Tattoo friendly onsen in Miyazaki

Dormy Inn Miyazaki

天然温泉 日向の湯 ドーミーイン宮崎

The hotel’s own bath page asks guests with tattoos or body paint to put on a tattoo cover seal before bathing. The seals are handed out at the front desk. The page sets no size limit.

タトゥー、ボディーペイントをされている方は、タトゥーカバーシールをご使用の上、ご入浴をお願いしております。

Best for: a cheap downtown bed with a real hot spring on the roof and free noodles at night

The water is an alkaline simple sulfur cold mineral spring trucked in from Soyamaji Onsen at Aoshima, so the hotel heats it. Bath 3 p.m. to 10 a.m.; the sauna pauses from 1 to 5 a.m. Seals are free at the desk.

Hotel Route Inn Miyazaki Tachibana-dori

ホテルルートイン宮崎橘通

The rule sits in the FAQ of Route Inn Hotels, which the hotel’s own facilities page links to. A tattooed guest is refused unless a cover seal hides the tattoo completely; then the large bath may be used. No size is set, and the FAQ does not say whether seals are sold.

入れ墨(タトゥー)のある方のご入浴はお断りしております。ただし、カバーシールを用いて入れ墨(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 sealed-up soak on the 14th floor with free breakfast, ten minutes from the station

The bath, Tabibito-no-yu, is a radium artificial hot spring, heated water and not a natural source; the hotel says so on its bath page. Open 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. and 5 to 10 a.m., free for guests.

Phoenix Seagaia Ocean Tower, formerly Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort

フェニックス・シーガイア・オーシャン・タワー

The Shosenkyu bath page says that, as a rule, exposed tattoos are refused in the shared baths. The answer is the two private baths for hotel guests, Hanare-yu and Oyunomiya, which are booked ahead and used by one party at a time; their pages set no tattoo rule.

※原則タトゥー・刺青の露出はお断りしております

Best for: a 154-meter ocean-view tower where a reserved open-air bath in the pines costs ¥6,000 an hour

Renamed from Sheraton Grande Ocean Resort on June 6, 2025, when the resort ended its Marriott franchise. Hanare-yu is ¥6,000 per 60 minutes, ¥3,000 for Club Twin guests and free once a stay for Club Suite guests, 7 a.m. to noon and 3 to 10:30 p.m., up to four people. Oyunomiya is ¥8,000 per 90 minutes, ¥5,200 for Club Twin and free once for Club Suite, two adults of junior high age or older, starting at 7:30 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Both are hotel guests only, reservation only, online from a month ahead. The Shingetsu shared bath is closed for renovation from October 2026 to January 2027.

Kigan no Yado Aoshima Jizoan

「祈願の宿」青島・地蔵庵

The inn publishes no tattoo rule. Its hot spring is used only as private baths: two rooms, Takara-yu and the rock bath, each taken by one party for 60 minutes, so there is no shared tub at all. The detached special room also has its own open-air and indoor bath.

Best for: couples on a fertility or safe-birth pilgrimage who want a silky alkaline bath to themselves

The spring rises on the inn’s own grounds at pH 9.1 (the day-use page prints 9.2) and the water is changed daily. Day visitors pay from ¥3,500 for a pair for 60 minutes, ¥1,000 per extra adult, from 9 a.m., booked two days ahead; the site does not say what staying guests pay for the private baths. Check-in 4 p.m. (last 8 p.m.), check-out 10 a.m.

Nemunohana

北郷 音色香の季 合歓のはな

No tattoo rule is published. There is no shared bath: each of the ten detached villas has its own open-air rock bath of Kitago spring water in its garden, so a tattooed guest bathes alone.

Best for: a two-night forest stay where the only hot spring tub is the one in your own garden

The outdoor baths are the spring; the inn says the indoor tubs are heated tap water in the villas, and Kaze’s indoor bath was rebuilt as a bedrock bath. The source is 35.0°C, so the water is heated. The Keion baths of Yuki and Yume were renewed in July 2025.

