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Prefectures / Gunma

Shirahata-no-yu

白旗の湯 · Kusatsu Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)

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

They have not said

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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1
Water5
Comfort3
Setting2
Access5
×Somewhere to sitBathe and leave
Anything else nearbyIn the middle of things

Free, undiluted Shirahata-source water in the middle of the most famous hot-spring town in Japan - hard to beat on spring quality per yen. It is a working local bathhouse: a wooden box with two tubs, no view, no shower, no seating, and often hot enough to startle first-timers. Right on the Yubatake, so it costs you nothing but the walk.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

The largest of Kusatsu's free communal baths, standing right at the edge of the Yubatake, fed by the Shirahata source. Two wooden tubs of different temperatures, separate men's and women's sides, no washing area.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
8:00-23:00
Day visit price
Not confirmed
Free. This is a kyodo-yokujo, a bathhouse built and run by residents for their own daily use, and visitors are welcome as guests rather than customers - there is no attendant, no ticket and no soap. Bring your own towel. There are no lockable lockers, so leave valuables at your lodging. Cleaning happens mostly in the mornings and the bath is shut while it is under way.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
Beside the Yubatake in the centre of the village, a few minutes' walk from Kusatsu Onsen Bus Terminal. Reach Kusatsu by JR bus (about 25 minutes) from Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi Station on the JR Agatsuma Line.
Official website
www.kusatsu-onsen.ne.jp/kankou/1097.php

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Staying nearby

What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.