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
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.
The baths
Indoor bath
A large tub, a small tub, a standing-depth bath (tachi-yu), a sauna and a cold plunge. This is the town's communal bathhouse rather than a hotel spa, so it is plain, busy with locals, and cheap.
Open to day visitors
Open-air bath
Open-air bath attached to the main bathing hall. There is also a free foot bath outside the building that anyone can use without paying admission.
Open to day visitors
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.7:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥500Adults 500 yen, elementary school children 150 yen, pre-school children 50 yen. The bathhouse closes one day a month for cleaning: until March 2026 that was the 4th Thursday, and from January 2026 the operator moved it to the 25th of each month (pushed to the following Monday when the 25th falls on a Saturday or Sunday). Check the association page before travelling, because this is the only public bath in the resort and a wasted trip to the Noto Peninsula is expensive.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the middle of Wakura Onsen, on Nanao Bay on the Noto Peninsula. The nearest railway station is JR Wakuraonsen, the terminus of the Nanao Line, and the bathhouse is a short bus or taxi ride from there; most Japanese visitors arrive by car. Note that the surrounding resort is still rebuilding after the January 2024 Noto earthquake, seawall works are under way along the shore, and many hotels have not reopened - the Soyu itself is running normally.
- Official website
- www.wakura.or.jp/brochure/brochure-660-2
Staying nearby
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.