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Prefectures / Saitama

Ryokami Onsen Yakushi no Yu

道の駅 両神温泉 薬師の湯 · Chichibu Onsen area

Policy not published (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

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

Not yet rated: View, Comfort, Access.

Verified by the editor

View—
Water3
Comfort—
Setting4
Access—
△Somewhere to sit — A small rest area
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

A town-run bath attached to a roadside farm stand in the mountains of Ogano, the cheapest in this Chichibu list. The water is an alkaline simple spring at pH 9.2 - gentle rather than distinctive. There is a rest area and a canteen, which after a recent refit you can enter without taking your shoes off. Reachable by the town bus from Seibu-Chichibu, but services are few, so check the timetable before you go.

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

A large 'view bath' (per a secondary listing).

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

An open-air bath (per a secondary listing).

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-20:00 (last entry 19:30). Closed on Tuesdays. The roadside-station farm stand opens 9:00-17:00.
Day visit price
¥700
700 yen for junior-high age and over, 300 yen for primary-school children and younger.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
A roadside station (michi-no-eki) in the Ryokami district of Ogano Town. The Ogano town bus Seibu-Chichibu Station line runs from Seibu-Chichibu Station via Ogano Town Hall and terminates here; a secondary listing puts the ride at about 40 minutes. Services can be changed or cancelled without notice for heavy rain, rockfall, snow or ice. Parking for 58 cars.
Official website
kanko-ogano.jp/spot/yakushinoyu

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Staying nearby

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Where to stay in Chichibu Onsen areaBooking.com ↗Day-pass tickets and coupons for SaitamaAsoview (Japanese-language site) ↗

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Getting in from the airport

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Fixed-price airport transfer to SaitamaAirport Taxi (English) ↗

Why not the train: the last leg to an onsen is usually a local bus with nowhere to put a suitcase. A fixed-price car is booked in English and quoted before you travel, tolls and fuel included.

What we have not confirmed

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