All 19 onsen in Tokyo: tattoo rules, bath by bath
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
19 hot springs
Tokyo · Akishima
Akishima Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa in Akishima, western Tokyo, with open-air baths of its alkaline simple hot spring. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Tokyo · Tama
Gokurakuyu Tama Center
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.
Tokyo · Inagi
Inagi Natural Hot Spring Toki no Irodori
A day-use hot spring in Inagi, western Tokyo, 5 min from Minami-Tama Station, pouring a spring from 1,700 m underground free-flowing into its open-air rock bath. Its official FAQ refuses anyone with tattoos regardless of size, stickers and paint included.
Tokyo · Chofu
Jindaiji Natural Hot Spring Yumori no Sato
A day spa with black-water (kuroyu) natural hot spring baths near Jindaiji temple. Its official FAQ says guests with tattoos may enter only if they can cover them with stickers or similar; anyone entering uncovered will be asked to leave. However, the list of prohibited guests on the same official site says people with tattoos are firmly refused, so the two statements conflict. Call before you go.
Tokyo · Kunitachi
Kunitachi Onsen Yuraku no Sato
A day spa by the Tama River in Kunitachi, Tokyo, whose open-air baths look toward Mt Fuji on clear days; the upper bath is the natural hot spring served free-flowing. Its official price page firmly refuses entry to guests with tattoos, including tattoo stickers.
Tokyo · Itabashi
Maenohara Onsen Saya-no-Yudokoro
A day-use hot spring in Itabashi, Tokyo, with open-air baths.
Tokyo · Chofu
Natural Hot Spring Sengawa Yukemuri no Sato
A day-use hot spring 5 min from Sengawa Station on the Keio Line, with an open-air rock bath on a clear spring that the facility says is rich in metasilicic acid. Its official FAQ refuses anyone with tattoos regardless of size, stickers and henna included, with no refund if found.
Tokyo · Kodaira
Ofuro no Ousama Hanakoganei
A large day spa in western Tokyo 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.
Tokyo · Fuchu
RAKU SPA Station Fuchu
A day spa 2 minutes from Fuchu Station with a black-water (kuroyu) natural hot spring in a semi-open-air bath and an indoor bath. RAKU SPA's own rules firmly refuse guests with tattoos.
Tokyo · Hachioji
Ryusenji no Yu Hachioji Minamino
A large day spa with natural hot spring baths, carbonated baths and stone spa rooms. Ryusenji no Yu's own rules refuse guests with tattoos (including tattoo stickers).
Tokyo · Ota
Sakurakan (Ikegami, Tokyo)
A neighbourhood bathhouse in Ikegami, Ota Ward, with natural "black water" hot spring baths. Guests with tattoos may use it from opening until 17:00; after 17:00 only tattoos within 6 × 6 cm are allowed.
Photo: Syced / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Tokyo · Bunkyo
Spa LaQua (Tokyo Dome City)
A large natural hot spring spa on floors 5-9 of the LaQua building at Tokyo Dome City. Its official rules refuse entry to anyone with tattoos or body art, including painted or sticker tattoos.
Tokyo · Higashikurume
Spadium Japon
A large day spa in Higashikurume, western Tokyo, with clear natural hot spring water drawn on site. Its official FAQ admits guests with a single small tattoo only if it can be covered by one of the cover stickers sold at the front desk; larger tattoos, more than one tattoo, or refusing the sticker means no entry (or being asked to leave).
Tokyo · Shinjuku
Thermae-yu Shinjuku
A 24-hour spa in Kabukicho using hot spring water trucked in from Naka-Izu. Its official rules: men living in Japan with tattoos of any size cannot enter; male foreign tourists may bathe wearing one of the spa's tattoo stickers (¥330) after showing a passport or air ticket (not if they entered Japan 90+ days ago); women may enter with fashion tattoos on a trial basis (a sticker is needed only for a single tattoo over 30 x 30 cm).
Tokyo · Toshima
Tokyo Somei Onsen SAKURA
A day spa near Sugamo with amber-colored natural hot spring, in the birthplace of the Somei-Yoshino cherry. Its official price page and FAQ say guests with tattoos of any size are refused.
Tokyo · Koto
Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club
A 24-hour bathing complex next to Toyosu Market, using hot spring water brought in from Hakone and Yugawara.
Tokyo · Machida
Tokyo Yugawara Onsen Manyo no Yu (Machida)
A 24-hour bathing complex in Machida, 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.
Photo: Abasaa / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Tokyo · Nerima
Toshimaen Niwa no Yu
A natural hot spring spa for ages 13 and up, with an open-air bath looking onto a large Japanese garden. Its official rules firmly refuse entry to anyone with tattoos, including sticker tattoos.
Tokyo · Taito
Yudonburi Sakaeyu
A neighbourhood sento in Taito Ward, a short walk from Minowa, where every bath, shower and tap runs on natural hot spring water, with two 'donburi' bowl baths in the open-air area. Its official FAQ says guests with tattoos are welcome, and its English page states: Our shop is tattoo OK!
