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Sashikino Onsen Enjin no Yu (Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo)

天然温泉さしきの 猿人の湯(ユインチホテル南城)

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)Tattoos not allowed (overnight)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

No — tattooed guests are turned away

Tattoos are not permitted.

Source: official website · checked 2026-09-01

Staying overnight

No — tattooed guests are turned away

Tattoos are not permitted.

Source: official website · checked 2026-09-01

How it scores

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ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

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View4.5
Water5
Comfort4
Setting3.5
Access2
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

The best water in Okinawa on the evidence available. It is fossil seawater drawn from between 1,500 and 2,119 m down, blending two layers roughly 5 and 54 million years old, and the hotel states plainly that nothing is filtered, reheated or diluted - genuine free-flowing source water, which almost nothing else on the island can claim. About 80% the salinity of seawater, with a thick, oily feel from the metasilicic acid. The view bath on the Sashiki hillside looks straight out over the Pacific, blue by day and the lights of Nanjo by night. There is a canteen, a relaxation room and a spa, so you can stay a while. Getting here needs a car.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric. This score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Indoor bath

A view bath looking out over the Pacific from the Sashiki hillside, a pummelling waterfall bath, and a herbal bath that changes with the season. Saunas: two dry sauna stoves at about 90C on the men's side with loyly three times a day, a dry sauna and a 50C mist sauna on the women's side, and a cold plunge at about 18C.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
6:30-23:00 daily (last entry 22:30)
Day visit price
¥2,000
The bring-your-own-towel plan is 1,850 yen plus 150 yen bathing tax for adults (2,000 yen in total) and is only sold until 19:00; the standard plan with towels and loungewear is 2,050 yen plus 150 yen tax. Elementary school children 1,000-1,200 yen, under-6s free. Hotel guests bathe free.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
On a hill in Nanjo City in southern Okinawa, about 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport. Buses to this part of Nanjo are infrequent, so a rental car or taxi is the realistic way here.
Official website
www.yuinchi.jp/heal/hot-spring

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Getting in from the airport

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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.

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