Tattoo-friendly onsen in Kanagawa
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
26 hot springs
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Gokurakuyu Yokohama Serigaya
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths (Gokurakuyu chain). Gokurakuyu's group-wide rules say guests with tattoos cannot enter, and tattoo stickers must be removed before entering.
Kanagawa · Hadano
Hadano Yugawara Onsen Manyo no Yu
A 24-hour bathing complex in Hadano. Its official rules refuse guests with tattoos or tattoo stickers, but say those who follow the facility's own rules may enter; ask the staff for details.
Kanagawa · Hakone
Hakone Yuryo
A day-use hot spring near Hakone-Yumoto with open-air baths and private open-air rooms. It lifted its tattoo restriction on 1 April 2025.
Kanagawa · Kawasaki (Miyamae Ward)
Miyamaedaira Gensen Yukemuri no Sho
A large day-use hot spring in Kawasaki, 4 min from Miyamaedaira Station, whose dark brown spring (Central Miyamaedaira Onsen) fills free-flowing and indoor baths. Admission includes towels and loungewear. Its official FAQ refuses anyone with tattoos regardless of size, stickers and henna included.
Kanagawa · Kawasaki
Mizonokuchi Onsen Kirari
A day spa in Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, whose upper bath serves its natural hot spring free-flowing. Only guests of junior high school age and older are admitted. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Photo: Kounoichi / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Kanagawa · Hakone
Mori no Yu at Hakone Kowakien Yunessun
The large bath area at Yunessun in Kowakudani, Hakone, with open-air and indoor baths and a sauna. Separate from the swimsuit area.
Kanagawa · Odawara
Natural Hot Spring Odawara Korona no Yu
A natural hot spring with a large outdoor bath in Odawara, the gateway to Hakone. You can stay overnight in the lounge for a late-night surcharge. The official price page says people with tattoos, including tattoo stickers, may not use the baths ("刺青、タトゥー、タトゥーシールのある方はご利用できません"). The site gives no formal spring-quality name, so it is left blank.
Kanagawa · Yokohama (Aoba Ward)
Natural Hot Spring Susukino Yukemuri no Sato
A day-use hot spring in Yokohama's Aoba Ward where, the facility says, every bath is natural hot spring water, including a stone-paved open-air rock bath. Opens early at 7:00. Its official FAQ refuses anyone with tattoos regardless of size, stickers and henna included.
Kanagawa · Odawara
Odawara Ohoribata Manyo no Yu
A 24-hour bathing complex in Odawara, using hot spring water trucked in from Yugawara Onsen. Its official rules refuse guests with tattoos or tattoo stickers, but say those who follow the facility's own rules may enter; ask the staff for details.
Kanagawa · Ebina
Ofuro no Ousama Ebina
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths, including a free-flowing (kakenagashi) bath, near Kashiwadai Station. Ofuro no Ousama's official FAQ says guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers) are firmly refused, and anyone found inside will be asked to leave without a refund.
Kanagawa · Sagamihara
Ofuro no Ousama Machida
A large day spa on the Machida border with a natural hot spring outdoor bath, "Unomori Onsen Ousama no Yu". Ofuro no Ousama's official FAQ says guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers) are firmly refused, and anyone found inside will be asked to leave without a refund.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Ofuro no Ousama Seya
A large day spa in Yokohama's Seya Ward with natural hot spring baths, including black-water (kuroyu) hot spring. Ofuro no Ousama's official FAQ says guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers) are firmly refused, and anyone found inside will be asked to leave without a refund.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
RAKU SPA BAY Yokohama
A day spa near Yokohama Station with golden natural hot spring in a semi-open-air bath overlooking Minato Mirai. RAKU SPA's own rules firmly refuse guests with tattoos.
Kanagawa · Chigasaki
Ryusenji no Yu Shonan Chigasaki
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths and stone spa rooms. Its own rules refuse guests with tattoos of any size; anyone found will be asked to leave.
Kanagawa · Sagamihara
Sagami Shimokuzawa Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, with a natural hot spring that rose from 1,700 m underground in 2004; the source bath is heated but free-flowing. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Photo: Abasaa / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Kanagawa · Hakone
Tenseien (Hakone-Yumoto)
A hotel in Hakone-Yumoto that also runs day-use bathing almost around the clock, with a large rooftop open-air bath and private baths. Its official site firmly refuses entry to anyone with tattoos or tattoo-like stickers.
Kanagawa · Hakone
Tenzan Tohji-kyo (Hakone)
A day-use bathhouse in a quiet valley above Hakone-Yumoto, run as a place for therapeutic bathing. Guests with tattoos are admitted only one at a time — if two or more people with tattoos are inside, they are asked to leave, even if they came separately. Tours and agents are not admitted.
Kanagawa · Yokohama (Kohoku Ward)
Tsunashima Gensen Yukemuri no Sho
A large day-use hot spring in Yokohama's Kohoku Ward using its own dark brown cold mineral spring (Central Tsunashima Onsen) in free-flowing and open-air rock baths. Admission includes towels and loungewear. Its official FAQ refuses anyone with tattoos regardless of size, stickers and henna included.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Yokohama Aoba Onsen Kirari Bettei
A day spa in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, with a hot spring drilled 2,000 m underground in 2023; the source bath is heated but free-flowing. Pre-school children are not admitted. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Yokohama Minatomirai Manyo Club
A 24-hour bathing complex in Minatomirai, using hot spring water trucked in daily from Atami and Yugawara. Its official page refuses guests with tattoos, tattoo stickers or body paint.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Yokohama Spa Hills Ryusenji no Yu
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths and stone spa rooms in Yokohama's Asahi Ward. Ryusenji no Yu's own rules refuse guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers).
Kanagawa · Yokohama (Minami Ward)
Yokohama Tennen Onsen Kusatsu
A neighbourhood hot-spring bathhouse 5 min from Idogaya Station with 100% source "kuroyu" (black water), described officially as a sodium bicarbonate spring. Its official FAQ answers "Can I use it if I have a tattoo?" with "Yes, you can."
Kanagawa · Yokosuka
Yokosuka Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa on the Mabori coast in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, whose open-air baths look out over Tokyo Bay; the salty hot spring comes from 1,800 m underground. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Kanagawa · Chigasaki
Yukai Soukai Chigasaki
A day spa in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, with an open-air bath of its natural hot spring, "Shonan Chigasaki Onsen". Its official house rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, of any size, including fake tattoos, stickers and body paint.
Kanagawa · Yokohama
Yukai Soukai Taya
A day spa in Sakae Ward, Yokohama, with the brown natural hot spring "Taya Onsen" in its open-air baths. Its official house rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, of any size, including fake tattoos, stickers and body paint.
Kanagawa · Zama
Yukai Soukai Zama
A day spa in Zama, Kanagawa, with a black-water natural hot spring served straight from the source without added water. Its official house rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, of any size, including fake tattoos, stickers and body paint.
