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
Two indoor baths, Ki-no-yu (wood) and Ishi-no-yu (stone), fed by two different sources: Yubatake and Bandai. Bathing in both in one visit lets you compare the two waters side by side, which is the point of the place. There is no open-air bath here. The building is a 2013 reconstruction of the Edo/Meiji-era communal bathhouse in cedar 'tonton-buki' shingle and plaster.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.1 Apr-30 Nov 7:00-21:00, 1 Dec-31 Mar 8:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30 year-round)
- Day visit price
- ¥900Adults 900 yen, children 450 yen; holders of a disability certificate pay half. An indoor yukata is 300 yen. A separate 'Yukata de Sanpo' package (2,500 yen, 3 hours, reception 9:00-17:00) includes admission, a yukata, geta, a basket and a luggage locker so you can walk the town dressed for it.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- Stands directly on the Yubatake hot-water field in the centre of the village, a short walk from Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal. There is no bathers' car park; use the paid Yubatake tourist car park. Reach Kusatsu by JR bus (about 25 minutes) from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station.
- Official website
- onsen-kusatsu.com/gozanoyu
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 Kusatsu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.