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
Open-air bath
Seven different open-air baths spread over roughly 400 tsubo (about 1,300 sqm), including a mud bath and a steam bath, plus a foot bath. Simple spring and simple sulphur spring. Swimwear must be worn in all of these.
Private (kashikiri) bath
Three private family baths, 60 minutes for 1,500-2,500 yen and the only baths here where swimwear is not required. One sits about 300 m along a path through a bamboo grove and feels genuinely remote - its stone tub dates from 1871 and has been renovated while keeping the original form. The other two are next to the office.
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.9:00-17:00 (reception closes 17:00; the family baths beside the office run to 20:00)
- Day visit price
- ¥900Open-air baths 900 yen adult / 500 yen child - swimwear is compulsory for these. The three private family baths are 1,500-2,500 yen for 60 minutes and are the option to pick if you would rather not wear a swimsuit. Closing days are irregular.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Myoban district at Yuyama 4-kumi, up in the hills above Beppu - realistically a car trip. Has parking. Because the bamboo-grove bath has no lighting, the site closes at sundown, so arrive with time to spare. Tel 090-4988-4179.
- Official website
- Not found
Staying nearby
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About the day-pass link: Asoview is the main place day-use onsen in Japan sell entry tickets and discount coupons in advance. It is a Japanese-only site, so use your browser’s translation — you show the ticket on your phone at the door.
More onsen in and around Beppu
Checked the same way: tattoo policy, private baths and day visits.