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
The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.
How it scores
Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.
The baths
Indoor bath
A stone-built tub taking about fifteen people, in the Tsuchitaru hamlet away from the resort. Roomy enough for families. Indoor only.
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.10:00-21:00 (last reception 20:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥850Adults 850 yen; children aged 4 to elementary school age 350 yen. Closed on Wednesdays, moved when Wednesday is a public holiday or falls in the New Year or Obon periods.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 6191-87 Tsuchitaru, about 10 minutes by car from JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station, near the Yuzawa Fishing Park and the ski areas. A car is effectively required - this is the one Yuzawa bathhouse you cannot reach on foot from the station.
- Official website
- www.e-yuzawa.gr.jp/sys/hotspring_p/%E5%9C%9F%E6%A8%BD%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E6%B5%B4%E5%A0%B4-%E3%80%8C%E5%B2%A9%E3%81%AE%E6%B9%AF%E3%80%8D
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.
What we have not confirmed
We would rather show a gap than guess.
- The tattoo policy for day visits is not stated on the official website.
More onsen in Niigata
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