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Yumoto Sakakikan Yuno-sho

湯元榊原舘 湯の庄 · Sakakibara Onsen

Tattoos not allowed (day visit)

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

No — tattooed guests are turned away

Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.

Source: official website · checked 2026-09-12

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

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View3
Water3
Comfort4
Setting4
Access3
△Somewhere to sit — A small rest area
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Sakakibara is one of the three springs named in Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book, and this is the bathhouse attached to its oldest inn - a clean, well-kept alkaline simple spring with source-temperature tubs alongside the heated ones. At 1,500 yen for a two-hour visit it is the most expensive day bath in this set, and the private view baths run on weekdays only in fixed 45-minute slots you cannot book ahead. Tattoos are refused across the establishment, private baths included. There is little else in the hamlet.

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

Indoor bath

Maromi-no-yu, two large baths (Moegi and Murasaki) used alternately by men and women, each with a source-temperature tub.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Semi-open-air baths Osome and Tamenosuke, attached to the two large baths.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

Three private view open-air baths (Nunobiki, Yomoyama, Ama-no-hara), 3,000 yen per 45 minutes, weekdays only, first come first served.

Open to day visitors

A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
Reception 9:00-20:00 (last reception 19:00), stay limited to 2 hours, closed irregularly
Day visit price
¥1,500
1,500 yen for adults including a bath towel, 500 yen for children aged 3 to sixth grade. The private view baths are a further 3,000 yen per group per 45 minutes, weekdays only, in six fixed slots from 12:00 to 17:45, and cannot be reserved in advance.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
The day-use bathhouse of Yumoto Sakakikan, in the Sakakibara Onsen hamlet west of Tsu. The inn's free shuttle from Kintetsu Sakakibara-Onsenguchi Station (15 minutes) is for overnight guests only; day visitors take the Mie Kotsu bus from Kintetsu Hisai Station, about 40 minutes, alighting at Yumoto Sakakikan-mae and walking 3 minutes. About 20 minutes by car from Hisai IC.
Official website
yuno-sho.jp

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Staying nearby

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Where to stay in Sakakibara OnsenBooking.com ↗Day-pass tickets and coupons for MieAsoview (Japanese-language site) ↗

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