Nagomi-no-yu, Isawa Fureai Center
いさわふれあいセンター なごみの湯
Does Nagomi-no-yu, Isawa Fureai Center allow tattoos? In a private bath
A city welfare bath south of Isawa rents its family bath for two hours at a time, and the council that runs it says the tiles have already turned brown from the spring’s minerals since it reopened in 2025.
Neither the city nor the council that runs it publishes a tattoo rule for the large bath. What it does have is a family bath you can book by the room: two hours for 4,000 yen if you live outside Fuefuki, on 100% free-flowing spring water, one person or a group. That makes it a day bath a tattooed visitor can use without asking anyone about the shared water.
Where it is
Shinjuku STN
Kaiji, JR’s limited express on the Chuo line 1 h 38
Tokyo STN
LocationIsawa-Onsen STN
JR Tokyo Wide Pass Covers the Kaiji from Shinjuku to Isawa-Onsen; the pass area runs as far as Kofu. Worth it if Kawaguchiko, Karuizawa or Echigo-Yuzawa is also on the trip. Sold on Klook.
What happens when you arrive
Skip the shared baths and reserve the private one the way this page describes. Once the door is closed, the bath is yours.
How we know
Confirmed from official site, bath structure rather than a tattoo policy (Fuefuki City’s facility page and family-bath guide, and the council’s own post on the family bath)
Read on: city.fuefuki.yamanashi.jp/shisetsu/onsen/001.html
Best for: A two-hour private soak on a day trip, with no hotel booking
Reopened 1 October 2025 after renovation. Family bath: four slots a day, 10:00–12:00, 13:00–15:00, 16:00–18:00 and 19:00–21:00, booked by phone up to three months ahead; 2,300 yen for Fuefuki residents (ID checked), 4,000 for everyone else; the large bath costs extra. Up to four adults, or two adults and three children; no minors alone. Food and drink may be brought in. Filling the tub takes an hour, so a walk-in waits. Large bath 10:00–21:00, last entry 20:30, closed Wednesdays (Thursday after a holiday) and 31 Dec–1 Jan; 800 yen for non-residents. The council notes infants in diapers may use the family bath but not the large bath.
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