Tattoo-friendly onsen in Nara
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
4 hot springs
Nara · Totsukawa
Iori no Yu (Totsukawa Onsen)
A hot spring bath in Totsukawa Village, Nara, with a footbath and a hot spring drinking fountain.
Nara · Kanmaki
Natural Hot Spring Niji no Yu Nishiyamato
A day-use hot spring in Kanmaki, Nara, with free-flowing spring water in Shigaraki-ware tubs in the open-air area. The official terms of use refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, including fake tattoos and stickers. The site gives no formal spring-quality name, so it is left blank.
Nara · Nara
Yurara no Yu Nara
A bathhouse-style hot spring in southern Nara City whose open-air bath, Suzaku no Yu, uses naturally flowing spring water fed by a waterfall. Its official guide refuses entry to people with tattoos, including fake tattoos.
Nara · Nara
Yurara no Yu Oshikuma
A hot-spring theme park in northern Nara City where every bath, indoor and outdoor, uses naturally flowing spring water; the Japanese-style and Bali-style open-air baths swap between men and women each week. Its official guide refuses entry to people with tattoos, including fake tattoos.