Mt. Fuji and Lake Ashi with the Hakone torii at blue hour

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Onsen · Tattoos · Private baths

Onsen, without the guesswork.

Every rule read from the bath's own Japanese website, quoted, and dated. Know before you go.

WHERE

I NEED

See 128 onsen in Hakone

Counts from our data as of Oct 29, 2026. "Not stated on the official site" never counts as a yes.

23 places

Tattoo-friendly onsen

Open to all, with a cover sticker, or within a size limit — in the official wording.

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90 places

Private baths

Who can book, and what each official site says about it.

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110 places

Day visits, no stay

A bath on the way, without staying the night.

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10 places

Will a sticker be enough?

Every cover-sticker and size rule we found, quoted from the official site with the date we checked.

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Rules that changed

Tokyo's set public-bath fee, from Aug 1, 2026

Set by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for ordinary public bathhouses (sento).

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Onsen town · 128 places

Hakone箱根

Hot-spring town in the mountains of Kanagawa, about 90 minutes from Tokyo.

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Steam rising from a blue hot-spring pond in Beppu

Onsen town · 85 places

Beppu別府

Hot-spring city in Oita, Kyushu, known for its many public bathhouses.

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Onsen town · 49 places

Tokyo東京

Neighborhood sento (public bathhouses) in Tokyo that list a hot-spring or open-air bath.

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Find by what matters

Start with your question

23 PLACES

Tattoo-friendly onsen

Open to all, with a cover sticker, or within a size limit — in the official wording.

Hakone 11 Beppu 1 Tokyo 11

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90 PLACES

Private baths

Who can book, and what each official site says about it.

Hakone 56 Beppu 34

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110 PLACES

Day visits, no stay

A bath on the way, without staying the night.

Hakone 40 Beppu 27 Tokyo 43

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Onsen towns

Where the water is

Onsen town · 128 placesHakone箱根

11 tattoo-friendly · 56 with private baths

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Onsen town · 85 placesBeppu別府

1 tattoo-friendly · 34 with private baths

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Onsen town · 49 placesTokyo東京

11 tattoo-friendly

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Tattoo cover stickers

Will a sticker be enough? It depends on the place.

Fukagawa Onsen TokiwayuTattoos of any kind must be small enough to be covered by the palm of your hand.
Hakone Kowakien YunessunOnly when the tattoo can be completely covered with two designated tattoo cover seals (paid).
Hakone Yumoto Onsen Yoshiike RyokanGuests whose tattoos can be covered with two 10 cm × 14 cm cover stickers may use the baths.

See every rule, quoted (10)

Rules that changed

Tokyo's set public-bath fee, from Aug 1, 2026

Adults (12 and over) (大人（12歳以上の者）): ¥600
Children (ages 6–11) (中人（6歳以上12歳未満の者）): ¥200
Children (under 6) (小人（6歳未満の者）): ¥100

Set by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for ordinary public bathhouses (sento). Where a bathhouse's own site shows no price or an older one, our pages show this fee and say so.

公衆浴場入浴料金の統制額 / 大人（12歳以上の者） 600円（現行550円） / 中人（6歳以上12歳未満の者） 200円（据え置き） / 小人（6歳未満の者） 100円（据え置き） / 実施時期 / 令和8年8月1日

Source: 東京都生活文化局（東京くらしWEB） https://www.shouhiseikatu.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/chousa/yokujyo/touseigaku.html · Checked 2026-10-29

Our promise

Checked at the official source. Dated. Not ranked.

Read in JapaneseFrom each bath's own website — never reviews or booking sites.

Quoted and datedThe original line, a plain-English version, and the day we checked.

“Not stated” is shownIf the official site doesn't say, we say so. That isn't a no.

Not rankedNo stars, no scores. No facility pays to be listed.

How we check

Labels

What the tattoo labels mean

Tattoos: Tattoos OK: The official site says people with tattoos can bathe.
Tattoos: Allowed with limits: Allowed, but with a limit the site spells out — for example a maximum size or certain hours only. We show the limit in the original Japanese with an English translation.
Tattoos: OK if covered: Allowed if you cover the tattoo (for example with a patch). Size limits are listed when the site gives them.
Tattoos: Private bath only: Not in the shared baths, but the site says a private bath is fine.
Tattoos: Tattoos not allowed: The official site says people with tattoos can't use the baths.
Tattoos: Not stated: The official site doesn't mention tattoos at all. That's useful to know too — ask before you go.
Tattoos: Still checking: We found wording on the site but haven't confirmed it yet, so we don't show it.