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Onsen and baths in Hakone

28 baths — 23 admit day visitors, 12 have an outdoor bath, 4 run free-flowing spring water. Every fact below carries how many visitors said it.

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Tenzan Onsen

Hakone · 4.4★

Day visitorsYes

TattoosAllowed

Price¥1,450

Hakone Yuryo

Hakone · 4.3★

Day visitorsYes

TattoosAllowed

Price¥1,700

Tenseien

Hakone · 4.1★

Day visitorsYes

TattoosNot allowed

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Tenzan Onsen

¥1,450 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

Tenzan Onsen is a rustic toji-style hot spring bathhouse near Hakone with indoor and rock-carved outdoor baths, a sauna, and food service, but tattoo policy is restrictive and inconsistently enforced.

Hakone Yuryo

¥1,700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

Hakone Yuryo is a large forest-set day-use hot spring facility near Hakone-Yumoto Station with several outdoor baths, a sauna, cold plunge, and reservable private baths, but tattoos are now permitted, which unsettled some visitors.

Tenseien

Day visitors: Yes

Hakone Kowakien Yunessun

Day visitors: Yes

Yunessun is a large hot-spring theme water park in Hakone combining swimming pools and bathing areas, popular with families but reviewers repeatedly warn of extreme crowding in summer, mixed cleanliness, and costly parking.

Yumoto Fujiya Hotel

Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A hot-spring hotel beside Hakone-Yumoto Station offering both overnight stays and day-use bathing (about ¥2,500), with indoor and outdoor communal baths, a sauna, and hourly-reserved private baths.

Hakone no Yu

¥1,250 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A modestly sized, old-fashioned day-use hot spring facility in Hakone-Yumoto with several indoor and three outdoor tubs, a soba/udon restaurant, and notably hot bath water, but no sauna or cold plunge.

Yunosato-Okada

¥1,650 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A hillside day-use hot-spring facility attached to Hotel Okada in Hakone Yumoto with multiple indoor and outdoor baths, sauna and cold bath, though the water is recirculated and chlorinated and towels/robes may cost extra unless bundled with a meal plan.

Ryuguden Honkan

Day visitors: Yes

Hakone Yutowa

Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No

Hakone Yutowa is a hot-spring hotel near Gora Station offering separate-sex communal indoor baths, a sauna, and several private family baths that can be used without reservation while waiting, but it has no outdoor bath and day-use visits are possible.

Day visitors: Yes

Day visitors: Yes

Onsen

¥650 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No

Himenoyu is a small, local public bathhouse in Hakone with a single very hot alkaline soaking tub and no outdoor bath, popular with regulars who bathe day-use for 650 yen.

Kayoi Toji Ikyu Spa

Day visitors: Yes

Hakone Kowakien Morinoyu

¥1,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A large day-use hot spring bathhouse attached to Hakone Kowakien Yunessun, with numerous indoor and outdoor tubs and private rental baths.

Day visitors: Yes

Day visitors: Yes

Day visitors: Yes

¥650

Kame-no-Yu is a small, old-fashioned unmanned public bathhouse in Hakone with a single alkaline spring-fed tub, no soap or hot shower water, and cash-only entry.

Sokokura Onsen KANREI

¥1,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

KANREI is a small hourly private rental outdoor/semi-outdoor bath beside a bamboo grove and river in Hakone, day-use only with no lodging, and phone reservation is strongly recommended.

Soun Onsen Bathhouse

¥2,000 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A large hotel-based bathhouse in Hakone that welcomes day-use bathers, with indoor and outdoor tubs and a low-temperature sauna but no cold plunge; a posted sign bans visitors with tattoos.

Hakone Ohiradai Onsen

Onsen

A small, quiet traditional hot-spring bath in Hakone's Ohiradai onsen district with kakenagashi natural-flow water, a single indoor tub, mountain views, and occasional private bathing during off-peak hours.

Spa Eternal

¥1,500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A hot spring day-use bath at a Hakone hotel with indoor and outdoor baths, sauna, and Mt. Fuji views, using adjusted, circulated, and chlorinated water rather than pure source flow.

Self-style hot spring take out place in Izumi Hot Spring.

Day visitors: Yes

A self-service hot spring facility in Izumi Hot Spring where visitors can take home spring water by the liter and use a simple communal bath with a small retro-style rest area.

Yurakuan

¥1,500 · Day visitors: Yes

Yurakuan is a large communal bathhouse with multiple pools, a sauna and cold bath, popular with locals, where tattoos are reportedly allowed and towels are not included.

The Spa Mikazuki-no-Yu

Outdoor bath: Yes

The Spa Mikazuki-no-Yu is a hotel bathhouse with an indoor bath, outdoor bath and sauna, but access is restricted to hotel guests/members with no day-use option for outsiders.

Onsen Grand Bath

Day visitors: Staying guests only · Outdoor bath: Yes

A hotel-based large communal onsen bath with an indoor bathing hall plus a semi-outdoor bath, but access is restricted to vacation club members rather than open day-use visitors.

Sengokuhara Shinanoki Ichi-no-Yu Onsen

Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes

A hot spring bath in Sengokuhara with separate indoor (alkaline simple) and outdoor (acidic sulfate-chloride) baths; day-use may be limited and there is no lie-down rest area.

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Two or more visitors report tattoos accepted

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Rotenburo, confirmed by visitors

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Often with a cold plunge

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Can I bathe with tattoos in Hakone?

Of the 28 baths we cover, visitors report tattoos accepted at 4 and refused at 4. For the other 20 no visitor states a policy — call ahead. We list a bath as tattoo-friendly only when at least two separate visitors report it.

Which baths in Hakone admit day visitors?

23 of 28 baths admit day visitors according to reviews; 1 are for staying guests or local residents only. That matters more than it sounds: across Kanagawa, 4 baths turned out to be residents- or guests-only.

What does a bath in Hakone cost?

Adult admission ranges from ¥650 to ¥2,000; the median is ¥1,500. 0 baths are free.

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