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
The oldest bathhouse in Echigo-Yuzawa and the literary one: it stands close to the inn where Kawabata Yasunari wrote 'Snow Country', and he is said to have bathed here himself. Genuinely small - five or six people fill the tub - so it can feel crowded on a ski weekend. Indoor bathing 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 including the 150 yen bathing tax; children aged 4 to elementary school age 350 yen; under 4 free. Closed on Tuesdays, with the closure moved to another day when Tuesday is a public holiday or falls in the New Year or Obon periods.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- At 930 Yuzawa, about 20 minutes on foot uphill from JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station, or roughly 10 minutes by car from the Yuzawa interchange. Echigo-Yuzawa is about 70 to 80 minutes from Tokyo by Joetsu Shinkansen, so this is reachable as a day trip from the capital; the walk is steady uphill, which matters in snow.
- Official website
- www.e-yuzawa.gr.jp/sys/hotspring_p/%E6%B9%AF%E5%85%83%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E6%B5%B4%E5%A0%B4-%E3%80%8C%E5%B1%B1%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.
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