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Onsen and baths in Nakatsu
11 baths — 11 admit day visitors, 4 have an outdoor bath, 4 run free-flowing spring water. Every fact below carries how many visitors said it.
Nakatsu, Oita · Browse all Oita baths
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Hachimenzan Konjiki Onsen Hall
Day visitorsYes
TattoosNot known
Price¥700
Tororo-no-Yu
Day visitorsYes
TattoosNot known
Price¥500
Sakura Onsen
Day visitorsYes
TattoosNot known
Price¥650
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Hachimenzan Konjiki Onsen Hall
¥700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
A large day-use hot spring bathhouse near Nakatsu with indoor and outdoor baths, sauna, cold bath, and rentable family baths, where tattoos are officially banned but enforcement has reportedly been inconsistent for lodging guests.
Tororo-no-Yu
¥500 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Tororo-no-Yu is a small rural onsen bath attached to a charcoal-grill restaurant near Yaba Gorge in Oita, with an indoor bath, small outdoor bath and cold plunge for 500 yen; bathing must finish by 18:00 and access roads are narrow.
Sakura Onsen
¥650 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Sakura Onsen is a local super sento in Nakatsu with carbonated-spring baths, an outdoor bath, sauna, and a cold plunge; a reviewer reported a heavily tattooed man was let in without being turned away.
Nakama Onsen
¥400 · Day visitors: Yes
A small, no-frills local alkaline hot spring bath next to a roadside station in Oita, prized for its exceptionally slippery, skin-smoothing water; note it has almost no amenities (no shampoo, often no hair dryer) so bring your own.
Momiji no yu
Day visitors: Yes
Shioyu
Day visitors: Yes
Wakayama Onsen
Day visitors: Yes
Iwatoyu & cafe
¥400 · Day visitors: Yes
Iwatoyu is a small day-use onsen bathhouse with an attached dessert cafe in Yaba-kei, known for warm, brown moor-spring (mogal) water; bring your own shampoo and towel.
Orido Onsen
¥300 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
A small, cheap rural indoor hot spring near Oita with lukewarm, mineral-rich moor-spring water; bring your own soap, shampoo and towel as there are no amenities and payment is cash only.
Hoyo Onsen
¥450 · Day visitors: Yes
Hoyo Onsen is an old-style neighborhood public bathhouse (sento) in Nakatsu with heated tap-water baths, jet and electric baths, and a cold plunge; tattoos are accepted, but the sauna has been out of service for years.
Konjiki Onsen
¥700 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Konjiki Onsen is a large communal hot-spring complex with several outdoor baths, a sauna, and rentable family baths, but it regularly closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and sometimes closes without notice.
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Day-use onsen in Oita
Baths that admit you without an overnight stay
Outdoor baths
Rotenburo, confirmed by visitors
Free-flowing spring water
Gensen kakenagashi, not recirculated
With a sauna
Often with a cold plunge
Questions
Common questions
Can I bathe with tattoos in Nakatsu?
Of the 11 baths we cover, visitors report tattoos accepted at 1 and refused at 0. For the other 10 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 Nakatsu admit day visitors?
11 of 11 baths admit day visitors according to reviews; 0 are for staying guests or local residents only. That matters more than it sounds: across Oita, 20 baths turned out to be residents- or guests-only.
What does a bath in Nakatsu cost?
Adult admission ranges from ¥300 to ¥700; the median is ¥475. 0 baths are free.
