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
Yes, if you cover it up
Tattoos must be covered with a patch in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
Gender-separated indoor baths using natural hot spring water trucked in from Naka-Izu in Shizuoka, not spring water rising on site.
Open to day visitors
Open-air bath
Open-air bath named 'Kamiyo no Yu' (神代の湯).
Open to day visitors
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.Open 24 hours, year-round. Admission alone covers up to 18 hours between 06:00 and 24:00; with the late-night surcharge it covers up to 24 hours from entry.
- Day visit price
- ¥3,1003,100 yen is the general Monday-Thursday rate; LINE members pay 2,900 yen. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, holidays, days before holidays and peak days are 3,200 yen general / 3,000 yen member. Staying between 00:00 and 06:00 adds 2,000 yen (general, Mon-Thu) or 2,300 yen (general, Fri-Sun/holiday). The rock-sauna 'Healing Terrace' is 900 yen extra. A Wednesday 'beauty day' rate of 2,900 yen general applies except at month end.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- About a 2-minute walk from exit E1 of Shinjuku-sanchome Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line and the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi and Fukutoshin lines, in Kabukicho.
- Official website
- thermae-yu.jp