Can you visit Chichibu Yumoto Buko Onsen for the day with a tattoo?

Yes, if the tattoo is covered with a patch or sticker.

Prefectures / Saitama

Chichibu Yumoto Buko Onsen

秩父湯元武甲温泉 · Chichibu Onsen area

OK if covered (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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Visiting for the day

Yes, if you cover it up

Tattoos must be covered with a patch in the main baths.

Source: official website · checked 2026-09-11

How it scores

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Not yet rated: View, Comfort.

Verified by the editor

View—

Water3.5

Comfort—

Setting3

Access5

○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here

—Anything else nearby — not checked

One of the few baths around Chichibu where a small tattoo is fine: cover it with the house sticker (one per person, 11 x 20 cm) and you are in. The water is strongly alkaline at pH 11.1, which gives the slippery 'beautiful skin' feel. There is a 90-mat tatami hall overlooking the river, around 10,000 manga and a restaurant, so it works as a place to spend a whole afternoon. Run by the bathhouse operator Onsen Dojo since April 2024. Walkable from Yokoze Station.

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

The baths

Open-air bath

Two open-air baths: a hinoki cypress bath and a rock bath, beside the Yokoze river at the foot of Mt Buko.

Open to day visitors

Indoor bath

A large indoor bath with jets and a smaller tub, dry sauna, cold plunge and an outdoor cooling-off area.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits: Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
10:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30). Open every day except for maintenance closures.
Day visit price: ¥700
Adults (junior-high age and over) 700 yen on weekdays and 900 yen at weekends and on public holidays; children aged 3 and over 400 / 500 yen. Private rest rooms cost 4,400 yen for 3 hours.
Staying overnight: No
Getting there: 10 minutes on foot from Yokoze Station on the Seibu Chichibu Line (one stop before Seibu-Chichibu). No car needed.
Official website: buko-onsen.co.jp

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Staying nearby

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Where to stay in Chichibu Onsen areaBooking.com ↗Day-pass tickets and coupons for SaitamaAsoview (Japanese-language site) ↗

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Getting in from the airport

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