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Onsen and baths in Shinjuku City
19 baths — 18 admit day visitors, 8 have an outdoor bath, 0 run free-flowing spring water. Every fact below carries how many visitors said it.
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Thermae-Yu
Day visitorsYes
TattoosNot allowed
Price¥4,000
Mannen-yu
Day visitorsYes
TattoosAllowed
Price¥600
Benten-yu
Day visitorsYes
TattoosAllowed
Price¥550
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Thermae-Yu
¥4,000 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Thermae-Yu is a large 24-hour sauna and spa complex in Shinjuku with communal indoor/outdoor baths, a sauna and cold plunge, and walk-in day use, but tattoo policy reportedly differs for tourists versus local residents.
Mannen-yu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes
Mannen-yu is a traditional neighborhood sento near Shin-Okubo, Shinjuku, offering hot, electric, and cold-plunge baths but no sauna; it is tattoo-friendly and includes a small towel and toiletries in the roughly ¥600 admission.
Benten-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Benten-yu is a traditional neighborhood sento near Shinjuku with a sauna, cold plunge, and a medicinal bath, whose outdoor bath and layout alternate between the men's and women's sides by day; tattoos are allowed and payment is cash only.
Daisan Tamano-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
A traditional Tokyo neighborhood sento (public bathhouse) near Kagurazaka with an outdoor bath, sauna, cold plunge and carbonated bath; tattoos have been reported as accepted for other bathers.
Atamiyu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes
Atamiyu is an old-fashioned Tokyo neighborhood sento in Kagurazaka with very hot wood/charcoal-heated baths, free rental towels and soap, a bandai attendant, no sauna or cold plunge, cash only, and no English signage.
Gran Customa Kabukicho
¥700 · Day visitors: Yes
A manga-café and capsule-hotel style complex in Kabukicho with a communal bath open to day visitors for roughly 700 yen per 90 minutes; there is no sauna and towels must be rented separately.
Sekaiyu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Sekaiyu is a compact neighborhood sento (public bath) near Takadanobashi with electric, jet and rock-bath tubs plus a men's-only sauna and cold plunge; tattoos are openly accepted here.
Sakaeyu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Sakaeyu is a modern renovated neighborhood sento (public bathhouse) near Nakano with multiple hot tubs, a semi-outdoor 'Confucius' bath, cold plunge and an alternating-gender sauna; tattoos are reportedly allowed.
Yu-za Nakai
¥1,150 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Yu-za Nakai is a modern multi-story public bath (sento) near Nakai Station with alternating men's/women's sides featuring an outdoor medicinal rock bath, paid sauna, and cold plunge; cash only, no on-site parking.
Matsu no yu
Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Matsu no yu (also called Shinjuku Ochiai Onsen) is a renovated Tokyo neighborhood sento with a jetted outdoor bath and cold plunge; there is no sauna, and several reviewers confirm tattoos are welcomed here.
Takenoyu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes
Takenoyu is a nostalgic Showa-era neighborhood sento in Kagurazaka with a paid dry sauna, a free mist sauna, and a deep cold plunge; towels and hair dryers cost extra coins.
Minowa-yu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes
Minowa-yu is a retro Tokyo neighborhood sento famous for its misty 'forest bath' and hot sauna, generally welcoming to tattoos, but cash only with a 100-yen coin needed for lockers.
Taiseiyu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Taiseiyu (also called Ōboshiyu) is a small, old-fashioned neighborhood sento in Shinjuku with an electric bath, cold plunge and a paid sauna; admission is around 550–600 yen and staff strictly enforce closing time.
Yanagiyu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes
Yanagiyu is a small, recently renovated neighborhood public bath (sento) near Ushigome-Yanagicho station with clean facilities and a cold well-water bath, but note that the sauna was removed during renovation and lockers require a 100-yen coin.
Kinsen-yu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: No
Kinsen-yu is a traditional Showa-era neighborhood sento near Waseda with several hot tubs, a cold plunge and a herbal rock bath, but no sauna and, despite signage, no true outdoor bath.
Tōhōyu
¥550 · Day visitors: Yes · Outdoor bath: Yes
Tōhōyu is a small, old-fashioned neighborhood public bathhouse (sento) in Shinjuku with two indoor tubs and one outdoor bath, no sauna, but reviewers disagree on whether tattoos are allowed.
Fukunoyu
¥600 · Day visitors: Yes
Fukunoyu is a Showa-era retro public bathhouse (sento) in Shinjuku with a paid sauna but no cold plunge bath, and free shampoo and body soap at the washing stations.
Kashiwayu
Day visitors: Yes
Kashiwayu was a traditional Shinjuku-ward sento known for very hot (around 44°C) baths and a cold plunge but no sauna; it permanently closed in 2023 due to pipe damage, so confirm current status before visiting.
Shioyu
Public bath
Shioyu is a century-old neighborhood sento (public bathhouse) near Yotsuya Station in Tokyo, known for its hot tub, a cold plunge bath, and a fee-based sauna; the old-style bandai counter overlooks the changing area.
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Tattoo-friendly onsen
Two or more visitors report tattoos accepted
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 Shinjuku City?
Of the 19 baths we cover, visitors report tattoos accepted at 9 and refused at 1. For the other 9 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 Shinjuku City admit day visitors?
18 of 19 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 Shinjuku City cost?
Adult admission ranges from ¥550 to ¥4,000; the median is ¥600. 0 baths are free.
