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Ushitaki Onsen Shikimatsuri

牛滝温泉 四季まつり

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

No — tattooed guests are turned away

Tattoos are not permitted.

Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28

Staying overnight

They have not said

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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3
Water3.5
Comfort3
Setting4
Access2
△Somewhere to sit — A small rest area
○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

Two different waters - a radon spring indoors and the sodium chloride Ushitaki spring outdoors - in the hills above Kishiwada, next to Daiitokuji temple and its waterfalls, with rooms, log cabins and glamping on site. Getting there means a Nankai bus of roughly fifty minutes from Kishiwada Station with few services a day, so most people drive.

Every onsen on this site is scored against the same written rubric. This score has been reviewed by the editor. The ones marked Visited were also bathed in personally.

The baths

Indoor bath

Indoor bath is a radon spring (weakly alkaline).

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Outdoor bath uses the Ushitaki spring (sodium chloride / bicarbonate).

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
9:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30)
Day visit price
¥750
750 yen for age 12 and over, 350 yen for children aged 3 and over. No weekday/weekend split is stated.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
At 1156 Osawa-cho in the hills of Kishiwada, southern Osaka Prefecture. Tel 072-479-2641. Rooms are Japanese-style, Western-style or log cabins, and there is also glamping and trailer-house accommodation.
Official website
www.shikimatsuri.jp

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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.

What we have not confirmed

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