Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
Staying overnight
The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private or in-room bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
Two view baths on different floors, both looking out over Kumihama Bay - a rock bath in a high, open atrium on the 2nd floor and a broad rock-built bath on the 4th. Sodium-calcium weakly alkaline hot spring, about 42 degrees. Open 5:00-24:00.
Private (kashikiri) bath
A private hinoki cypress bath, taken in rotation for 45 minutes per group; the Kyotango tourism association describes it as free of charge. Important caveat printed by the inn itself: this bath is NOT hot spring water.
In-room bath
Five rooms have their own open-air bath, either rock-built or hinoki cypress, each different.
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
- Not confirmed.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmed
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- 1612-16 Minatomiya, Kumihama-cho, Kyotango (postal code 629-3422), tel 0772-83-0371, on Kumihama Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. Check-in 15:00 (last 19:00 per the outline page, 21:00 per the footer), check-out 10:00. 20 free parking spaces, first come first served; a courtesy shuttle is listed among the facilities. In crab season (December to March) the Kyotango crab bus serves the area. Small pets accepted in some rooms.
- Official website
- shotenkyo.co.jp
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.
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.
- We have not confirmed whether it takes day visitors.
- The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Kumihama
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.
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