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Prefectures / Kanagawa

Tenzan Tohji-kyo

天山湯治郷 · Hakone Onsen

Visited by the editor · No.8Tattoos OK (day visit)Tattoos not allowed (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

Yes — tattoos are fine here

Tattoos are accepted in the main baths.

Source: official website · checked 2026-08-28

Staying overnight

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.

ViewWaterComfortSettingAccess

Rated from research

View3.5
Water4.5
Comfort4
Setting4
Access4
Somewhere to sitYou can spend the day here
Anything else nearbyNearby, but off to one side

A therapeutic-bathing complex in the wooded Sukumo river valley above Yumoto, drawing on seven of its own sources with nothing stored and nothing added. The open-air rock baths look into trees rather than out at a view, but you can legitimately spend the whole day here.

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

The baths

Indoor bath

Indoor baths in both the men's and women's sections.

Open to day visitors

Open-air bath

Open-air rock baths in both sections; steam sauna (kama-buro / gensen mushi-yu) and a dry sauna on the women's side.

Open to day visitors

Practical details

Day visits
Yes — you can bathe without staying overnight.
9:00-23:00 (last entry 22:00)
Day visit price
¥1,450
Price is for the main bathhouse 'Tenzan'. Cash only; bathing tax and consumption tax included. No weekday/weekend split stated.
Staying overnight
Yes
Getting there
About 5 min on foot from the Okuyumoto-iriguchi bus stop (Hakone Tozan Bus, Hakone Kyukaido line, platform 4 at Hakone-Yumoto Station); a paid ryokan shuttle (200 yen) also runs from the station rotary. Free parking, limited spaces.
Official website
tenzan.jp

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