Tattoo friendly onsen in Kinugawa Onsen

Hoshino Resorts KAI Kinugawa

星野リゾート 界 鬼怒川

The rule is Hoshino Resorts' group-wide FAQ. It says the group doesn't restrict guests with tattoos, out of respect for other people's cultures, and that any refusal is at the ryokan's discretion rather than by size.

私たちは、お客様の文化背景や価値観を尊重し、刺青・タトゥーをされているお客様の利用を制限しておりません。しかしながら、すべてのお客様が快適にお過ごしいただけるよう、他のお客様が恐怖心を抱く可能性があると私たちが判断した場合、温泉・大浴場のご利用をお断りする場合がございます。

Best for: couples arriving on the direct train who want a Hoshino Resorts ryokan in the valley

The same FAQ sets a different rule for baths that non-staying guests can also use. There, a tattoo must be coverable by eight seals of 8 cm × 10 cm (3.1 × 3.9 in). This property's baths are for guests of the ryokan, so the unrestricted half is the half that applies.

Asaya Hotel

あさやホテル

The rule is in the hotel's own FAQ. It asks tattooed guests to use a private bath or the bath in their room, and makes the exception for a one-point tattoo a seal hides.

刺青・タトゥーのある方の大浴場のご利用はご遠慮いただいております。貸切風呂もしくはお部屋のお風呂をご利用いただきますようお願いいたします。ワンポイントのタトゥーにつきましては、カバーシールなどで覆える場合に限り大浴場をご利用いただけます。

Best for: groups who want Kinugawa's landmark rooftop bath, with the private baths as the fallback

No seal size is published. “One point” is the limit the hotel sets, and it's a smaller allowance than the chains that publish centimeters.

Kinugawa Onsen Hotel

鬼怒川温泉ホテル

Both halves of the rule are on the hotel's own page for the Keikoku-no-yu bath.

刺青・タトゥーのある方のご利用はお断りしております。タトゥー隠しシール等で隠していただいた場合はご利用いただけます。隠せない場合は、客室内の浴槽や貸切風呂をご利用ください。

Best for: couples who want a wooden bath over the gorge, with a private one as the fallback

No seal size is published. The rule is on the page for the Keikoku-no-yu bath, not on the spa index or the private-bath page.

Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Premium Kinugawa Kanko Hotel

大江戸温泉物語Premium 鬼怒川観光ホテル

Tattoos are allowed in the large baths only if the hotel’s own paid cover seals hide them completely, and the group’s bath rules cap that at two seals. Anything bigger means the private baths: Kinu-no-yu with a half-open-air tub, or Nikko-no-yu with its own bedrock sauna room, 90 minutes for 4,400 yen, booked at the front desk on the day.

※入れ墨・タトゥーのある方は大浴場をご利用いただけません。ただし、当館指定のカバーシール（有料）を貼って、入れ墨、タトゥーが完全に覆える場合に限り、大浴場をご利用いただけます

Best for: Travelers with one small tattoo who want a buffet-and-baths resort with a free drinks lounge

Group bath terms (ooedoonsen.jp/terms/?section=onsen) refuse tattoos 「※当館指定のシール2枚で完全に覆うことができる場合を除く」. Seals are sold by the hotel; the page gives no size or price. Two large baths, Keicho-no-yu and Kirifuri-no-yu, swap between men and women, eight tubs between them; 15:00 to 24:00 and 05:00 to 10:00. Private baths 15:00 to 24:00, fixed start times, hotel guests only, no advance booking, up to four people. The operator says the water is diluted, heated and recirculated (加水、加温、循環ろ過式).

Ooedo Onsen Monogatari Hotel Kinugawa Gyoen

大江戸温泉物語 ホテル鬼怒川御苑

The rule matches its sister hotel across the river: seals bought from the hotel must cover the tattoo completely, two at most under the group’s bath terms. For more ink than that, the private bath in the Gekko wing takes up to 20 people, 45 minutes for 5,000 yen, booked on the day of your stay.

※入れ墨・タトゥーのある方は大浴場をご利用いただけません。ただし、当館指定のカバーシール（有料）を貼って、入れ墨、タトゥーが完全に覆える場合に限り、大浴場をご利用いただけます

Best for: Groups or families who can book one big private bath for everyone

Open-air baths Hime-no-yu (women) and Tono-no-yu (men) stand apart from the main building over the river; indoor baths Gekko-no-yu and Hyakka-no-yu swap by gender. Private bath 15:00 to 24:00, 45 minutes 5,000 yen (2,500 yen for Ooedo members), guests only, same-day booking. Water diluted, heated and recirculated per the operator.

