Onsen townswith tattoos

24 onsen towns, 478 stays checked. 68 publish a rule that opens a hot-spring bath to tattooed guests; 227 more list a hot-spring private bath but say nothing about tattoos (our inference). No town is tattoo-friendly as a whole — it depends on the stay. Data checked 11 Oct 2026.

Town photo, not a specific inn: Lantern light-up, Kurokawa Onsen · Photo: MaedaAkihiko (photo page on Wikimedia Commons, opens in a new tab) · CC0 (licence, opens in a new tab)

Hokkaido1 town · 15 stays checked

Tohoku3 towns · 41 stays checked

Kanto7 towns · 143 stays checked

Chubu4 towns · 97 stays checked

Kansai2 towns · 54 stays checked

Chugoku1 town · 11 stays checked

Shikoku1 town · 23 stays checked

Kyushu5 towns · 94 stays checked

About this data

Researched by the Tattoo Onsen Japan editors from each stay's official site; exceptions (a prefecture database, an operator's group-wide policy) are labelled on the stay's page. “Written way in” = the stay (or its operator) publishes shared bath OK, OK if covered, or private bath only, and that rule opens a hot-spring bath at the stay today (a shared bath on site, or a hot-spring private bath that is open). “Private bath likely” = our inference from a listed hot-spring private bath. Counts update with the data.

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