Arashiyama Benkei
嵐山温泉 嵐山辨慶 · Arashiyama Onsen
Temporarily closed. This bath is not open to visitors at the moment. Check the official website below before making plans around it.
Can you bathe here with a tattoo?
This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.
The baths
Private (kashikiri) bath
All five bathrooms - two private open-air baths ('Roku no Yu' and the large 'Go no Yu' and 'San no Yu' with 360-degree views) and two private indoor baths ('Ichi no Yu', 'Ni no Yu') - are run as private baths, booked on arrival in 60-minute slots. Currently unavailable: the bath house is closed for renovation.
Overnight guests only
A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.
Practical details
- Day visits
- No — overnight guests only.
- Day visit price
- Not confirmed
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- 34 Susukinobaba-cho, Saga Tenryuji, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (postal code 616-8385), on the bank of the Oi river opposite Arashiyama. 15 minutes on foot from JR Saga-Arashiyama, 5 minutes from Randen Arashiyama, 15 minutes from Hankyu Arashiyama. CURRENTLY CLOSED - the ryokan business is suspended for renovation; only the tea house 'Sabo Benkei' serves meals. Tel 075-872-3355.
- Official website
- benkei.biz