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
The building is a relocated wooden schoolhouse, so the changing rooms and corridors feel like a 1950s classroom. Gender-separated indoor and open-air baths (one each), strongly acidic arsenical chloride-sulphate water said to help athlete's foot.
Open-air bath
One men's and one women's open-air bath - no mixed bathing here, which makes it the easiest Nyuto inn for anyone who wants to skip mixed baths. A barrel foot bath is set out in summer.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.9:00-16:00 (last reception 15:30); closed Thursdays
- Day visit price
- ¥700General 700 yen, children 350 yen; towel set 300 yen, bath towel rental 500 yen. Day-use bathing continues, but the inn has suspended overnight stays from 1 January 2026 for renovation with no announced reopening date - come for the bath only.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- One minute on foot from the Nyuto Onsen bus stop, the closest of the seven inns to the bus - about 50 minutes by Ugo Kotsu bus from JR Tazawako Station.
- Official website
- ookama-onsen.jp
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 Nyuto
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.