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
Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.
Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
Indoor main bath on the 2nd floor. The facility has two spring types - milky white sulphur and clear simple alkaline - and recommends bathing in the sulphur bath first, then the simple spring.
Open-air bath
Large sulphur open-air bath on the 1st floor with jacuzzi and magnesium tubs, looking down over Beppu Bay. Men's and women's sides swap between the 1st-floor open-air and 2nd-floor indoor baths on odd and even days.
Private (kashikiri) bath
Five private open-air baths fed by the sulphur spring - rare in Myoban. One of them is barrier-free.
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.10:00-22:00 (last reception 21:00); private open-air baths 11:00-20:00 on weekdays, 10:00-20:00 weekends and holidays
- Day visit price
- ¥1,3001,300 yen for the main baths (junior high 600 yen, elementary 400 yen). Private open-air baths are 2,000-2,500 yen per hour depending on the room and the day. A stone-sauna (ganbanyoku) plus bath set is 1,900-2,500 yen. Closed once a month for maintenance (date varies).
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- On the hillside in the Myoban district, roughly 25-30 minutes by bus from JR Beppu Station (get off at Myoban). 20 free parking spaces.
- Official website
- www.e-ebisu.biz
Staying nearby
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More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.