366 hot springs across Japan
Onsen you can enterwith tattoos.
Checked against each bath's own official rules. The ones that say no are listed too.
All 366 baths show the date we last checked them, and 359 are based on a rule published by the bath, its city or its tourism association. How we check
No match. Try a town or prefecture.
Photo: Yubatake, Kusatsu Onsen — Aspere (CC0)
Find on the map
Each pin shows whether the bath admits tattoos. Tap a pin for details.
Onsen towns
Start with the towns where tattooed travellers have the most choice.
BeppuThe city lists 100+ baths that welcome tattoos89 baths大分帰省中 / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
KinosakiEvery public bath, no need to cover up6 baths663highland / CC BY 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons
KusatsuAll three main day baths say yes3 bathsAspere / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
HakoneThree baths, three different rules8 bathsAbasaa / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Kyoto7 bathsYOSHIFUMI OGISO / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Osaka20 bathsW236 / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Tokyo29 bathsSyced / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Recently checked: baths that let you in
Tattoos OK or OK if covered — by the bath's own word. Newest checks first.
- Okayama · ManiwaOoedo Onsen Monogatari Terunoyu
- Tottori · YonagoOoedo Onsen Monogatari Kaike
- Gifu · GeroOoedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Gero Honkan
- Fukui · AwaraOoedo Onsen Monogatari Awara
- Ishikawa · KagaOoedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Yamashitaya (Yamashiro)
- Niigata · MurakamiOoedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Shiomiso (Senami)
Before you go
- Tattoos & onsen: the basicsWhy baths say no, and 3 ways in
Private bathsNo one else in the water
Cover sticker rulesSize and number differ by bath
Baths that officially say yesOnly where the bath itself says so
Guides by area