Ginzan銀山with tattoos

What the 12 stays we checked in Ginzan (Yamagata) publish about tattoos, researched on each stay's official site (exceptions labelled) with the evidence on the stay's own page. Data checked 11 Oct 2026.

Area photo, not a specific inn: Ginzan Onsen at evening twilight in January · Photo: さかおり (photo page on Wikimedia Commons, opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence, opens in a new tab)

The short answer for Ginzan

1 of the 12 stays we checked publishes a rule that lets tattooed guests bathe (verified — 1 of them only if a sticker covers the tattoo); 6 more are possible: a hot-spring private bath is listed, but the inn hasn't stated a tattoo rule (our inference, not a promise). Of the rest, 5 publish nothing about tattoos.

Filter Ginzan by tattoo size & bath →Statuses explained on How we verify.

Where tattooed guests can bathe

Written rules first: the stay itself (or its operator) says tattooed guests may use the shared bath, may use it if the tattoo is covered, or may use a private hot-spring bath. Then the stays that list a hot-spring private bath but say nothing about tattoos — that one is our inference.

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Verified way in · 1

Possible — confirm first · 6

A hot-spring private bath is listed but the inn has not stated a tattoo rule. A private bath means nobody else is in the water, so a shared-bath rule may not apply — our inference, not the inn's word. Ask before you book.

Stays with a no-tattoo rule

None of the 12 stays we checked in Ginzan publishes a rule that does not permit tattoos.

Stays that publish nothing

These 5 stays' official sites say nothing about tattoos. Silence is not a yes.

Each stay's page has a polite Japanese message you can copy and send before booking — or read our guide on asking.

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Ginzan on the map

A schematic of the 12 stays above, by status. Every stay on it is also in the lists above.

    Schematic map · Ginzan

    Each pin sits in the free spot nearest its position in our data, so none overlap. 1 approximate. Not a street map.

    About Ginzan

    Ginzan Onsen is in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture.

    It grew up near a former silver mine, which gives it its name (ginzan means “silver mountain”).

    Its multi-storey wooden inns face each other across the narrow Ginzan River.

    Prefecture
    Yamagata
    Region
    Tohoku
    Common access city
    Yamagata
    Getting there
    Usually reached by bus from JR Oishida Station on the Yamagata Shinkansen line.

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    About this data

    Researched by the Tattoo Onsen Japan editors from each stay's official site (exceptions — a prefecture database or an operator's group-wide policy — are labelled on the stay's page). Data checked 11 Oct 2026. English translations are ours.

    Rules change. Before booking, read the stay's page and, if in doubt, ask the stay. How we verify →