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
Indoor wooden bathhouse, the largest of Shibu's nine sotoyu. No open-air bath and no private bath here.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-17:00 (occasional unscheduled closures)
- Day visit price
- ¥800Adult 800 yen, child 500 yen, cash only. This is the one thing a Kinosaki-style bath crawl in Shibu will not give you: eight of the nine sotoyu are locked and reserved for people staying overnight in Shibu, who are lent a key by their inn and use all nine for free. Day visitors can enter only the ninth bath, O-yu, and only between 10:00 and 17:00. Buy the ticket at the Shibu Onsen tourist information office or at one of the inns near O-yu (Kanaguya, Katei, Yumoto Ryokan, Matsuya, Hishiya, Ikariya).
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the middle of the Shibu Onsen lane, about a 10-minute walk from Yudanaka Station (terminus of the Nagano Dentetsu line from Nagano) or a short bus ride. Same valley as the Jigokudani snow monkeys. Day visitors should use the paid Shibu Onsen car park; the lane itself is too narrow for cars.
- Official website
- shibuonsen.net/shop/shop-1194
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 Shibu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.