Nazuna Obi Onsen Resort

Nazuna 飫肥 城下町温泉

No tattoo rule is published. There is no shared bath: all five rooms have their own open-air bath fed with source-flowing Kitago hot spring, so bathing is private by design.

Best for: a night in a 140-year-old samurai house with a spring-fed tub on your own deck

The water is brought from Kitago Onsen in the same city; the FAQ calls it source-flowing and says its salt content warms the body through in a short soak. Honmurasaki is the one room with both an indoor and an open-air hot spring bath. A private outdoor sauna with a view over the castle town rents for ¥3,300 a person for two hours. Dinner at the inn’s restaurant needs three days’ notice.

Hinata no Yado Nichinan Miyazaki

天然温泉 ひなたの宿 日南宮崎

No tattoo rule is published. The private answers are the family bath Nagomi-no-yu, a bath rented to one party with picture windows over the town, and three premium rooms with their own open-air hot spring bath. The hotel does not print the family bath’s price or hours.

Best for: a big-bath hotel in Nichinan town where one bath, Nagomi-no-yu, can be taken behind a closed door

Premium rooms Ten, Son and Ko have a private open-air hot spring bath; Rin has a private bath room. Three further room types have an ordinary private bath. The family bath’s price, minutes and booking terms are not on the site. Day use 6 to 9 a.m. and noon to 10 p.m., last entry 9 p.m.; staying guests until 11 p.m.; the day admission price is not printed.

Hotel Nichinan Kitago Resort

ホテル日南北郷リゾート

No tattoo rule is published. The hotel has one family bath, reservation only, open 3 to 10 p.m. and sold by the hour: ¥2,700 for a day visitor, and a paid hour for staying guests whose price the page does not print.

Best for: golfers and drivers who want a hill-top bath, a bedrock sauna, and one tub with a lock

Listed on Trip.com and Hotels.com under its former name, Hotel J’s Nichinan Resort, at the same address. Day use 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., last entry 9 p.m.: bath only ¥800 on weekdays, ¥1,000 on weekends and holidays, ¥1,300 at peak; with the bedrock baths ¥1,400, ¥1,700 and ¥2,400. Women cannot use the open-air bath on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 a.m.

Honoka no Yu Kaeda

天然貸切温泉 ほのかの湯 加江田店

No tattoo rule is published. Every bath here is a private room rented to one party by the clock, so there is no shared tub to be turned away from.

Best for: a private hour in a ceramic tub under the sky on the way back from Aoshima

Fourteen rooms in three grades: standard with one bath, semi-premium with an indoor bath and a reclining bath, premium with both plus a Shigaraki ceramic open-air tub, a wider changing room and a massage chair. Up to five per room, ¥500 for each extra person. High season adds ¥1,100. Towels and shampoo are rented, not included.

Honoka no Yu Ibii

日南温泉 貸切露天風呂 ほのかの湯 伊比井店

No tattoo rule is published. The shop has only private rooms, each with its own tub and outdoor deck and rented to one party by the clock, so nobody shares a bath.

Best for: a private tub with the Nichinan coast sky over it, halfway between Aoshima and Udo

Three grades: standard with a narrow deck and an indoor bath; semi-premium with a wide deck, an indoor bath and a reclining bath; premium with those plus a Shigaraki ceramic tub and a big changing room. Up to five per room, ¥500 a head beyond that. Weekends and holidays add ¥1,100. The spring is a simple sulfur spring, hypotonic and tepid. Blocks are 55, 85 and 115 minutes.

Sun Cherry Kitago

サンチェリーきたごう

The city publishes no tattoo rule for the bathhouse. The private answer is its three family baths, each with an indoor and an outdoor tub, rented for an hour at ¥2,500 and booked by phone.

Best for: a ¥2,500 hour in a family bath with its own open-air tub, run by the city

Reopened December 21, 2024 under the city after a renovation. Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., last entry 7 p.m.; closed the second and fourth Mondays (the next day if a holiday) and December 30 to January 2. Adults ¥600, children ¥300; 11-visit pass ¥6,000, 23-visit pass ¥12,000. No shampoo, soap or towels are provided in the big bath.