Tattoo friendly baths in Kyoto

Candeo Hotels Kyoto Karasuma Rokkaku

カンデオホテルズ京都烏丸六角

No restrictions since 24 May 2023 — abolished, not covered.

2023/5/24より当ホテルのスカイスパではボディアート・タトゥー等による受入制限を撤廃いたします。

Best for: A top-floor open-air bath in the middle of the city

Candeo sets this per property, not chain-wide — this hotel's own page is the one that matters.

Kurama Onsen

くらま温泉

No restrictions, stated plainly on the facility's own site. The only unconditional day-use bath found anywhere in Kyoto.

刺青やタトゥーがあるお客様もご利用いただけます。ただし、暴力団や反社会勢力に属する方のご利用はご遠慮いただいております。

Best for: An open-air bath in the cedar forest north of the city, with no policy to negotiate

Closed for three years after typhoon damage and the pandemic; reopened and now running 10:00–21:00. Reachable from Demachiyanagi on the Eizan line, then a short walk or the free shuttle.

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Kawaramachi Jokyoji

三井ガーデンホテル京都河原町浄教寺

No restrictions, under the operator's chain-wide abolition of 1 March 2026.

Best for: Kawaramachi shopping and the Nishiki market end of town

Built into a working temple — the hondo sits at the front of the hotel.

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shijo

三井ガーデンホテル京都四条

No restrictions. The bath is styled after the Gion Matsuri, with lanterns and planting.

当ホテルではボディアート・タトゥ等の受入制限を撤廃しております。

Best for: Central Kyoto with nothing to think about at the bath door

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shinmachi Bettei

三井ガーデンホテル京都新町 別邸

No restrictions. Ground-floor carbonated-spring bath looking onto greenery, free to guests, 15:00–09:00.

当ホテルではボディアート・タトゥ等の受入制限を撤廃しております。

Best for: A machiya-style stay a short walk from Shijo and Karasuma

Artificial carbonated spring rather than hot spring water.

Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Sanjo Premier

三井ガーデンホテル京都三条プレミア

No restrictions, under the operator's chain-wide abolition of 1 March 2026. Unlike the other Kyoto properties here, this hotel's own bath page does not repeat the policy — the 90 m² garden-view bath is confirmed, the wording is not.

Best for: The largest bath of the Kyoto group, looking onto a garden

Worth a call to confirm before relying on it; the number is the hotel's own.

Hotel Route Inn Hikone

ホテルルートイン彦根

Admitted if a cover seal hides the tattoo completely. Route Inn's seals are 11.4 × 20 cm, sold at the front desk.

刺青(タトゥー)のある方のご入浴はお断りしております。但し、カバーシールを用いて刺青(タトゥー)が完全に覆えている場合に限り刺青(タトゥー)があってもご入浴可能です。

Best for: Hikone Castle and the east shore of Lake Biwa

Hotel Route Inn Kusatsu Ritto

ホテルルートイン草津栗東

Admitted if a cover seal hides the tattoo completely. Route Inn's seals are 11.4 × 20 cm, sold at the front desk — the most generous allowance of any chain on this site.

刺青(タトゥー)のある方のご入浴はお断りしております。但し、カバーシールを用いて刺青(タトゥー)が完全に覆えている場合に限り刺青(タトゥー)があってもご入浴可能です。

Best for: A bigger seal allowance than anything in Kyoto city, half an hour away

There is no Route Inn in Kyoto city — the nearest are all in Shiga.

Hotel Route Inn Kyoto Kameoka Ekimae

ホテルルートイン京都亀岡駅前

Admitted if a cover seal hides the tattoo completely. Route Inn’s seals are 11.4 × 20 cm, sold at the front desk — the most generous allowance of any chain on this site.

刺青(タトゥー)のある方のご入浴はお断りしております。但し、カバーシールを用いて刺青(タトゥー)が完全に覆えている場合に限り刺青(タトゥー)があってもご入浴可能です。

Best for: The closest 11.4 × 20 cm seal to central Kyoto — twenty minutes out on the Sagano line, and the base for the Hozugawa river boats

Hotel Route Inn Kyoto Kumiyama

ホテルルートイン京都久御山

Admitted if a cover seal hides the tattoo completely. Route Inn’s seals are 11.4 × 20 cm, sold at the front desk — the most generous allowance of any chain on this site.

刺青(タトゥー)のある方のご入浴はお断りしております。但し、カバーシールを用いて刺青(タトゥー)が完全に覆えている場合に限り刺青(タトゥー)があってもご入浴可能です。

Best for: Uji and the southern temples, with a car

Vessel Hotel Campana Kyoto Gojo

ベッセルホテルカンパーナ京都五条

Admitted if the tattoo can be hidden under two cover seals of 8 × 10 cm, handed out free at the front desk. The smallest allowance of any hotel on this site.

タトゥー・刺青（フロントでお渡ししている8cm×10cmカバーシール2枚を貼って隠せる場合のみ可）を入れている方及び酒気を帯びている方のご入浴は、お断りしております。

Best for: Kyoto Station side, if your work is small enough to fit

8 × 10 cm is less than half what Route Inn allows — measure before booking.

Almont Hotel Kyoto

アルモントホテル京都

Refused, and stick-on tattoos are banned by name — so there is no covering workaround here at all.

刺青・シールTATOOのある方のご入浴は、お断りしておりますので、予めご了承ください

Best for: Not viable for tattooed guests at any size

Group policy, shared with Hotel Hokke Club.

Hotel Keihan Kyoto Hachijoguchi

ホテル京阪 京都八条口

Refused.

泥酔者､刺青・タトゥーのある方のご入場はお断りいたします。

Best for: Not viable for tattooed guests

Sister property Kyoto Grande lists no daiyokujo at all.

La'gent Hotel Kyoto Nijo

ラ・ジェント・ホテル京都二条

Refused. No cover-seal exception is offered.

刺青・タトゥーのあるお客さまのご利用は、ご入浴をお断りしております。

Best for: Not viable for tattooed guests — the rooms are fine, the bath is not

Sanco Inn Kyoto Hachijoguchi

三交イン京都八条口〈雅〉四季乃湯

Refused. No cover-seal exception stated.

※タトゥー（入れ墨・刺青）があるお客様の大浴場のご利用はご遠慮いただいております

Best for: Not viable for tattooed guests

Super Hotel Kyoto Shijo Kawaramachi

スーパーホテル京都・四条河原町

Refused, chain-wide. The rule lives on the chain's bath page rather than the property's.

※タトゥー、ペイント等のあるお客様はご入浴を、ご遠慮いただいております。

Best for: Not viable for tattooed guests