Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
Staying overnight
Tattoos are not allowed in the shared baths, but you can bathe in a private or in-room bath.
Source: official website · checked 2026-09-15
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Open-air bath
Two garden bath zones on about 3,300 m2, swapped between men and women morning and evening: 'Niwa no Yu' with a large open-air bath, a ceramic pot bath and a cypress bath, and 'Taki no Yu' built around a waterfall of spring water. The open-air baths are free-flowing from the inn's own radon spring.
Indoor bath
Indoor baths in each zone, with a dry sauna, cold plunge and cool-down area in Taki no Yu. The indoor baths combine free-flowing and filtered water. Guest hours 15:00-24:00 and 5:30-9:00.
Private (kashikiri) bath
Cypress private open-air bath 'Tamayura', free-flowing: 45-minute slots on the hour, 6:00-8:00 and 15:00-23:00, first come first served on the day (phone bookings from 10:00). Two other private baths have been suspended since May 2026.
In-room bath
Concept rooms, the Suite Room Mizuki and the annex Rin have hot-spring baths in the room.
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
- No — overnight guests only.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmed
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- Free shuttle from JR Kurayoshi Station (about 15 minutes), roughly hourly between 14:10 and 17:30 - reservation required. Morning drop-offs run to the station and the red-roofed old town of Kurayoshi. Hinomaru buses to Misasa Onsen also run from the station.
- Official website
- www.misasakan.co.jp
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