Yanagi-Yu

柳湯 · 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

Comfort3

Setting3

Access4.5

×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave

○Anything else nearby — In the middle of things

The smallest of the seven: a single cypress-lined indoor tub, no open-air bath and no rest space at all. It is a short soak on the way to the next bathhouse rather than somewhere to settle in, and it opens only from 15:00.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

A single small indoor bath finished in cypress. The smallest of the seven bathhouses; no open-air bath.

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); closed Thursdays
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: On the willow-lined canal street in the middle of Kinosaki Onsen, on foot from JR Kinosaki Onsen Station (JR San'in Line). Opens at 15:00.
Official website: visitkinosaki.com/things-to-do/yanagi-yu

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