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.
The baths
Indoor bath
Two indoor tubs - hot (atsu-yu) and lukewarm (nuru-yu) - in the newest of Beppu's municipal bathhouses, reopened July 2016. Ramp, multipurpose toilet, tub handrails and two wheelchairs on site; you can enter the bathroom in a house wheelchair kept for that purpose.
Open to day visitors
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.6:30-22:30 (closed 14:00-15:00 for cleaning)
- Day visit price
- ¥250250 yen for adults (junior high school age and up), 100 yen for children, free under school age. Closed the 1st Wednesday of the month (the following day if that is a public holiday).
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- In the Kamegawa district at 10-26 Kamegawa Chuo-machi, a short walk from JR Kamegawa Station. 5 parking spaces including one accessible bay.
- Official website
- www.city.beppu.oita.jp/sisetu/shieionsen/kiyosen.html