-1071. A single isolated inn - a car is effectively required. Check-in 15:00-20:00, check-out by 10:00. The on-site 'inaka shokudo' canteen serves lunch 11:30-15:00 (last order 14:30) and dinner 17:00-21:30 (last order 20:00), and is open to day visitors.
- Official website
- kumihama-spa.com
Book it
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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.
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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The tattoo policy for day visits is not stated on the official website.
- The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Kumihama
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