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Prefectures / Ibaraki

Oarai Yukkura Kenkokan

大洗町健康福祉センター ゆっくら健康館

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

No — tattooed guests are turned away

Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.

Source: official website · checked 2026-09-09

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

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View2
Water3
Comfort3
Setting2
Access3
Somewhere to sitYou can spend the day here
Anything else nearbyNearby, but off to one side

A municipal health centre rather than a scenic bath: a sodium chloride spring drawn at only 15C and reheated, in a building that also has a pool, a gym and a restaurant, so it is a place to spend a rainy afternoon rather than to look at anything. No open-air bath is advertised. It sits in Oarai's port district, walking distance from the aquarium. Tattoos are refused outright.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric, and every score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Indoor bath

Indoor hot-spring bath inside a municipal health centre that also holds a pool, a gym and a restaurant.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-21:00 (Saturdays until 21:30), last entry 45 minutes before closing. Closed Thursdays (the following day if the Thursday is a public holiday) and 7-13 January
Day visit price
¥800
800 yen for adults bathing between 10:00 and 17:00 on a weekday; 700 yen for seniors and 400 yen for children. Weekends and public holidays are 1,050 yen for adults, and peak season 1,100 yen (seniors 1,000 yen). The 26th of each month and every Wednesday are discount days at 600 yen.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
At 26-1 Minato-chuo, Oarai Town, in the port district near Aqua World Oarai and the Marine Tower. About 25 minutes on foot from Oarai Station on the Oarai Kashima Line, or a short ride on the town's Kaiyu-go loop bus.
Official website
www.yukkurakan.jp

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Staying nearby

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