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
Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.
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
Genuine natural hot spring, as the name states. The official site does not publish a spring-quality analysis on the pages checked.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-23:00 (last entry 21:30), open year-round
- Day visit price
- ¥2,6802,680 yen for adults (junior high school age and above), including a bath towel, face towel and in-house wear; amenities are free. Children from 0 to elementary age are 1,320 yen. Members of the Tomo-no-kai aged 18 and over pay 1,800 yen. No weekday/weekend split is published. The late-night rate is currently suspended: the site states the venue is not operating overnight at present.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In Katsushika-ku in north-east Tokyo, next to Kamikomatsu Elementary School, with 450 parking spaces. Free shuttle buses run from Shin-Koiwa Station on the Sobu Line, Kameari and Kanamachi stations on the Joban Line, and Aoto Station on the Keisei Line.
- Official website
- kodainoyu.jp
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.
Getting in from the airport
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Why not the train: the last leg to an onsen is usually a local bus with nowhere to put a suitcase. A fixed-price car is booked in English and quoted before you travel, tolls and fuel included.
More onsen in Tokyo
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