Onsen in Tokyo
15 hot springs, 7 of which will take you with a tattoo, and 2 where you can bathe without staying the night.
Narrow it down
Tattoos are fine here
Thermae-yu Shinjuku
Maenohara Onsen Sayanoyudokoro
Heiwajima Onsen
Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club
Jindaiji Onsen Yumori no Sato
Matsumoto-yu
Koganeyu
Ryokan you can visit just for the bath
No overnight stay required.
Ranked by what you are after
We score every onsen the same way — the view from the water, the water itself, comfort, how far it sits from a town, and how easy it is to reach — then weight those differently depending on what you want.
Best for the view
What you can see from the water.
- Jindaiji Onsen Yumori no SatoVisited3.2
- Maenohara Onsen SayanoyudokoroVisited2.8
- Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURAVisited2.2
- Tokyo Tennen Onsen Kodai no YuVisited2.2
- Spa LaQuaVisited1.8
- Thermae-yu ShinjukuVisited1.7
- Tokyo Toyosu Manyo ClubVisited1.7
- Times Spa RESTAVisited1.5
Easiest to reach
Get there and back without renting a car.
- Spa LaQuaVisited5.0
- Tokyo Toyosu Manyo ClubVisited5.0
- Times Spa RESTAVisited4.9
- Thermae-yu ShinjukuVisited4.7
- Ofuro no Ousama OimachiVisited4.4
- Maenohara Onsen SayanoyudokoroVisited4.4
- Heiwajima OnsenVisited4.1
- Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURAVisited4.1
Every onsen we have checked in Tokyo
Times Spa RESTA
Spa LaQua
Thermae-yu Shinjuku
Maenohara Onsen Sayanoyudokoro
Heiwajima Onsen
Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club
Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURA
Jindaiji Onsen Yumori no Sato
Matsumoto-yu
Koganeyu
Kairyou-yu
Kosugiyu
Ofuro no Ousama Oimachi
Minami-Aoyama Shimizuyu
Tokyo Tennen Onsen Kodai no Yu
Planning a trip to Tokyo
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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.
Why not the train: the last leg to an onsen is usually a local bus with nowhere to put a suitcase. A fixed-price car is booked in English and quoted before you travel, tolls and fuel included.
