Ajisai Onsen Ryokan
紫陽花温泉旅館
Reported fully tattoo-friendly
Onsen with tattoos allowed, nothing to cover
Thirty-seven places in Japan with tattoos allowed outright: no seal, no sleeve, no size limit, and nothing to declare at the desk. These are the baths where the question does not arise — you check in, you go to the water.
Most of these changed recently rather than never having had a rule, which is why older guidebooks and forum threads still describe the opposite. Each entry below links to the page the policy was read on, and where the operator states it in Japanese, that wording is quoted so you can show it at the desk.
All 37, by area
Hakone
Fuji-Hakone Guest House
Reported fully tattoo-friendly; private bath booking system
Guesthouse Tsutaya
Reported fully tattoo-friendly
Hakone Kogen Hotel
Listed as fully tattoo-friendly, both as a hotel and for its day-trip bathing
Hakone Yuryo
箱根湯寮
Fully OK — no restrictions in any bath area (policy lifted Apr 1, 2025)
Yamanochaya
山の茶屋
Listed as fully tattoo-friendly (crowd-sourced, 55 bookmarks - one of the most-saved listings for the area)
mysa hakone
Listed as fully tattoo-friendly (crowd-sourced), and being a private one-group villa with its own sauna, tattoo policy is essentially moot
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.
Kinosaki Onsen Ryokan Tsubakino
城崎温泉 旅館 つばき乃
The sotoyu take you as you are, and staying here is how you get in free. The ryokan’s own bath is a separate question — ask when you book.
Check availabilityMandara-Yu
まんだら湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Nishimuraya Honkan
西村屋本館
The sotoyu take you as you are, and staying here is how you get in free. The ryokan’s own indoor baths are a separate question the town does not answer for its properties — ask when you book if you want to use them too.
Check availabilityNishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei
西村屋ホテル招月庭
The sotoyu take you as you are, and staying here is how you get in free. The hotel’s own baths are a separate question — ask when you book.
Check availabilityTsuchiya
つちや
The sotoyu take you as you are, and staying here is how you get in free. The ryokan’s own bath is a separate question — ask when you book.
Check availabilityTsutaya Ryokan
つたや旅館
The sotoyu take you as you are, and staying here is how you get in free. The ryokan’s own bath is a separate question — ask when you book.
Check availabilityYanagi-Yu
柳湯
No restrictions. Tattoos of any shape and size, nothing to cover.
Kyoto area
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.
Check availabilityKurama 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.
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.
Check availabilityMitsui 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.
Check availabilityMitsui 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.
Check availabilityMitsui 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.
Check availabilityOsaka area
Candeo Hotels Osaka Namba
カンデオホテルズ大阪なんば
No restrictions. Same wording as the Tower property — no covering, no declaration.
Check availabilityCandeo Hotels Osaka The Tower
カンデオホテルズ大阪ザ・タワー
No restrictions. The sky spa page states the hotel does not restrict entry on the basis of body art or tattoos — nothing to cover, nothing to declare.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier
三井ガーデンホテル大阪プレミア
No restrictions. Top-floor spa on the 16th, looking out over the river and the city.
Check availabilityTokyo area
Candeo Hotels Tokyo Roppongi
カンデオホテルズ東京六本木
No restrictions since 24 May 2023 — abolished, not covered.
Check availabilityCandeo Hotels Tokyo Shimbashi
カンデオホテルズ東京新橋
No restrictions since 1 May 2024 — abolished, not covered.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Tsukiji
三井ガーデンホテル銀座築地
No restrictions, under the operator’s chain-wide abolition of 1 March 2026. Unlike the other Mitsui Garden properties here, this hotel’s own bath page does not repeat the policy — the basement bath is confirmed, the wording is not.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Ginza-gochome
三井ガーデンホテル銀座五丁目
No restrictions. Second-floor bath, separate men’s and women’s sides.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Gotanda
三井ガーデンホテル五反田
No restrictions. Sixteenth-floor spa with indoor and open-air baths; the men’s side looks toward Shinjuku and Roppongi.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Jingugaien Tokyo Premier
三井ガーデンホテル神宮外苑の杜プレミア
No restrictions. The property’s own bath page states the restriction has been removed.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Kashiwanoha
三井ガーデンホテル柏の葉
No restrictions. Indoor bath, open-air bath and a mist sauna on the 3rd floor.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Nihonbashi Premier
三井ガーデンホテル日本橋プレミア
No restrictions. Ninth-floor Japanese bath with a reclining bath in koyamaki wood.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Prana Tokyo Bay
三井ガーデンホテルプラナ東京ベイ
No restrictions. The 7th-floor bath has a bay view and is free to guests, 18:00-09:00.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Shiodome Italia-gai
三井ガーデンホテル汐留イタリア街
No restrictions. Top-floor bath on the 13th, open 15:00-09:00.
Check availabilityMitsui Garden Hotel Toyosu Premier
三井ガーデンホテル豊洲プレミア
No restrictions. Indoor and open-air baths on the 36th floor.
Check availability