TAOYA Kawaji

TAOYA川治

Kawaji Onsen, not Kinugawa proper. TAOYA Kawaji follows the Ooedo group rule: its large baths accept tattoos only under the hotel’s own paid seals, two at most per the group’s bath terms. Its onsen page lists no private bath, so larger tattoos have nowhere to go here.

※入れ墨・タトゥーのある方は大浴場をご利用いただけません。ただし、当館指定のカバーシール（有料）を貼って、入れ墨、タトゥーが完全に覆える場合に限り、大浴場をご利用いただけます

Best for: A traveler with a small tattoo who wants the quieter Kawaji valley instead of the Kinugawa strip

Kawaji Onsen, Nikko: list separately from Kinugawa. Spring: simple, weakly alkaline, diluted, heated and recirculated per the operator. Baths 15:00 to 24:00 and 5:00 to 10:00. Gourd-shaped lights hang over the open-air bath; gourds are the plant behind Tochigi’s kanpyo.

Kinugawa Park Hotels

鬼怒川パークホテルズ

The rule and the alternatives are on the hotel's own information page, in the same sentence.

申し訳御座いませんが、入れ墨が入った方は大浴場のご利用をお断りしております。予め露天風呂付の客室のプランでご予約をいただくか、貸切露天風呂(ご予約制／有料)の利用をご案内しております。

Best for: travelers who want to know the terms before they book rather than at the front desk

The rooms with their own open-air bath are a separate rate, so choose the plan rather than hoping to switch on arrival.

Hana no Yado Matsuya

花の宿 松や

The inn's own site publishes no tattoo policy for its shared baths.

貨切風呂　月待の湯　利用時間　15：00〜23：00 / 5：00～7：00　料金　3,300円 / 45分　定員　5人

Best for: couples who want a private bath over the Kinugawa gorge

Kinugawa Royal Hotel

鬼怒川ロイヤルホテル

The hotel's own site publishes no tattoo policy for its shared bath.

貨切露天風呂は1組３０分利用。フロントにて事前予約制となります。

Best for: budget travelers who want an open-air bath to themselves over the Kinugawa gorge

Nanaeyae

静寂とまごころの宿 七重八重

The inn says plainly that tattoos, fashion tattoos included, are not allowed in its large bath or open-air bath. Bathe in private instead: two 12-mat rooms on the second floor have their own spring-fed open-air tubs facing the gorge, Japanese-Western rooms renovated in 2022 have an onsen indoor bath, and the two private baths, Mitsukane-no-yu and Iwatsubame-no-yu, are 45 minutes for 3,850 yen each, booked by phone when you reserve the room.

※刺青・ファッションタトゥーのある方は、大浴場・露天風呂をご利用いただくことができません。

Best for: A tattooed couple who want a gorge-facing tub on their own balcony, five minutes from the station

Open-air-bath rooms (露天風呂付客室, 和室12畳): two rooms only, so book early. Two private baths, white Mitsukane-no-yu and black Iwatsubame-no-yu, 7:45 to 9:30 and 15:00 to 21:45, 45 minutes 3,850 yen; the inn asks for them to be reserved by phone with the room. A plan with 45 minutes of private bath included is sold. The operator says the water is heated, diluted, chlorinated and filtered. Run by Sun Frontier Hotel Management.

Nikko Kinugawa Hotel Mikazuki

日光きぬ川ホテル三日月

The shared baths, pools and garden spa are the reason most people come, and the hotel’s own pages publish no tattoo rule for them. The private answer is the Mikazuki CLUB9 floor, where eight suites, five on the river side and three on the town side, each have a stone open-air tub filled with onsen water.

設備 温泉露天風呂（石造り）／シャワートイレ／冷暖房／冷蔵庫／テレビ／空気清浄機／セミダブルベッド2台

Best for: Families who want a big resort with a pool and a riverside suite whose tub no one else uses

CLUB9 suites run 91.6 to 139.8 m²: Kawasemi, Keiryu, Yusui, Seseragi and Kawashibuki face the river; Susono, Momiji and Komorebi the town. The 76 m² Kihinshitsu suite has a sauna, not an open-air tub. Day visitors have been refused since the hotel limited its facilities to overnight guests. Spring: alkaline simple.

