OnsenQuest

Prefectures / Akita

Tamagawa Onsen

玉川温泉

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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View1.5
Water5
Comfort3
Setting5
Access2
○Somewhere to sit — You can spend the day here
×Anything else nearby — Nothing else around

Japan's most acidic high-volume spring at around pH 1.2, served in eleven tubs graded from 100 per cent source water down to weakly acidic so you can work up to it - unmatched on the water and worth the trip for that alone. It is a working cure resort rather than a scenic one: the hall is indoors, the crowd is long-stay, and the road up closes for the winter.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

A hiba-wood hall with 11 tubs so you can pick your strength: 100% source water, 50% diluted, and weakly acidic tubs. The source is Japan's most acidic large-volume spring (pH around 1.2), which is why the tubs are graded - do not start at 100%. Open 3:00-24:00 for staying guests.

Open to day visitors

Private (kashikiri) bath

The private bath is explicitly for staying guests only (7:00-21:00), intended for people who need a carer with them or who find the big hall hard to face - so it is not a fallback for day visitors.

Overnight guests only

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.
10:00-15:00 (last reception 14:30)
Day visit price
¥1,000
Adults 1,000 yen, children 500 yen, revised upward on 16 April 2026. A day-use tatami rest hall is 1,500 yen for 10:00-15:00, and the indoor bedrock-bath (ganbanyoku) room costs 800 yen (300 yen for staying guests) plus 500 yen for the samue suit. Day visitors must park at the prefectural Tamagawa Enchi car park (300 yen per entry, roughly 8:30-16:30) and walk down.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
A cure resort at 800 m in the Hachimantai mountains reached from JR Tazawako Station by Ugo Kotsu bus or the seasonal Yumeguri-go. The inn closes for the winter because National Route 341 shuts - its sister inn Shin-Tamagawa Onsen stays open all year and is the winter alternative. Even at the shoulders of the season the road can close overnight (19:00-8:00) for ice. Bear precautions are in force on the natural bedrock-bath trail.
Official website
www.tamagawa-onsen.jp

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