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
The one communal bathhouse in Tsukioka, whose water is a striking emerald green and strongly sulphurous - the reason the resort markets itself on skin. The operator says the water is changed every day. Indoor bathing; this is the budget way into a resort that is otherwise all ryokan.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-21:30 (reception closes 20:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥550Adults 550 yen, children 330 yen. Closed on Tuesdays and on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Reception shuts a full hour before the building does, so do not arrive after 20:30.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 403-8 Tsukioka Onsen, Shibata City, in the middle of the Tsukioka resort in northern Niigata; about 15 minutes by car from the Toyosaka-Niigata-Higashiko interchange. Realistically a car or a hotel shuttle is needed - it is well away from the Shinkansen corridor.
- Official website
- shibata-info.jp/archives/spa/%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E6%B5%B4%E5%A0%B4%E3%80%80%E7%BE%8E%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%B3%89
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.
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 Niigata
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.