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
A period bathhouse tiled floor to ceiling, with a black-rust karajishi (lion) spout carved by Morita Toko. Two baths, large and small, alternating between men and women through the day.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.11:00-19:00, weekends and public holidays ONLY. Men and women swap between the large and small baths: 11:00-12:45 and 15:00-16:45 (men in the large bath), 13:00-14:45 and 17:00-19:00 (women in the large bath).
- Day visit price
- ¥500500 yen for adults, 300 yen for children (elementary school and under); free under 2, but children not yet out of nappies are not admitted. The bathing fee includes admission to the building.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- Seven minutes on foot from JR Ito Station, on the Matsukawa river in the old quarter. No car park.
- Official website
- itospa.com/spa/detail_54227.html
Staying nearby
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Why Agoda for Japan: it lists a lot of ryokan and small inns that the Western booking sites never picked up, and it usually prices Japanese properties in yen, so you are not paying a conversion spread on top of the room rate. Worth comparing before you book — the difference on a ryokan is often larger than you would expect.
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 Ito
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.