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
No — tattooed guests are turned away
Guests with tattoos are refused entry to the facility, so private baths are not an option either.
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 spring types, both undiluted and free-flowing from the source, plus a sauna and jacuzzi. The facility states it has no open-air bath and no kashikiri bath at all.
Open to day visitors
Practical details
- Day visits
- Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.9:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30)
- Day visit price
- ¥500500 yen is bathing only (children 180 yen, pre-school free). A 710 yen day pass (children 300 yen) adds the paid lounge, which is open 9:00-20:00. This is a sento, so it stocks almost nothing: body soap, shampoo and conditioner are 80 yen each, a rental bath towel is 200 yen. Since 16 Dec 2025 the bathhouse refuses entry to anyone without a face towel.
- Staying overnight
- No
- Getting there
- The only public bathhouse in Noboribetsu Onsen, at 60 Noboribetsu-Onsencho in the middle of the hot-spring street. Donan Bus from JR Noboribetsu Station takes about 10-15 minutes; the bathhouse says it is about 10 minutes from Noboribetsu Station. It has its own car park.
- Official website
- sagiriyu-noboribetsu.com