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Prefectures / Yamanashi

Hottarakashi Onsen

ほったらかし温泉

Tattoos OK (day visit)

Can you bathe here with a tattoo?

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

Visiting for the day

Yes — tattoos are fine here

Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.

Source: official website · checked 2026-08-29

How it scores

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

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View5
Water4
Comfort3
Setting4.5
Access2.5
Somewhere to sitA small rest area
Anything else nearbyNearby, but off to one side

The most famous view bath in Yamanashi and, for a tattooed traveller, the single most useful entry in this dataset: a hillside open-air bath over the whole Kofu basin with Mt Fuji on the horizon, open from before dawn, and tattoos are simply allowed. Facilities are deliberately basic and you will want a car or a taxi.

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

The baths

Open-air bath

MT FUJI VIEW (weather permitting - the operator is explicit that Fuji can be hidden by cloud even on a clear day). Two separate open-air bathhouses, 'Acchi no Yu' (the newer, more open one) and 'Kocchi no Yu' (the original), both looking down over the Kofu basin with Mt Fuji beyond. All baths are gender-separated. Opening before sunrise is the point: sunrise from the bath is what the place is known for, and after dark you get the basin's lights and the stars. Highly alkaline pH 10.1 water.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
From one hour before sunrise until 22:00 (last entry 21:30). Open all year.
Day visit price
¥900
900 yen buys one bath - either 'Acchi no Yu' or 'Kocchi no Yu'; each is charged separately. Children 0 to 6th grade 400 yen. Own-brand towel 200 yen, bath towel 1,000 yen.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
At 1669-18 Yatsubo, Yamanashi city (山梨市矢坪1669-18), on the hillside above Fruit Park. About 10 minutes by taxi from Yamanashi-shi Station on the JR Chuo main line; the city bus runs only four times a day and stops 20 minutes' walk short. Free parking for 280 cars. Winter tyres or chains advised in winter.
Official website
www.hottarakashi-onsen.com

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