Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
Staying overnight
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
Men's and women's indoor rock baths in the milky-blue sulphur water Myoban is known for.
Open-air bath
Garden open-air bath.
Practical details
- Day visits
- No — overnight guests only.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmedNo day-use bathing at all - the ryokan states this outright. Many Japanese blogs confuse it with the separate Yamanoyu bath run by the same family's shop, which is itself suspended from April 2026.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- In the Myoban district, founded 1875 and one of the oldest inns there. Buses 5, 41 (Beppu Station west exit, about 26 min) or 24 (east exit, about 30 min) to Myoban.
- Official website
- www.okamotoya.net
Book it
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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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.