Tattoo-friendly onsen in Wakayama
Public baths and day-use spas you can visit without staying overnight.
2 hot springs
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Wakayama · Shirahama
Sakinoyu Onsen
A free-flowing open-air bath on the rocks facing the Pacific. It dates back about 1,400 years and appears in the Nihon Shoki and the Man'yoshu.
Wakayama · Wakayama
Yu-Bath Wakayama
A super sento in Wakayama City with a very mineral-rich salt spring drilled on site (the Nishihama Goten no Yu source), plus Western- and Japanese-style outdoor baths. Its official price page refuses entry to anyone with tattoos, fake ones and stickers included.
