Can you go to Thermae-yu Shinjuku with tattoos?
テルマー湯 新宿店 · Onsen and spa
Yes, if covered
Men: yes, with one facility sticker and your passport or air ticket
- Show your passport or air ticket at the front desk
- You must have entered Japan within the last 90 days
- Men: buy and wear one facility sticker (330 yen; edges may show)
- Women: fashion tattoos OK; one sticker only if a single tattoo is over 30 x 30 cm
- Men living in Japan
- No (even with a sticker)
- Men visiting from abroad
- Yes with 1 facility sticker (passport or air ticket, within 90 days of entry)
- Women (anyone)
- Fashion tattoos OK (trial). 1 sticker if a single tattoo is over 30 x 30 cm
Checked on the official site · Nov 13, 2026Source thermae-yu.jp
Read the original rule
Men: Japanese guests and foreign residents of Japan with tattoos, irezumi or body art cannot enter, regardless of size. Foreign tourists only may bathe wearing one of the facility's tattoo stickers. Show your passport or air ticket. Entry is refused if you arrived in Japan (entry stamp) 90 or more days ago, or if you can't show a passport or air ticket. Buy and wear one facility sticker (it's fine if the tattoo shows around the edges). Women (Japanese and foreign): on a trial basis, women with fashion tattoos may enter. If a single tattoo is larger than 30 cm x 30 cm, buy and wear one facility sticker. With two or more tattoos, no sticker is needed unless one of them is larger than 30 cm x 30 cm. Sticker: 330 yen each. Japanese men with tattoos cannot enter even with a sticker.
【男性のお客様】《日本人の方/日本に住んでいる外国人の方》タトゥー/刺青/ボディーアートがある方はサイズに関わらず ご入館いただくことができません。《外国人観光客の方》観光のお客様のみ、当館指定のタトゥーシールを1枚着用の上、ご入浴いだけます。パスポートまたは航空券をご提示ください。※渡航日(入国スタンプ)が90日以上前の場合、パスポート・航空券をご提示いただけない場合は入館不可)※当館指定のタトゥーシールを1枚ご購入いただき、着用をお願いいたします。(はみ出ていてもOK)【女性のお客様《日本人の方・外国人の方》】観光庁からの利用緩和もあり、試験的に女性のお客様はファッションタトゥー入館をOKとさせていただいております。※タトゥーの1つの大きさが30センチ×30センチを超える場合、当館指定のタトゥーシールを1枚ご購入いただき、着用をお願いいたします。(はみ出ていてもOK)※タトゥーが2つ以上あるお客様は1つのタトゥーが30センチ×30センチを超えなければタトゥーシールの購入は不要です。タトゥーシール 1枚/¥330※タトゥーのある日本人男性はシールを貼ってもご入館いただくことはできません。Show this at the front desk
タトゥーシールを1枚ください。
"One tattoo sticker, please."
Getting there
1-1-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Japanese address for taxis
東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-1-2
How to cover tattoos (stickers, concealer, rash guards)
Tattoo-friendly places nearby
Getting tattooed on this trip?
A fresh tattoo has to stay out of hot water for about two weeks. Book your onsen days first, your session last. Tell us your dates and idea, and we match you with an artist in Tokyo within 48 hours. English is fine.
¥15,000 deposit, fully refunded if we can't match you.
Find an artistRules change. Check with the place before you go. We read the place's official website on the date shown to check this rule.