Oshiage Onsen Daikokuyu
押上温泉 大黒湯
Admitted with nothing to cover. The bathhouse says so twice on its own English page: “Tattoos OK” beside the price, and, in its FAQ, “Tattoo is ok.”
銭湯
Sento and public bathhouses that admit tattoos
What a sento is
A sento is a public bathhouse. You pay a low fixed fee at the counter, leave your shoes and clothes in a locker, wash sitting down at a tap, and then soak in a big shared bath. City sento are everyday places, often family-run for decades, and many have a painted mural of Mount Fuji over the bath. They do not need a hot spring: most heat tap water, though some in Tokyo pump up real spring water.
Onsen towns have their own version. Kinosaki’s seven sotoyu and Kusatsu’s town baths are public bathhouses on spring water, and in Kinosaki the ryokan hand their guests a pass to the sotoyu.
What to bring
Bring a small towel, soap and shampoo, or buy them at the counter. A city sento rarely includes them in the fee, and cash is safest.
Tattoos at a sento
Sento are where the old tattoo rule is weakest. Plenty of neighborhood baths never had one, and the bathhouses listed here state their policy in writing.
All 32, by area
Tokyo area
Yudonburi Sakaeyu
湯どんぶり栄湯
Admitted with nothing to cover. The FAQ answers it plainly, and the English page says “Our shop is tattoo OK!”
Kinosaki Onsen
Goshono-Yu
御所の湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Ichino-Yu
一の湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover, no declaration. This is the town’s stated policy for all its public bathhouses, not a per-property exception.
Jizo-Yu
地蔵湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Mandara-Yu
まんだら湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Yanagi-Yu
柳湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Kusatsu Onsen
Goza-no-yu
御座之湯
No restriction, and nothing to cover. The company that runs Kusatsu’s three public baths answers this in its own FAQ: it does not refuse admission or bathing to people with tattoos, and asks only that everyone keep to bathing manners.
Ohtaki-no-yu
大滝乃湯
No restriction, and nothing to cover. The company that runs Kusatsu’s three public baths answers this in its own FAQ: it does not refuse admission or bathing to people with tattoos, and asks only that everyone keep to bathing manners.
Sainokawara Rotenburo
西の河原露天風呂
No restriction, and nothing to cover. The company that runs Kusatsu’s three public baths answers this in its own FAQ: it does not refuse admission or bathing to people with tattoos, and asks only that everyone keep to bathing manners.
Beppu Onsen
Ekimae Koto Onsen
駅前高等温泉
The green-roofed bathhouse outside Beppu Station has no site of its own, and the city’s listings are the only published word on it. Both of them say the same thing: the tourism entry carries the タトゥー可 mark, and the enjoyONSEN facility line spells it out. Two tubs, a hot one and a cooler one, both shared.
Furosen
不老泉
Beppu City runs it, and the city’s own page for the bath ends with a one-line tattoo verdict in the plain. Its tourism listing for Furosen carries the same tattoo mark. Nobody will ask you to cover anything.
Hamada Onsen
浜田温泉
Kamegawa’s municipal bath is marked tattoo-friendly in the city’s own facility data, refreshed to June 2026, and it sits in the public-bath group on the city’s 2026 tattoo map. Beppu City is the operator, so that is the operator’s answer. Sodium chloride water, one shared room per sex, nothing to cover.
Hamawaki Onsen
浜脇温泉
Hamawaki is city property and the city marks it tattoo-friendly in its own facility data. That mark and the city’s 2026 tattoo map are the whole of the rule; there is no seal system and no separate hour. The same building holds Yuto Pia Hamawaki upstairs, which the city marks the same way.
Higashimachi Onsen
東町温泉
A district bath with no website of its own, so the city’s pages are the only published ones. Beppu City marks it タトゥー可 in the facility data it maintains, and its onsen site answers the same question in three letters. The bath is one room with one tub, so this is the shared bath, not a side entrance.
Horita Onsen
堀田温泉
Horita is the municipal bath for its district, and the city marks it tattoo-friendly in the facility data it maintains itself. The 2026 map the city publishes for tattooed visitors lists it among the shared baths, not the private ones. That applies to the indoor tub and the garden bath outside.
Kaimon-ji Onsen
海門寺温泉
A municipal bath where the question is settled by the operator, because the operator is the city. Beppu City’s onsen site answers it in the facility line for this bath, and the city’s tourism entry repeats the mark. Bathe as you are; there is no seal and no back room.
Kannawa Mushi-yu
鉄輪むし湯
You lie in a stone room in a yukata, so a tattoo is barely the point, but the city answers the question anyway. Beppu City operates the mushi-yu and states the rule on its own onsen site, and the city’s 2026 tattoo guide names this bath in the text as one that welcomes tattooed visitors. The rinsing bath beside the steam room is shared and nude, and the same answer covers it.
