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Sanage Onsen Kinsen-no-yu

猿投温泉 日帰り温泉 岩風呂 金泉の湯 · Sanage Onsen

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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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 2026-09-03

How it scores

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ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

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View3
Water4
Comfort3.5
Setting4.5
Access3.5
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

A radon spring in a forested valley inside a quasi-national park, and one of very few in Japan licensed for drinking as well as bathing - the operator sells the 'drink it, breathe it, soak in it' triple effect. Rock-built baths, a free rest hall, a restaurant and a massage room make it an easy half day, and a free shuttle from Fujigaoka Station means you do not strictly need a car. Ghibli Park is about 15 minutes away by road, but there is nothing within walking distance. Tattoos are refused at the door, stickers included.

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

Rock-built baths (iwaburo) inside the Aichi Kogen Quasi-National Park; the water is a natural radon spring that the prefecture licensed for drinking, so there are drinking fountains as well as tubs.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
Open until 23:00 daily (last entry 22:30) since 10 September; open year-round
Day visit price
Not confirmed
The official site publishes its price list only as an image, so the current rate could not be read from the page text. Regional listings put an adult at roughly 1,500-1,700 yen, with children a few hundred yen; check by phone before you set out. A free shuttle bus runs from Fujigaoka Station.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
In the hills of Kano, Toyota City, inside the Aichi Kogen Quasi-National Park, about 40 minutes from Nagoya by car. A free shuttle bus runs from Fujigaoka Station on the Nagoya subway Higashiyama Line; otherwise it is a taxi from Shigo Station on the Aichi Loop Line (about 15 minutes) or Josui Station on the Meitetsu Toyota Line (about 20 minutes).
Official website
sanageonsen.p-castle.co.jp/kinsenyu

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Staying nearby

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Where to stay in Sanage OnsenBooking.com ↗Day-pass tickets and coupons for AichiAsoview (Japanese-language site) ↗

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What we have not confirmed

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