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
Single indoor bath for men and one for women, free-flowing straight from the source (gensen kakenagashi), simple alkaline spring. Old-style layout with the changing area open to the bath.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:30-22:30 (closed 14:00-15:00 for cleaning)
- Day visit price
- ¥200200 yen for adults (junior high school age and up), 100 yen for children, free under school age. City-run bathhouse, so the price is fixed. Closed the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Towel 300 yen, soap 150 yen, shampoo sachet 50 yen, coin locker 100 yen - nothing is provided free except the wash basin.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In central Beppu at 2-2 Minami-machi, walkable from JR Beppu Station via the Takegawara arcade. No parking of its own.
- Official website
- www.city.beppu.oita.jp/sisetu/shieionsen/detail3.html
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 Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.