Kuroyu Onsen

黒湯温泉 · Nyuto Onsen

Policy not published (day visit)Policy not published (overnight)

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.

Staying overnight

They have not said

The tattoo policy is not stated publicly. A private or in-room bath is available, which is often an option for tattooed guests.

How it scores

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

Rated from research

Water5

Comfort3

Setting5

Access2.5

×Somewhere to sit — Bathe and leave

×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

The source boils up out of the ground beside the buildings and you can stand and watch it steam before getting into it - milky sulphur water, free-flowing, with a beating-water tub the regulars come for. The furthest inn up the Nyuto valley and shut from November to mid-April, so it is unreachable for half the year.

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

The baths

Open-air bath

One mixed open-air bath plus a women's open-air bath; the source boils up beside the buildings and you can watch it steam. The beating-water (utase-yu) tub is the local favourite.

Open to day visitors

Indoor bath

Gender-separated indoor bath, open-air bath and utase-yu, plus an indoor bath in the ryokan wing; one mixed indoor bath as well.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

Two private baths, Kame-no-yu and Tamahada-no-yu, 2,750 yen per group for 45 minutes (bathing tax extra). The site does not say whether day visitors can book them.

A private bath means nobody else is in the water with you — often the practical answer if the shared baths are closed to tattooed guests.

Practical details

Day visits: Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
Thu-Tue 9:00-16:30 (reception to 16:00); Wed 9:00-11:00 (reception to 10:30)
Day visit price: ¥800
800 yen for junior-high age and above, 400 yen for primary-school children. The whole inn is seasonal - it opens mid-April and closes in early November, so there is no winter bathing here at all.
Staying overnight: Yes
from about ¥19,400 per person
Getting there: The furthest inn in the Nyuto valley, reached from the Nyuto Onsen bus stop on the Ugo Kotsu line from JR Tazawako Station. Closed and unreachable in winter (open mid-April to early November); the self-catering wing runs late April to the end of October.
Official website: kuroyu.com

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What we have not confirmed

We would rather show a gap than guess.

The tattoo policy for day visits is not stated on the official website.
The tattoo policy for overnight stays is not stated on the official website.