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Kawayu Onsen Public Bathhouse

川湯温泉公衆浴場 · Kawayu Onsen (Wakayama)

Policy not published (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

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. Please contact the facility.

How it scores

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

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1.5
Water3.5
Comfort3
Setting4
Access2.5
×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave
△Anything else nearby — Nearby, but off to one side

The small municipal bathhouse on the bank of the Otogawa, which is what Kawayu offers for the nine months of the year when the riverbed bath does not exist. Plain, roofed and cheap at 300 yen; no open-air bath is recorded and the operator publishes nothing about the room itself.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

A small municipal bathhouse standing on the bank of the Otogawa river in the middle of the Kawayu inn district - the year-round, roofed alternative to the winter-only Sennin-buro across the water.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
6:30-20:00 (reception closes 19:30). Closed Tuesdays.
Day visit price
¥300
Adult (junior-high age and over) 300 yen, child 200 yen, infant 80 yen.
Staying overnight
No
Getting there
In the centre of Kawayu Onsen, about 20 minutes by bus from Kumano Hongu Taisha on the Kumano Kodo bus routes.
Official website
www.hongu.jp/onsen/kawayu/kawayu-kousyuu

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Staying nearby

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What we have not confirmed

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