Kiyosen
亀陽泉
City-owned, city-run, and marked tattoo-friendly in the city’s own facility data as of June 2026. The 2026 map Beppu publishes for tattooed visitors lists Kiyosen under public baths. Two tubs, hot and warm, both shared and both open to you.
Nagaishi Onsen
永石温泉
Another of the twelve baths Beppu City owns, and the city marks it tattoo-friendly on its own tourism pages. The mark sits in the facility attributes beside the towel and soap prices, which is how the city keeps it current. Expect a small, sunken tub and no questions.
Netsu-no-yu
熱の湯
Free to enter and, by the city’s own account, open to tattooed bathers. Beppu City runs the building and prints the answer in the facility line on its onsen site; the city’s 2026 map lists Netsu-no-yu among the shared baths. There is no counter to negotiate with, only a changing room and a tub.
Shibai no Yu
芝居の湯
A city facility, and the city’s own onsen site prints the tattoo answer in the information block for this bath. Beppu’s 2026 tattoo map lists it among the public baths as well. The city’s tourism listing carries no tattoo attribute, so the enjoyONSEN page is the one to go by.
Shibaseki Onsen
柴石温泉
The city runs Shibaseki and says plainly on its own site that tattoos are allowed, and its 2026 tattoo guide names the bath in the running text. Nothing here is restricted to a private room: the indoor tubs, the open-air bath and the steam bath are all shared. A family bath exists too, at 2,000 yen an hour, if you would rather have the place to yourself.
Shibu-no-yu
渋の湯
The building belongs to Beppu City and the Kannawa district runs it, and both of the city’s channels say tattoos are fine here: the facility page on its onsen site and the タトゥー可 mark in its tourism data. Payment is the oddity, not the tattoo. You put a hundred-yen coin in the locker, and that stands as your entry fee.
Takegawara Onsen
竹瓦温泉
Nothing to cover, in either bath. Beppu City owns and runs Takegawara, and the city’s own onsen site prints the rule in the facility line at the foot of its page. The city’s tourism listing carries the same tattoo mark, current to 30 June 2026. It covers the 300-yen communal bath and the 1,500-yen sand bath alike.
Tano-yu Onsen
田の湯温泉
The city lists this one as a bath where tattoos are fine, on the tourism site it publishes itself, with the entry dated to June 2026. Beppu City is also the operator here, so that listing is the operator speaking. The city’s 2026 tattoo map puts Tano-yu among the baths open to tattooed bathers in the shared tub.
Yuyama no Sato Onsen
湯山の里温泉
You wear a swimsuit in the open-air baths here, which settles the question before it is asked, and the city says tattoos are allowed on top of that. The タトゥー可 mark sits on the city’s tourism listing and the enjoyONSEN page carries the same line. The owner runs it himself and publishes nothing, so the city’s pages are the record.
Ibusuki Onsen
Hananoyu
癒しの温泉 はなのゆ
Ten separate bath houses, each used by one party at a time, which is why no policy is needed and none is published. The operator states that every cottage has its own indoor bath and open-air bath, both running constantly on water from the source, plus a rest room and a toilet. There is no communal bath on the site at all.
Nonoka Family Onsen
家族温泉 野の香
No tattoo rule is published, and with eight bath rooms hired one party at a time, none governs your bath. Each room holds an indoor bath, an open-air bath and a three-mat tatami room, and the eight open-air baths are all built differently, one of them cut from Aso lava rock. Nobody else is in the water with you.
Saraku Sand Bath Hall
砂むし会館 砂楽
The one operator in Ibusuki that answers the question in writing, and it answers yes. Its FAQ says bathing is possible, then sets two conditions: in the sand bath, let the yukata cover the tattoo, and in the indoor bath, where you are not dressed, cover it as far as you can and keep the bath short. Since the sand bath is taken in a rented yukata anyway, the first condition costs you nothing. The same answer is published word for word on the operator’s English pages.
Ureshino Onsen
Siebold no Yu
シーボルトの湯
The town bath publishes no tattoo rule at all, in either the city’s page or the tourism association’s. So the shared bath is a gamble, but the building also rents private baths by the 50 minutes at 2,500 yen for up to five adults, and that room is yours alone. Tattooed bathers who do not want to ask at the counter should book the kashikiri and skip the large bath.
Ureshino Kodachi no Yu
うれしの木立の湯
There is no shared bath here to be refused from. Every one of the eight baths is rented to one group at a time, so nobody else is in the water with you and no cover-up question arises. The operator publishes a long list of cautions about the place and none of them concerns tattoos.
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