Kinugawa Kanaya Hotel

鬼怒川金谷ホテル

Kanaya publishes no tattoo rule for its Kodai Hinoki and Shiki-no-yu baths. Five room types come with onsen water of their own: three with an open-air tub of Towada stone on the terrace, two with an indoor view bath of marble or cypress by a big window.

お部屋で温泉をお楽しみいただけるのは 下記5タイプの客室です。

Best for: A splurge night with a Towada-stone onsen tub on the terrace over the river

Open-air tub rooms: Club Floor Suite (Western), Upgraded Japanese-Western and Upgraded Japanese rooms, 露天風呂付. View-bath rooms: John Kanaya Suite and Club Floor Japanese-Western Suite. The fourth-floor Upgraded Japanese-Western rooms were rebuilt with a private natural-onsen tub (プライベート天然温泉露天風呂). Standard rooms have no onsen tub.

Kinugawa Grand Hotel Yume no Toki

鬼怒川グランドホテル 夢の季

The hotel’s FAQ takes the question and answers it sideways: a guest with a tattoo is asked to be considerate of other bathers, and the hotel recommends its private baths. Read that as a private listing. Five private open-air baths are the way in: each is fed straight from the source, each has a tatami rest room, and a 50-minute slot costs 3,000 yen before tax (4,000 yen for Ryugu). Ask at the front desk on the day of your stay.

他のお客様へご配慮いただければ幸いです。貸切風呂のご利用をおすすめいたします。

Best for: Couples who want to try more than one private bath in a single evening

The five private baths are named after folk tales: Ryugu (wood), Hagoromo (red ceramic), Ikkyu (black ceramic), Taketori (wood and stone) and Kozuchi (rock). Open 15:00 to 23:00, towels and toiletries supplied, hotel guests only; no day bathing. The rooms page sells a Suirei suite with a terrace open-air bath in the Seiryu wing while the FAQ says there are no open-air-bath rooms, so the private baths are the sure thing.

Wakatake no Sho

若竹の庄

Wakatake no Sho publishes nothing about tattoos. Its two private baths, on the first floor of the Sasane annex, have floor-to-ceiling windows that open to make them half open-air, and they are booked at check-in: 45 minutes for 3,300 yen, 16:00 to 23:00.

ご家族やお仲間同士のコミュニケーションにゆったりとご入浴いただける貸切風呂もございます。

Best for: A quieter stay at the Kinugawa-Koen end with one private soak booked on arrival

Shares its site and address with the Bettei Sasane annex, whose rooms all have their own tubs (Sasane itself was not bookable on Booking.com or Agoda on the dates tried). Private baths: 「※ご希望のお客様はチェックイン時にご予約ください。」 Shared baths 5:00 to 10:00 and 15:30 to 24:00. Free pickup from Kinugawa-Koen Station on prior booking, from 14:39; the inn gives no walking time.

Yurara Marukyo

鬼怒川温泉 ゆらら 丸京

Marukyo publishes no tattoo rule. Four of its sixteen rooms, two Japanese-Western and two Japanese twins, have their own open-air tub; book one of those and nothing needs to be shared.

客室 全16室 … 露天風呂付客室（和洋室2室、和室ツイン2室）、和室ツイン 3室、洋室ツイン 2室、和室 7室

Best for: Travelers arriving by train who want a small inn and an open-air tub three minutes from the platform

Both room pages label the four room tubs as onsen open-air tubs. No private bath, no day bathing and no preschool children, per the FAQ. The shared bath is called Sumizumi-no-yu, after the charcoal theme that runs through the inn. Dinner can be served in the room on some plans.

Hotel Tsuganoki

ホテル栂の季

Tsuganoki publishes no tattoo rule. Fifteen of its rooms have their own open-air tub and there is a private bath, Yururi, for 3,300 yen, but the hotel says outright that neither is onsen water. The onsen is only in the shared baths.

※客室露天風呂と貸切風呂は温泉ではございません。

Best for: Couples who care more about a private open-air soak and a quiet room than about spring water

The room tubs and the Yururi private bath are ordinary heated water, per the operator. Most open-air-bath rooms take no children (お子様不可). A private bedrock-sauna room is also 3,300 yen. Hours 15:00 to 0:00 and 5:00 to 9:00. Sister hotel of Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa next door.

