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
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.
The baths
Indoor bath
Indoor bath split into a hot and a cooler tub, fed by the Ogama and Shin-yu sources.
Open-air bath
Open-air bath. The only open-air bathing in Nozawa Onsen village that is open to the public.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-19:00 (Apr to mid-Dec, last entry 18:30); 11:00-20:00 (mid-Dec to Mar, last entry 19:30); closed Thursdays (open when Thursday is a public holiday)
- Day visit price
- ¥700Adult 700 yen, elementary school age and under 500 yen. This is the one paid bathhouse in Nozawa and the only one with an open-air bath, so it is the fallback if you want lockers and a proper changing room rather than the bare-bones free sotoyu. It has no car park of its own; use the village car parks.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In Ogama Onsen Park in Nozawa Onsen village, a short walk from the Ogama hot-spring cooking pools. Bus from JR Iiyama Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen) to the village. No parking at the facility itself.
- Official website
- www.vill.nozawaonsen.nagano.jp/www/contents/1050000000241/index.html
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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The tattoo policy for day visits is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Nozawa
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.