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Tattoo-friendly onsen in Tokyo

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Which hot springs in Tokyo let you in with tattoos — three if you cover them, three with conditions (one open to foreign tourists), and the big spas that say no. All from each bath's own rules.

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“Tattoo onsen Tokyo” is one of the first things Google suggests when you search for tattoos and onsen, and the honest answer is: in Tokyo, the large hot spring spas mostly say no. But there are baths that let you in — usually if you cover the tattoo, or under a specific condition.

Everything below comes from each bath’s own official rules. Each name links to a detail page with the source, prices and hours.

Allowed if you cover the tattoo

  • Tokyo Toyosu Manyo Club (Koto) — a 24-hour complex next to Toyosu Market. Up to two of the bath’s own stickers (each up to 11 × 20 cm), kept on for your whole stay.
  • Maenohara Onsen Saya-no-Yudokoro (Itabashi) — open-air baths. Up to two of the bath’s own stickers (11 × 20 cm, ¥310 each).
  • Jindaiji Natural Hot Spring Yumori no Sato (Chofu) — black-water hot spring near Jindaiji temple. Its FAQ says entry only if the tattoo can be hidden with stickers, but another part of the same site says tattoos are refused. Call before you go.

The sticker rules differ from bath to bath — see Tattoo cover stickers: sizes and rules.

Allowed with conditions

  • Thermae-yu Shinjuku (Kabukicho) — a 24-hour spa about 2 minutes from Shinjuku-sanchome Station, with hot spring water trucked in from Naka-Izu. Male foreign tourists may bathe if they show a passport or air ticket and wear one of the spa’s tattoo stickers (¥330; it may not cover the whole tattoo). Not if you entered Japan 90 or more days ago, and not for men living in Japan. Women may enter with fashion tattoos on a trial basis; a single tattoo larger than 30 × 30 cm needs one sticker. From ¥3,100.
  • Sakurakan (Ikegami, Ota) — a neighbourhood bathhouse with black-water natural hot spring. Guests with tattoos may use it from opening until 17:00; after 17:00, only tattoos within 6 × 6 cm. ¥600.
  • Tokyo Yugawara Onsen Manyo no Yu (Machida) — refuses tattoos in principle but says guests who follow “the rules set by the facility” may enter. The rules are not published; ask the staff.

Not allowed

Their official rules refuse guests with tattoos. We list them so you don’t make the trip.

If you want to bathe without conditions

Within Tokyo we have not yet found a natural hot spring that allows tattoos with no conditions at all. If you are visiting Japan, Thermae-yu (above) is the closest. The nearest we list are in Hakone (Kanagawa) — Hakone Yuryo lifted its tattoo restriction in April 2025. See Tattoo-friendly onsen in Hakone.

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