Tattoo-friendly onsen in Saitama
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
27 hot springs
Saitama · Fukaya
Fukaya Hanazono Onsen Hanayu no Mori
A day spa in the woods of Fukaya, Saitama, about 10 min from Hanazono IC, run by the same company as Hanayu Spa Resort in Kumagaya. Its "Yakushi no Yu" spring rises from 2,000 m; open-air rock bath, cypress bath and free-flowing pot baths. Its official page refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers. Credit cards not accepted.
Saitama · Ageo
Gokurakuyu Ageo
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.
Saitama · Hanyu
Gokurakuyu Hanyu Onsen
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.
Saitama · Kawaguchi
Gokurakuyu Royal Kawaguchi
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.
Saitama · Wako
Gokurakuyu Wako
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.
Saitama · Ageo
Hibiki no Yu
A day spa in Ageo, Saitama, known for its bedrock baths, with weakly alkaline hot spring water from 1,000 m underground and an open-air rock bath. Officially, guests with tattoos (including fake tattoos) may not bathe in the main baths; they may use the bedrock baths only if the tattoos are covered by long sleeves or leggings, and the bath fee is still charged.
Saitama · Kamikawa
Kanna no Yu
A natural hot spring from 1,500 m underground in Kamikawa, northern Saitama, with 16 kinds of baths and a campsite next door. Its official bath page refuses entry to people with tattoos.
Saitama · Kasukabe
Kasukabe Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Kasukabe, Saitama, with a salty hot spring from 1,500 m underground; in warm seasons the source bath is served without heating or added water. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Saitama · Kitamoto
Kitamoto Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Kitamoto, Saitama, with open-air rock baths of its own natural hot spring. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Saitama · Kawagoe
Koedo Hatsukari Onsen
A bathhouse in Kawagoe with an open-air bath using natural hot spring water drawn from 1,700 m underground. Its official site refuses entry to people with tattoos.
Saitama · Fukaya
Kokusaiji Tennen Onsen Bihada no Yu
A day spa on National Route 17 in Fukaya, Saitama, drawing the "Kokusaiji Onsen" source from about 1,134 m underground, with an open-air bath. Its official site refuses entry to guests with tattoos (including stickers). Cash only.
Saitama · Kumagaya
Kumagaya Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Kumagaya, Saitama, with a gentle simple hot spring from 1,385 m underground. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Saitama · Kumagaya
Kumagaya Tennen Onsen Hanayu Spa Resort
A day spa in Kumagaya, Saitama, where every hot-spring bath is 100% free-flowing from its own 1,500 m source, golden with a sulphur scent; open-air rock and pot baths. Free shuttle bus from Kumagaya Station. Its official FAQ and price page refuse entry/bathing to guests with tattoos.
Saitama · Tsurugashima
Kura no Yu Tsurugashima
A bathhouse with an open-air bath using natural hot spring water drawn from 1,200 m underground. Its official site refuses entry to people with tattoos.
Saitama · Hanno
Miyazawako Onsen Kirari Bettei
A day spa by Lake Miyazawa in Hanno, Saitama, near the Metsä village, with its own hot spring served free-flowing. Pre-school children are not admitted. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Saitama · Kamikawa (Kodama District)
Ofuro Cafe Hakujyu no Yu
A day spa in Kamikawa, northern Saitama, known for very concentrated, iron-rich hot spring water from the Paleozoic strata 750 m underground, with an open-air bath. Its official information page refuses entry to, and removes, guests with tattoos.
Saitama · Shiki
Ofuro no Ousama Shiki
A large day spa in Shiki with natural hot spring baths fed by its own source, "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.
Saitama · Wako
Ofuro no Ousama Wako
A large day spa in Wako with its own hot spring source, used without added water. 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.
Saitama · Soka
Ryusenji no Yu Soka Yatsuka
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths and stone spa rooms. Ryusenji no Yu's own rules refuse guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers).
Saitama · Saitama (Nishi Ward)
Saitama Seiganji Onsen
A day spa in western Saitama City with a natural hot spring that rose on the site in 1999, including free-flowing source baths in the open air beside a bamboo grove. Its official precautions page refuses entry to anyone with tattoos, fashion tattoos or body-paint stickers, regardless of size.
Saitama · Tokorozawa
Saitama Sports Center Natural Hot Spring
The natural hot spring bath inside the Saitama Sports Center leisure complex (bowling, golf range and more) near Mizuhodai Station, with an open-air bath. Its official Q&A says guests with tattoos or tattoo stickers are refused entry.
Saitama · Toda
Shichifuku no Yu Toda
A natural hot spring from 1,400 m underground with 11 kinds of baths and a Korean-style jjimjilbang bedrock sauna. Its official price page refuses entry to people with tattoos.
Saitama · Sugito (Kitakatsushika District)
Sugito Tennen Onsen Utanoyu
A day spa in Sugito, eastern Saitama, with free-flowing source baths outdoors and indoors; the salty, iron-rich water turns brown on contact with air. Free shuttle bus from Tobu-Dobutsu-Koen Station. Its official precautions page refuses entry to anyone with tattoos, fashion tattoos or body-paint stickers, regardless of size.
Saitama · Ageo
Tennen Onsen Hanasaki no Yu
A large day spa in Ageo, Saitama, 5 min from Haraichi Station on the New Shuttle from Omiya. Natural hot spring from 1,500 m underground, with a free-flowing open-air bath. Officially, guests with tattoos are refused, except that a tattoo small enough to be hidden by one of the facility's cover stickers (85 x 105 mm, ¥300 at the front desk) is allowed.
Saitama · Tokorozawa
Tokorozawa Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Tokorozawa, Saitama, whose source rock bath serves its own natural hot spring heated but free-flowing. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Saitama · Misato
Yukai Soukai Yukemuri Yokocho Misato
A large day spa in Misato, Saitama, with open-air rock baths of its own natural hot spring, "Misato Onsen". Its official house rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, of any size, including fake tattoos, stickers and body paint.
Saitama · Saitama
Yukai Soukai Yukemuri Yokocho Omiya
A large day spa in Nishi Ward, Saitama City, with open-air baths of its natural hot spring, "Saitama Mitsuhashi Onsen". Its official house rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, of any size, including fake tattoos, stickers and body paint.