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Prefectures / Shiga

Spa Resort Ogoto Agaryanse

スパリゾート雄琴 あがりゃんせ · Ogoto Onsen

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

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

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 2026-09-14

Staying overnight

They have not said

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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3.5
Water3
Comfort3.5
Setting3
Access4
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Shiga's big all-day spa: two private wells, a lake-facing open-air bath on the men's side, a barrel sauna, restaurants, a theatre, karaoke and reclining rooms, with a free shuttle from the Kosei Line. It is built for spending a whole day indoors rather than for the character of the water - no free-flow claim or analysis is published, and most of the tubs are jet and carbonated baths. Ogoto itself is a quiet lakeside resort with little to walk to. Tattoos, paint and stickers are refused at the door.

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

Open-air bath

The signature large open-air bath, drawing on two of the complex's own wells, with a Shigaraki-ware pot bath, a shallow lie-down bath and a barrel sauna. The men's open-air side looks out towards Lake Biwa; the women's extension is a carbonated bath instead.

Open to day visitors

Indoor bath

Main bath hall with a carbonated bath, an 8-jet circuit bath, a power-jet bath, a daily-changing herbal bath, a Finnish-style sauna with loyly sessions, a women-only salt sauna and a deep plunge pool.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-24:00 (last entry 23:00), open daily except occasional maintenance closures
Day visit price
¥1,650
1,650 yen on weekdays and 2,050 yen at weekends, on public holidays and on designated peak days (adults, junior-high age and over). Children aged 4 to 12 pay 800/900 yen; under 4 free. Members pay 200 yen less (joining fee 1,000 yen). Loungewear, bath towel and face towel are included. The bedrock sauna is free for adults but needs a 300 yen wear set. Cash and credit cards only - no e-money. Visitors under 16 must come with a guardian.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
A free shuttle bus runs from JR Ogoto-Onsen Station on the Kosei Line (about 20 minutes from Kyoto), roughly every 20-60 minutes from 9:50 until about 21:00, plus an hourly afternoon service from JR Hieizan-Sakamoto Station. Large free car park on site.
Official website
www.agaryanse.co.jp

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Getting in from the airport

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What we have not confirmed

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