Tattoo-friendly onsen in Gunma
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
7 hot springs
Gunma · Shibukawa (Akagi)
Akagi Tennen Onsen Hanayu Utopia Akagi
A day spa at the foot of Mt. Akagi, about 5 min from Akagi IC. Its own spring is used in every bath, with free-flowing source water in the open-air bath; a gentle, weakly alkaline simple spring. Its official price page refuses bathing to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers and paint. Cash only.
Photo: Aspere / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Gunma · Kusatsu
Goza-no-yu (Kusatsu Onsen)
A day bath facing Yubatake, the hot spring field at the centre of Kusatsu, in a building styled after the Edo-Meiji era. It uses two springs, Yubatake and Bandai. The operator of Kusatsu's three main day baths states that guests with tattoos are not refused.
Gunma · Isesaki
Isesaki Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Isesaki, Gunma, whose natural hot spring from 1,500 m underground is served 100% free-flowing in the source bath. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Photo: Aspere / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Gunma · Kusatsu
Otaki-no-yu (Kusatsu Onsen)
A day bath in Kusatsu Onsen known for its "awase-yu" series of baths at different temperatures and an open-air bath with a waterfall. The operator of Kusatsu's three main day baths states that guests with tattoos are not refused.
Photo: くろふね / CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Gunma · Kusatsu
Sainokawara Open-Air Bath (Kusatsu Onsen)
One of the largest open-air baths in Japan, about 500 square metres across the men's and women's sides. Mixed bathing on Fridays 17:30-20:00. The operator of Kusatsu's three main day baths states that guests with tattoos are not refused.
Gunma · Shibukawa
Shibukawa Tennen Onsen Hanayu Skyterme Resort
A day spa 3 min from Shibukawa-Ikaho IC with a hilltop open-air bath looking out over the mountains of Gunma. Every bath uses its own 1,400 m source, free-flowing in the open air. Its official FAQ and price page refuse entry/bathing to guests with tattoos.
Gunma · Maebashi
Shichifuku no Yu Maebashi
A free-flowing natural hot spring from 1,500 m underground with a large open-air bath, bedrock and ceramic-plate baths. Its official price page refuses entry to people with tattoos.
