Tattoo friendly onsen in Kirishima

Koshikano Onsen

美肌の湯 こしかの温泉

The inn answers the question in its own FAQ: yes, a guest with tattoos can bathe, because every room comes with its own bath and nobody else sees you. Day-use bathing and the family baths ended in November 2021, so the only tubs left are the ones inside the rooms and glamping units.

タトゥーがありますが入浴可能でしょうか？ 可能です。当施設は全室、浴室が付いたお部屋となっており他のお客様の目を気にせずご入浴をお楽しみいただけます。

Best for: dog owners and glamping families who want a spring-fed open-air tub and a private sauna at the door

Ryokan rooms 111 to 113 have an open-air and an indoor spring bath, a cold bath and a tent sauna; rooms 201 to 203 have an open-air and an indoor spring bath; rooms 211 to 220 have an indoor spring bath only. Every glamping unit has a source-fed open-air bath, its own sauna, cold bath, shower and toilet. No shared bath is open: day use ended in November 2021. Free shuttle from Kagoshima Airport or Kokubu Station if booked. Check-in 5 p.m., check-out 10 a.m. Dogs up to 40 kg in set room types with vaccination papers.

Kirishima Miyama Hotel

霧島みやまホテル

The hotel publishes no tattoo rule. Its answer is in the plumbing: all five tubs, two indoor and three open-air, are run as private baths, free for staying guests at any hour and as often as they like, so there is no shared bath at all. Day visitors get one tub to themselves for 50 minutes.

Best for: couples and families who want a whole open-air bath to themselves in the middle of Maruo without booking a slot

Five tubs, all private: the open-air Inukai-no-yu for about ten people, the roofed mountain-hut style open-air baths Todorogi-no-yu and Hanabusa-no-yu for about three each, and the indoor Kirishima-no-yu and Maruo-no-yu for about five each. The open-air baths stand a minute's walk from the building; the indoor ones are on the first floor. Guests use them free, any tub, any time, repeatedly, with no booking. One deluxe western room with a loft has a private bath of its own. Day use 800 yen for adults and 400 yen up to junior high age, reception 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., 50 minutes in one tub, guests given priority after 3 p.m. Check-in 3 to 8 p.m., check-out 10 a.m.; the desk takes cash and PayPay only. The hotel's pages give its address as Takachiho 3900-22 on the access page and 3900-3 on the information page.

Ryokojin Sanso

旅行人山荘

The hotel publishes no tattoo rule for its two large baths. The answer is its four open-air private baths scattered in the woods, free for staying guests in 45-minute slots booked ahead, plus three second-floor rooms with an open-air spring tub of their own. Day visitors can rent a private bath for 50 minutes.

Best for: walkers who want a 45-minute forest bath to themselves and a south-facing room on the hill

Four private open-air baths: Akamatsu-no-yu, Hinoki-no-yu, Momiji-no-yu and Shika-no-yu, the last reachable by wheelchair to the tub. Staying guests reserve one 45-minute slot per room in advance, naming the bath and time; slots run from 3:30 p.m., the last at 9:45 to 10:30 p.m., and from 6 a.m., the last at 9 to 9:45 a.m. A second bath can be arranged at the desk after 6 p.m. if one is free. Day use 1,200 yen for adults and 600 yen for children, 50 minutes, reception 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., walk-in only. The large baths Osumi-no-yu and Kinko-no-yu each pair an indoor tub of the simple spring with an open-air tub of the sulfur spring; guests noon to midnight and 5 to 10 a.m., day use 600 yen and 300 yen, noon to 3 p.m. last entry. Rooms 201, 202 and 203 have their own open-air spring bath; the other room baths are unit baths without spring water. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 11 a.m., an hour's extension 2,200 yen.

La Vista Kirishima Hills

ラビスタ霧島ヒルズ

The hotel’s FAQ refuses tattoos in the large bath, fashion and religious ones included, and points to the room baths and the private baths. Every one of its 105 rooms has an open-air hot spring tub, and three private baths are free, open 24 hours and taken first come, with no reservation, so a tattooed guest can bathe without ever entering the shared bath.

申し訳けございませんが、当館では入れ墨（刺青）・タトゥーのあるお客様の大浴場のご入浴はご遠慮いただいております。ファッション目的、宗教的理由による入れ墨であっても、他のお客様に不快な思いを与えてしまう恐れがありますので、何卒、ご理解・ご協力いただきますようよろしくお願いいたします。

Best for: families and dog owners who want a resort with a tub on every balcony and a free private bath at 3 a.m.

