Hamachidori no Yu Kaishu
浜千鳥の湯 海舟 · Shirahama Onsen
Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
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
Open-air bath
'Hamachidori no Yu', the inn's signature mixed-gender open-air bath out on the headland, looking straight down the Pacific - the inn describes the sea changing from morning blue to evening madder red. Women (and anyone who prefers) change into a yuamigi bathing garment provided in the changing room, so it is not a nude mixed bath.
Indoor bath
'Umi-tsubaki' bathhouse: indoor tub plus a cypress-barrel open-air tub and a rock open-air tub, fed free-flowing from two different sources (Aiki and Monju).
Private (kashikiri) bath
Two private open-air baths - 'Sekisho no Yu' (Aiki source) and 'Iwato no Yu' (Monju source) - set along the path that descends towards the sea. FREE of charge, no advance booking: ask at the counter in front of the main bathhouse and use one if it is vacant.
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
- Not confirmed.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmed
- Staying overnight
- Yes
- Getting there
- On a headland in the Shirahama hot-spring area, about 15 minutes by bus from JR Shirahama Station; the inn runs a shuttle for booked guests.
- Official website
- dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/shirahama_kaisyu
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What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- We have not confirmed whether it takes day visitors.
- The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in and around Shirahama
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.