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Onsen and baths in Nakano City
20 baths — 17 admit day visitors, 6 have an outdoor bath, 0 run free-flowing spring water. Every fact below carries how many visitors said it.
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Matsumoto-yu
Day visitorsNot known
TattoosAllowed
Price¥600
Aqua Higashinakano
Day visitorsYes
TattoosAllowed
Price¥1,150
Ichinoyu
Day visitorsNot known
TattoosNot known
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Matsumoto-yu
¥600 · Outdoor bath: No
Matsumoto-yu is a modern, renovated Tokyo neighborhood sento (public bathhouse) known for a large popular sauna, a deep cold plunge, and several themed soaking tubs, with one reviewer reporting a tattoo-friendly atmosphere.
Aqua Higashinakano
¥1,150 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
A modern neighborhood sento (public bath) near Higashinakano Station with sauna, cold plunge, an outdoor mini-pool and carbonated bath; visible tattoos are common and openly accepted here.
Ichinoyu
Outdoor bath: Yes
Ichinoyu is a traditional neighborhood sento near Numabukuro Station with a men's-only outdoor rock bath, a free mist sauna (no cold plunge), soft (nansui) water, and complimentary soap, shampoo and towels; card and QR payment accepted.
Takara-yu
¥550 · Outdoor bath: Yes
Takara-yu is a small, popular neighborhood sento (public bath) in Nakano with carbonated, radium, and outdoor baths plus a sauna and cold plunge; tattoos are allowed, but expect crowding and note that changing-room lockers require coins even though QR/card payment is accepted.
Kiyoharuyu
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
A neighborhood Tokyo sento open into the small hours (around 2am), with an indoor bath, compact outdoor tub, sauna, and an extremely cold plunge pool, where multiple visitors report tattoos are accepted.
Egotayu
¥900 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Egotayu is a small, stylishly renovated neighborhood sento near Shin-Egota Station known for its mild carbonated bath, sauna and cold plunge, but it gets crowded on weekends and has no outdoor bath.
Takasago-yu
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Takasago-yu is a traditional neighborhood sento in Nakano with an outdoor milky bath, small cold plunge, and paid sauna; it is cash-only, and towels and toiletries are rented or sold rather than free.
Shinetsusen
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Shinetsusen is a large underground public bath (sento) in Nakano using soft groundwater, with sauna, cold plunge and several soaking tubs; tattoos are commonly visible among patrons, so tattoo-sensitive visitors should be aware.
Magic Onsen Showa Bath
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
A traditional Showa-era neighborhood sento (public bath) known for a magician owner, cheap 100-yen sauna, and a natural well-water cold bath, with no outdoor bath.
KenkoYokusen
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
KenkoYokusen is a renovated neighborhood sento (public bath) near Higashi-Nakano/Ochiai with soft-water carbonated, silky, electric and jet tubs plus a hot sauna and cold plunge; base entry is 550 yen with a 350-yen sauna add-on.
Nakano KOTOBUKIYU Hot Spring
Day visitors: Yes
A traditional Tokyo sento with natural metasilicic-acid spring water, indoor hot and cold baths, and a separately-paid sauna; some reviewers report tattooed customers bathing without apparent enforcement of any ban.
Jōetsusen
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Jōetsusen is a retro Nakano-ku neighborhood sento with a small open-air (rotenburo) bath and a cold plunge, but its sauna has been closed since the pandemic and remains unavailable.
Tenjin-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Tenjin-yu is a renovated Tokyo neighborhood sento with a certified metasilicic-acid hot spring, offering separate hot, medium, and cold soaking tubs but no sauna; tattoos are allowed and admission is 550 yen.
Daikokuyu
¥1,000 · Day visitors: Yes
Daikokuyu was an old-fashioned Tokyo neighborhood public bath in Nakano with a popular but crowded second-floor sauna and a separately charged cold plunge, though it permanently closed in February 2025 due to the building's age.
Showa-yu
Day visitors: Yes
Showa-yu is a nostalgic Nakano-ku neighborhood sento that heats well water with a wood-fired boiler, featuring an electric bath, cold plunge and a paid sauna; staff have allowed small tattoos when asked in advance by phone.
Club-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes
Club-yu is a small, old-fashioned Tokyo neighborhood sento near Nakano-sakaue station with separated men's and women's hot baths (up to 45°C), no sauna or cold plunge, 550-yen admission, and rentable or purchasable towels.
Tsuki-no-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes
Tsuki-no-yu is a traditional neighborhood sento in Nakano with a free small sauna, two indoor tubs (one plain, one herbal), and reported to allow visible tattoos.
Yamato-yu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Yamato-yu is a neighborhood sento in Koenji/Nogata that was completely rebuilt in April 2026, now featuring a carbonated bath, silky bath, electric bath and a paid sauna, though older reviews report no cold plunge and towels must be purchased.
Teru-no-yu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes
Teru-no-yu is an old-fashioned Shōwa-era neighborhood sento near Shin-Nakano station with two indoor jet-bath tubs, notably hot water and no working sauna or cold plunge, and the bandai attendant's counter sometimes overlooks the women's changing area.
Coin Shower Plaza U
¥400 · Day visitors: Yes
Coin Shower Plaza U is a coin-operated shower facility (not a soaking bath) open 24 hours, where the per-use fee rose to 400 yen and shower heads occasionally stop working.
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Two or more visitors report tattoos accepted
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Rotenburo, confirmed by visitors
Free-flowing spring water
Gensen kakenagashi, not recirculated
With a sauna
Often with a cold plunge
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Common questions
Can I bathe with tattoos in Nakano City?
Of the 20 baths we cover, visitors report tattoos accepted at 7 and refused at 0. For the other 13 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 Nakano City admit day visitors?
17 of 20 baths admit day visitors according to reviews; 0 are for staying guests or local residents only. That matters more than it sounds: across Tokyo, 2 baths turned out to be residents- or guests-only.
What does a bath in Nakano City cost?
Adult admission ranges from ¥400 to ¥1,150; the median is ¥575. 0 baths are free.