Three private baths on a first-come basis, free, 24 hours, no reservation: Kagura-no-yu in a barrel, Hiogi-no-yu in cypress and Kameiwa-no-yu in stone, the largest. Washing and hair are done in the large bath or the room, not in the private baths. The large bath runs 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. and 5 to 10 a.m. with an indoor hall, an open-air bath over a Japanese garden, dry and mist saunas, a free bench-style bedrock bath, a cold bath and a falling-water bath. The spring is the Maruo source, a simple hot spring, flow-through with partial filtration and heating. Dog rooms (Le Chien) are on the third floor. A free shuttle from Kirishima-Jingu Station runs by reservation at 2:15, 3:15 and 4:30 p.m., returning at 8:30, 10 and 11 a.m. Parking for 105 cars is free.

Amateras

霧島温泉 夫婦露天風呂の宿 天テラス

The inn publishes no tattoo rule, and it has no large bath: its FAQ sends every guest to the four private open-air baths, each with an indoor tub and a warm spring-water pool, open 3 p.m. to midnight and 5 to 9:30 a.m. Seven rooms also have an open-air bath of their own.

Best for: couples who want a private open-air bath with a pool to swim in and a terrace view over the whole valley

Four private baths, each an indoor tub plus an open-air tub plus a spring-water pool about 140 cm deep, kept around 33°C in summer and 38°C in winter; baths 3 p.m. to midnight and 5 to 9:30 a.m., pools until midnight and from 5 a.m. The inn's pages give no fee or booking method for them. Seven rooms with an open-air bath are named on the rooms page (Sagittarius, Orion, Aries, Cassiopeia, Cetus, Lyra, Libra) and three standard rooms; the inn says it has 25 rooms in all. No shuttle. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10:30 a.m. Children of elementary age and under may stay in some rooms since March 20, 2025. Run by Fuji Resort.

Yumotoan Kiyohime

湯本庵 清姫

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Every room has its own open-air hot spring bath fed straight from the source and open around the clock, so a tattooed guest never needs a shared bath here; the inn names none.

Best for: couples and wheelchair users who want an open-air tub inside the room, 15 minutes from the airport

Rooms in two groups: the four Moonlight Alley cottages Meigetsu-an and Fugetsu-an (rock open-air baths) and Yugetsu-an and Saigetsu-an (open-air tubs with a rising floor for wheelchair users), and the Milky Way wing of single-story and two-story rooms in two types each, one with a reclining bath and one open-air. All tubs are source-fed and open 24 hours. Spring: sodium bicarbonate, weakly alkaline, pH 7.2, 49.2°C. Founded in 1916 as Kiyohime Onsen. Groups of ten or more can be collected from the ferry port.

Yuyuan

優湯庵

Yuyuan's day-use bath, You-yu, refuses bathers with tattoos or any body art, including paint and stickers. The way in for a tattooed guest is a room: all four main-building rooms and all fifteen cottages have their own source-fed open-air bath. The day-use wing also rents eleven private bath rooms by the hour, and that page carries no tattoo rule.

泥酔者、暴力団関係者、刺青、ボディーアート（タトゥ・ペイント・シール）のある方、 伝染性の病気（皮膚病・性病）を患っているお客様のご入浴はご遠慮いただいております。

Best for: couples who want a cottage with a stone open-air tub of unheated spring water and dinner in the room

Main building, third floor: two Japanese-western rooms (Sakurajima, Takachiho, 50 square meters) and two Japanese rooms (Kirishima, Hayato, 40 square meters), each with a 100 percent source-fed open-air bath. Cottages: fifteen rooms, two-story Sho, Raku, Cosmos, Iris and Lily and single-story types A1 (five rooms), A2 (two) and B (three), with open-air tubs in Sakurajima lava stone, granite, blue granite, a round 160 cm granite tub, Kirishima stone, Kajiki stone, marble, tile barrels and cypress. The day-use bath You-yu has a cypress indoor tub and a rock open-air bath, 10 a.m. to midnight (last entry 11 p.m.), staying guests free from 6 a.m.; 700 yen weekdays, 900 yen weekends, 350 yen on the 26th; it refuses tattoos and body art. Eleven private bath rooms, each with two tubs except room 111, 100 percent spring without heating or dilution: weekdays 1,700 yen an hour, 2,200 for 90 minutes, 3,000 for two hours, 4,000 for three; weekends 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 6,000; staying guests 1,500 yen; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. last entry; booked only through the inn's LINE account or Jalan; under-18s with a guardian. Check-in 4 p.m., check-out 10 a.m. No shuttle.

