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Prefectures / Kanagawa

Hakone Kowakien Ten-yu

箱根小涌園 天悠 · Hakone Onsen

OK in a private bath (overnight)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

This is the question we built the site around, so we answer it per situation.

Staying overnight

Yes, if you take a private bath

Tattoos are not allowed in the shared baths, but you can bathe in a private or in-room bath.

Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28

How it scores

Every onsen on this site is scored on the same five things.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View4.5
Water3
Comfort5
Setting4
Access4
Somewhere to sitYou can spend the day here
Anything else nearbyNearby, but off to one side

A 2017-built ryokan hung over a wooded gorge, with a terraced infinity open-air bath on the sixth floor and a waterfall-facing bath on the fifth. Every room has its own Shigaraki-ware open-air hot spring bath, so you need never use the public baths at all.

Scored from official photos, maps and transport information — not from a visit.

The baths

Indoor bath

Two large bathhouses, 'Ukigumo-no-yu' (6F) and 'Kurumasawa-no-yu' (5F), each with an indoor bath and dry sauna. Open 5:00-24:00 (last entry 30 min before close); men's and women's baths are swapped.

Open-air bath

Terraced infinity open-air bath on 6F and a waterfall-view open-air bath on 5F, attached to the two large bathhouses. Same 5:00-24:00 hours.

In-room bath

ALL guest rooms have a private Shigaraki-ware open-air hot spring bath, included with the stay.

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
Not confirmed.
Day visit price
Not confirmed
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
About 90 minutes from Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto Station by Odakyu Romancecar, then roughly 20 minutes by local bus, or about 10 minutes on the free circulating shuttle bus from Gora Station. A car is not needed.
Official website
www.ten-yu.com

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What we have not confirmed

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