Mandara-Yu

まんだら湯 · Kinosaki Onsen

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 2026-08-28

How it scores

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

Rated from research

Water3

Comfort4

Setting3.5

Access4

×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave

○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

One of the quieter of Kinosaki's seven bathhouses, at the inland end of the street under a karahafu gable, with a small open-air bath looking into the wooded hillside behind. It opens only from 15:00 and has almost nowhere to sit afterwards, so it works as one stop on the yukata circuit rather than a destination in itself.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

Indoor bath in a karahafu-gabled building; this is the bathhouse where Kinosaki Onsen is said to have begun.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Open-air bath looking onto the wooded hillside behind the bathhouse.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits: Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
15:00-23:00 (last entry 30 min before closing); normally closed Wednesdays
Day visit price: ¥800
Adult 800 yen, child 400 yen (ages 3 to elementary school). A one-day 'Yumepa' pass to all of Kinosaki's public bathhouses is 1,500 yen for adults / 750 yen for children. Most Kinosaki inns hand overnight guests a free pass at check-in.
Staying overnight: No
Getting there: In the Kinosaki Onsen bathhouse district, on foot from JR Kinosaki Onsen Station (JR San'in Line). Note the late opening time of 15:00.
Official website: visitkinosaki.com/things-to-do/mandara-yu

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