Tsumikusa no Yado Komatsu

摘み草の宿こまつ

The inn publishes no tattoo rule and names no shared bath. Each of its six rooms has an open-air bath of its own, in a different material, usable from 3:30 p.m. until 10:30 the next morning.

Best for: couples who want a six-room inn, a sulfur spring tub outside the door and wild-plant cooking

Six rooms named for edible wild plants, each with its own open-air bath: Tsukushi (rock), Seri (ceramic), Tade (zelkova wood), Fuki (cut stone), Yomogi (earthen) and Warabi (stone). The spring is a sulfur water at 97.3°C, so the inn adds water to bring it down. Baths usable 3:30 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. No shared bath on the pages. No bus or shuttle is published; the inn gives 20 minutes by car from Kagoshima Airport, Kirishima-Jingu Station, Kirishima-Onsen Station or the Yokogawa interchange. Wi-Fi throughout.

Myoken Ishiharaso

妙見石原荘

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. For a tattooed guest the answer is Nanami-no-yu, a cypress open-air bath that staying guests reserve free in 30-minute slots from 3:40 p.m., or Mutsumi-no-yu at 1,000 yen a half hour, plus eight rooms with a source-fed open-air bath of their own. The large bath and the riverside Mukunoki bath are shared.

Best for: people who want a free half-hour cypress bath by the river booked on the day and a 2023 stone-warehouse room

Nanami-no-yu: cypress open-air bath, women only 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., then reserved for staying guests free in 30-minute slots 3:40 to 11:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:50 a.m.; no shower or shampoo there. Reservations are not taken in advance: call after 9 a.m. on the day of arrival. Mutsumi-no-yu: reserved bath for guests, 1,000 yen per 30 minutes, 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., lit from inside the tub so the carbonation shows. Mukunoki: riverside open-air bath under a big tree, men only 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., mixed for staying guests 3 p.m. to midnight and 6 to 10 a.m., carbonation bubbles on the skin. Amoriden: the large bath nearest the source, 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., with sauna and cold bath, closed for cleaning Monday and Tuesday mornings 10 a.m. to noon. Foot bath 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Day use 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (last entry 1:30 p.m.); lunch-and-bath plans 1,800 yen for adults and 900 yen for children. Room tubs: the four Ishikura stone-warehouse rooms and four main-building rooms renovated in 2023. Check-in 2 p.m., check-out 11 a.m. The inn arranges taxis, about 4,500 yen for a small car; its FAQ gives a 3,000 yen shuttle taxi for guests as of August 2023.

Orihashi Ryokan

おりはし旅館

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Every one of its twelve detached cottages has its own source-fed open-air bath and indoor bath, so a tattooed guest can skip the shared Enoki-no-yu open-air bath and the two indoor baths. There is no family bath for day visitors, but the inn sells day plans that include a cottage and its baths.

Best for: people who want a cottage with its own spring tub at the inn where Myoken's bathing began

Twelve cottages: Shouan, Uraku, Kawagiri, Suimei, Chikurin (with sauna and room theater), Tensen, Sensui (a tsubo (a unit of about 3.3 square meters) tub at the foot of the hill), Yamasemi, Fukurou, Kajika, Kaede (barrier-free) and Sazanka, each with a source-fed open-air bath and an indoor bath; several renewed in 2022 and 2023. Shared baths: the large open-air Enoki-no-yu, 100 percent flow-through, for staying and dining guests only; Kizu-yu, a lukewarm bath on the only self-rising source in Myoken, in the annex Sansuiso; and the indoor Take-no-yu. Day use of the indoor baths 500 yen, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with reception to 2 p.m., from 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Lunch or dinner guests use all baths free if booked by 5 p.m. the day before. No family bath; a cottage day plan covers a cottage's baths. Founded in 1879; the main hall dates from the Taisho era. The discounted shuttle taxi ended on March 31, 2026. Check-in 3 p.m., check-out 10 a.m.

Wasure no Sato Gajoen

忘れの里 雅叙苑

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Eight of its rooms have a bath of their own, from Kaze's open-air tub on a wooden terrace to the bath-living rooms where the tub sits beside the sofa, and the two private baths Utase-yu and Ramune-yu are free for guests until midnight. Even the main bath, Tateyu, can be taken as a free private bath outside the day-use hours of noon to 3 p.m.

Best for: anyone who wants to sleep in a thatched farmhouse with the bath in the living room and a 20-ton rock tub to themselves after 3 p.m.

