Attakayu Public Bath (Takayu Onsen)
高湯温泉共同浴場 あったか湯
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. A private (kashikiri) 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
Every bath here is open-air: separate men's and women's baths, one built around timber and one around rock, in milky white sulphur water that arrives by gravity from the source and overflows the tubs with no heating or dilution. The building imitates an old cure-bath house.
Private (kashikiri) bath
A private open-air bath, 1,500 yen for 50 minutes - a rare thing at a community bath house, and the obvious choice if you want to bathe alone.
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
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.9:00-21:00; closed Thursdays (the following day when Thursday is a public holiday)
- Day visit price
- ¥500500 yen for anyone aged 12 and over, 250 yen for children aged 1-11. A private bath is available for 1,500 yen for 50 minutes. The city notes that hours and closing days can change at short notice and that the bath stays open through peak periods.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- Takayu sits at about 750 m on the road up to the Bandai-Azuma Skyline in the mountains west of Fukushima city. Fukushima Kotsu buses bound for Takayu Onsen leave JR Fukushima Station west exit and take about 40 minutes.
- Official website
- www.city.fukushima.fukushima.jp/shisetsu/kanko/2149.html
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.