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
Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Open-air bath
The outdoor rock bath and the single-person tub baths use natural hot spring water - but note it is trucked in, drawn from the Moriyama Natural Hot Spring 'Hotaru no Yu' source in Shiga Prefecture, from 1,300 m down through the Hira and Suzuka mountain strata. Weakly alkaline simple spring.
Indoor bath
Around a dozen different baths in total, including a recently added electric bath. Also on site: a restaurant, a hair salon, a relaxation salon and Korean-style body scrub.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-25:00 (1 a.m.), last entry 24:00. Closed Mondays, though this may shift when a Monday is a public holiday.
- Day visit price
- ¥890Adults (junior-high age and up) 890 yen on weekdays and 1,020 yen at weekends and on public holidays; primary school age and under 370 / 420 yen; under-2s free. Tax included. An 11-ticket book is 8,500 yen, valid one year. Towel set rental 250 yen. Admission-based, so you can bathe as many times as you like during your visit.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Mibu district of Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. Five minutes on foot from JR Tanbaguchi Station, or get off at the Kyoto Research Park-mae bus stop (Kyoto City Bus routes 43 from Shijo-Karasuma, 73 from Kyoto Station, or 80 from Gojozaka-Gion). Parking free for up to six hours.
- Official website
- hanano-yu.jp
Staying nearby
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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.
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