Rooms with their own bath: Kaze (type D), the inn's original open-air bath room, with the tub on a half-outdoor wooden terrace beside a day bed, for four; the four bath-living rooms Keyaki, Sakura, Momiji and Beni (type B), where the old open-air bath was roofed and glazed and given a sofa and bed, for three each, with an attic; Tsubaki (type E), a two-story cottage with a box hearth downstairs and a bath-living room upstairs, for six; and the Japanese suites Sora and Hikari (type WS), 24.5 and 25.5 mats on the river with a semi-open-air indoor bath, for five. Tateyu, the men's and women's main bath, has a tub hollowed over six months from a single rock of about 20 tons; outside day use (noon to 3 p.m.) it can be reserved as a private bath free. Utase-yu and Ramune-yu are private baths on a self-rising carbonated spring, free until midnight; wash your hair at Tateyu first. Check-in 2 p.m., check-out noon. Parking for 10 cars. Satsuma farm cooking from the inn's own vegetables and chickens.

Myoken Onsen Nemu

妙見温泉 ねむ

The inn publishes no tattoo rule for its two shared baths. The answer is a ground-floor room: seven of them have their own open-air tub of the inn's high-carbonate bicarbonate spring. The inn also lists a family bath but gives no terms for it.

Best for: people who want a carbonated spring tub outside their room and a restaurant on site, 15 minutes from the airport

Ten rooms on three floors with an elevator: seven first-floor 10-mat rooms with an open-air bath of the high-concentration bicarbonate spring, two 10-mat rooms without, and one barrier-free western room. Shared baths: Iwaburo, the rock bath, the largest in the area, with a tsubo tub, a reclining bath and an open-air section, and Ogon-yu, the golden bath; the two swap, Iwaburo men 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. then women, with a 10-minute gap at the change. Family bath listed without count, price or hours. Day use 1,000 yen for adults, 500 yen for children, infants free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with reception to 1 p.m.; towel set 300 yen. Spring 53°C, 1,172 mg bicarbonate, 378 mg free carbon dioxide, 187 mg metasilicic acid, no dilution or circulation, piped through heat exchangers. Restaurant Nemunoki Chaya 8 to 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6 to 9:30 p.m. Check-in 3 p.m. (last 8 p.m.), check-out 10 a.m. Parking 30 cars; EV charger 2,200 yen.

Myoken Rakuenso

妙見楽園荘

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Fourteen of its units are detached houses with a hot spring bath of their own that runs 24 hours and a kitchen, so a guest with tattoos never needs the main building's shared bath, which also admits day visitors.

Best for: long stays on a budget, cooking for yourself with a spring tub that never switches off

Twenty units: six rooms in the main building and 14 detached houses, 305 to 309 beside the main building and 500 to 509 along the river, each with a natural hot spring bath that flows 24 hours with a valve to set the temperature, some walled in cypress, and a kitchen with a microwave, fridge, rice cooker, cookware and dishes for four. A self-catering soaking inn: no amenities in the rooms. Main-building large bath for guests from 6 a.m. and for day visitors 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a cleaning break around 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Spring: sodium, calcium and magnesium bicarbonate, 51.6°C, pH 6.7. Shops and eateries a short walk away. The inn warns that map apps route drivers wrongly: cross the Anraku bridge, not the old stone bridge.

Sakura Sakura Onsen

さくらさくら温泉

The inn’s FAQ firmly refuses tattoos in its large bath, which is Sakura-no-yu, the big shared open-air bath with the mud packs. The option for a tattooed guest is Miyama, a private open-air and indoor bath that staying guests use free from 4 to 9 p.m., but it closes from December until spring when the inn cannot keep the water warm, and a second private bath, Momiji-yu, is shut for now.

入れ墨（刺青）やタトゥーがある方の大浴場の利用は固くお断りしております。

Best for: a summer or autumn stay with the mud bath by day and a free private open-air bath in the evening

Private open-air bath Miyama at the Sakura-kan annex, with an indoor tub, for staying guests only, free, 4 to 9 p.m. in part, no morning use; closed from December until the weather warms, usually through spring, because the inn cannot hold the temperature. A second private bath, Momiji-yu, is closed for the time being. Sakura-no-yu, the large bath, has a men's side Tonosama-yu and a women's side Bijin-yu, each indoor and open-air, with tubs of natural mud for face and body packs; 6 to 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., cleaning 9 to 11 a.m.; mud packs only in the large bath. Day use 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., 900 yen for adults and 350 yen from age 4 to elementary school, bath tax included; rest hall free 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spring: weakly acidic sulfur. Check-in 4 p.m., last 9 p.m., check-out 10 a.m. Dog plans.