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Prefectures / Fukuoka

Yunozen no Sato

脇田温泉 湯乃禅の里 · Wakita Onsen

Policy not published (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

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private (kashikiri) bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.

How it scores

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

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Verified by the editor

View3
Water3
Comfort3.5
Setting4
Access3
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Nine themed open-air tubs strung through a wooded valley, and six private baths on the slope above that are refilled between parties - the easiest private bath to walk into in Fukuoka, since you turn up rather than book, though the slots go early on a weekend. Around them are a rest hall with recliners and a tatami nap area, a soba shop, a set-meal restaurant and a charcoal-grilled chicken place, so a day here is a day. The water itself is pleasant rather than characterful and the operator publishes no analysis on this page.

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

Nine open-air tubs across the two sides, each built around a conceit: a cedar tub fed from a 150 cm sake barrel, a rock bath surrounded by kappa statues, a tub beside a working waterwheel, a bath ringed by seventeen kinds of bamboo, and a round tiled tub inside a flower bed. Both sides have a far-infrared kama sauna and a cold spring plunge.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

Hidamari, six private baths on the rise inside the same grounds - rock, cypress, wooden-tub, stone and jar, most with a reclining tub. The water is drained and refilled between parties. 3,300 yen per room for 60 minutes on weekdays, 3,500 yen for 50 minutes at weekends. No advance booking: it is first come, first served on the day, and slots often run out before 19:00.

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.
11:00-22:30 (last entry 22:00). Closed Wednesdays.
Day visit price
¥900
900 yen on weekdays, 1,000 yen on weekends and holidays; children 3 to 12 are 500/600 yen and under-3s 200/300 yen. A bath-plus-meal ticket is 2,100/2,200 yen. Men's and women's sides swap every Thursday. Towels are sold at 250 yen and bath towels rent for 300 yen.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
In the Inunaki valley in Miyawaka, between Fukuoka and Kitakyushu. Take a bus from Nogata Station on the JR Fukuhoku Yutaka Line to the Nansuikaku-mae stop, which is right outside. About 15 minutes by car from the Wakamiya IC, or 50 minutes from Hakata.
Official website
www.nansuikaku.com/day-trip-yunozen

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Staying nearby

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What we have not confirmed

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