Hotel Harvest Kinugawa Keisui

ホテルハーヴェスト鬼怒川渓翠

Every room here, from the 59 m² deluxe twins up, comes with an onsen open-air tub over the gorge, so a tattooed guest never has to use the shared bath. The hotel publishes no tattoo rule. There is also a sixth-floor family bath with onsen water, one hour for 3,300 yen by reservation.

すべてのお部屋が、 鬼怒川渓谷の景色を眺めながら、 ゆったりと過ごせる温泉露天風呂付き。

Best for: Travelers who want an onsen tub in the room without hunting for the right room type

Deluxe Twin 59 m², Deluxe Japanese-Western 76 m². The shared bath draws the hotel’s own source, Shaka-no-yu; open 6:00 to 10:00 and 15:00 to 24:00. Family bath 15:00 to 23:00. The room equipment list includes a washer and dryer.

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel

鬼怒川プラザホテル

Kinugawa Plaza publishes no tattoo rule for its large bath. A few minutes’ walk from the main building, Hoozukitei holds ten private open-air baths at 3,630 yen and up for 50 minutes per room, and several room types, the renovated Sui rooms among them, have an open-air tub with unmixed spring water running through it.

ご宿泊のお客様専用です。 ご利用時間/15時～ 料金/50分1部屋3,630円（税込）～ 風呂数/10室

Best for: Groups who want to book several private baths at once in a building of their own

Room types with spring-fed tubs: 源泉かけ流し露天風呂付客室「翠」 (renovated winter 2025, square or round tubs, 8th floor, 9 rooms), 露天風呂付特別室「山水雪月華」 with cypress tubs, and the view-bath corner suites Hannari and Fuwari. Plans are sold with a free 50-minute Hoozukitei slot. The large bath uses the hotel’s Takara-no-yu source.

Livemax Resort Kinugawa

リブマックスリゾート鬼怒川

Every room at Livemax Resort Kinugawa has its own Shigaraki-ware open-air tub on a private terrace, and the hotel publishes no tattoo rule for the shared bath. A private bath is also sold at two hours for 2,500 yen, booked the same day at the front desk.

和モダンの雰囲気に包まれた客室に、鬼怒川の自然を一望できる露天風呂。完全個室の空間で、プライベートタイムをゆっくりとお過ごしください。

Best for: Budget travelers who still want an open-air tub on their own terrace

Room types, all with a Shigaraki terrace tub: Wa-modern Japanese-Western, 25 m² plus a 6 m² terrace, 21 rooms; one corner room; four Wa-modern suites of 55 m² plus a 12 m² terrace; and two Wa-birei dog-friendly rooms. The onsen page marks the water as かけ流し 〇. Private bath 13:00 to 21:00, towels included. The shared bath takes day visitors. About 15 minutes by car from Kinugawa-Onsen Station, by the hotel’s own reckoning. The rooftop pool has been out of service since May 2026.

Hotel Sunshine Kinugawa

ホテルサンシャイン鬼怒川

Sunshine is silent on tattoos in its large baths. Its two private baths go first come first served at the front desk from 14:00: the indoor Akane at 3,850 yen for 45 minutes, 15:30 to 23:15, and the open-air rock bath Kirara at 2,750 yen, 15:00 to 23:00. For a whole night of privacy, the top-floor and 13th-floor suites have their own open-air tubs some 50 meters above the ground.

地上50mからの大自然の景観を眺めながらプライベートなお風呂タイムが楽しめる、 露天風呂付きのゲストルームです。

Best for: Travelers who want a suite tub high above the gorge and the suspension bridge

Open-air-bath suites take no children of elementary-school age or younger. The 13th-floor suites were renovated in January 2026 and have a shower in the tub area. The private baths can also be added to a booking at a fixed time. The large baths are Kikokubiyu, in black granite, and Kihakubiyu, in white marble. The room pages do not say whether the suite tubs carry onsen water; the sister hotel Tsuganoki says its own room tubs do not. Large baths also take day visitors, 11:00 to 20:00.

Isshinkan

一心舘

Isshinkan publishes no tattoo rule for its baths, Kurhaus or pool. Its open-air private bath runs on the inn’s own source and is sold at 3,300 yen for 50 minutes to overnight and lunch guests; the Yukemuri room includes 50 minutes of it free.

