Oyado Yunooka
おやど 湯の丘 · Beppu Onsen
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
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
Staying overnight
The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private or in-room bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Private (kashikiri) bath
The open-air baths - 'Kurenai no Yu', which looks onto autumn foliage, and 'Tsurumi no Yu', which faces Mt Tsurumi - are built from large rocks and stone among the trees, and day visitors take them privately. Simple spring and sulphur spring, colourless and mild.
Private (kashikiri) bath
Indoor bath with a jacuzzi, also taken privately and surprisingly large for a private booking.
A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-20:00 (after 15:00 by prior enquiry)
- Day visit price
- ¥2,5002,500 yen per room for up to 4 people, not per person. Closed Thursdays. This is a working ryokan, so the day-use hours shift with how full the inn is - ring 0977-21-2414 before going.
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- At 4-1 Ogura in the Horita / Kankaiji hillside district, about 5 minutes by car from the Beppu IC. Has parking. Tel 0977-21-2414.
- Official website
- hpdsp.jp/yunooka
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.
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 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.