露天風貸切風呂50分無料でお使いいただけます（こちらは自家源泉を使用しています）。

Best for: Families who can connect two rooms and take the private open-air bath together

The Yukemuri room’s own river-view indoor bath is not onsen water, per the operator (「こちらのお風呂は温泉ではありません」); the free private-bath slot is the spring-water option. The Kurhaus, pool and baths are shared and the inn says nothing on tattoos, so do not assume them. Private open-air bath: 3,300 yen for 50 minutes for overnight and lunch guests, 5,500 yen for up to four outside visitors. The Kurhaus and the open-air bath swap by time of day.

Kinugawa Kokusai Hotel

きぬ川国際ホテル

Nothing on the Kokusai site mentions tattoos. Its private bath, booked at check-in for 45 minutes at 3,300 yen, has a tub for people and a second tub for dogs; the Bandai and Fuji suites each have their own half-open-air bath with the same two tubs.

※ご予約は、チェックイン時に承ります。（45分間利用 3,300円）

Best for: Tattooed travelers bringing a dog, who can bathe side by side in the private bath

The hotel bills itself as a pioneer of pet-in-room stays. Private bath: human tub 45 cm deep at 42°C, dog tub 32 cm at 35°C, dryer corner. The Bandai and Fuji suites have a half-open-air bath with human and dog tubs; Bandai adds a dog run. A pet open-air bath also sits in the pet plaza. No bath hours or walking time are published.

Oyado Ichifuji

御宿一富士

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Its answer is the bath itself: there is one bath hall, an open-air bath with an indoor tub, and the inn says that when it is empty you can take it as a private bath. Ask at the desk for a slot; nothing is published on a fee or a time limit.

Best for: a small inn where the whole bath hall becomes yours whenever nobody else is in it

One bath hall, given to one side (men or women) at a time, with a 100% free-flowing open-air bath and a recirculated indoor tub. The inn's outline says it can be used as a private bath when empty (空いていれば貸切風呂として利用可能) and lists kashikiri as available. No price, minutes or booking method is published. No tattoo rule on any page read. Bathing tax of ¥150 per adult is charged separately. The annex, 100 m from the main building, has no elevator.

Hotel New Ohruri

ホテルニューおおるり

The Ohruri group publishes no tattoo rule on the hotel page or in its FAQ. The answer here is the two private open-air baths, reserved at the front desk on the day you arrive, first come first served. Nothing is published about a fee or a time limit, so ask as soon as you check in.

Best for: a low-priced big-hotel stay where a private open-air bath is had by asking at the desk on arrival

Two private open-air baths (貸切露天風呂×2), booked on the day only (予約は当日受付); the group FAQ says in-house facilities are first come, first served at the front desk on the day. No price, minutes, photo or location is published; the September lead called them rooftop baths, which the hotel's page does not say. Bath hours are not published. Day-use bathing is ¥500 without a towel under the group FAQ. Whole building non-smoking. Check-in 14:00, check-out 9:30. Bath supplies are at the public baths only.

Hotel Shirakawa Yunokura

ほてる白河 湯の蔵

The hotel’s bath page says guests with tattoos, fashion tattoos included, cannot use the large bath. The answer is the two private open-air baths, Kofu-no-yu and Niwakaze-no-yu, ¥3,300 for 50 minutes, each with its own changing and washing area. Sign up at the front desk at check-in; the hotel takes no phone bookings for them.

入れ墨、ファッションタトゥーの方は大浴場をご利用いただけませんのでご了承下さい。

Best for: a river-gorge ryokan that turns tattoos away from the big bath but sells a 50-minute private open-air bath with its own washing area

The refusal names the large bath (大浴場); the two private open-air baths are the published alternative. Both are semi-open-air with a dedicated changing room and washing area: Kofu-no-yu, a plain wooden tub, and Niwakaze-no-yu, a stone tub in a rock garden. ¥3,300 per 50-minute session, booked at check-in only, no phone reservations (お電話でのご予約は承っておりません). Whether the refusal also covers the private baths is not stated. Day use 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. (last entry 7 p.m.), 90 minutes, ¥1,000 adults and ¥500 children; a private bath can be added for ¥3,300. Sauna 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., no cold plunge. Large-bath hours are not published.