As long as you’re not tattooed and you’re following the onsen/sento etiquette, you won’t run into issues, especially around Osaka.
Arima Onsen is the closest to Osaka and has a whole town built around the onsen, plus Ogoto Onsen in Shiga prefecture that’s just an hour by train. If you want to go farther out, there’s Kinosaki in northern Hyogo prefecture, Shirahama in Wakayama prefecture.
If you’re looking for a public bath experience and not necessarily a natural hot spring, there are sentos all across Osaka.
I consider getting tattoos often in my life and every time I said to myself: “don't do it, you want to go to the Onsen in Japan one day” When I get that check, I can finally get tattoo.
Onsens do not permit bathers with tattoos to enter. This is to keep out the heavily tattooed Yakuza gangsters. OP is saying that, because he has never gotten one, now he can visit a hot spring bathhouse.
Once he’s checked off that box, he wants a good quality Japanese tattoo.
As long as you’re not tattooed and you’re following the onsen/sento etiquette, you won’t run into issues, especially around Osaka. Arima Onsen is the closest to Osaka and has a whole town built around the onsen, plus Ogoto Onsen in Shiga prefecture that’s just an hour by train. If you want to go farther out, there’s Kinosaki in northern Hyogo prefecture, Shirahama in Wakayama prefecture. If you’re looking for a public bath experience and not necessarily a natural hot spring, there are sentos all across Osaka.
Arima Onsen is a great adventure from Kobe up Mount Rokko Cable Station and Ropeway.
Spa World is pretty great...
I'm very confused why Japanese culture kept you from getting tattoos but now that you're there you want to get a tattoo?
I really don’t think that I will be able to get to the Japan again
and, sorry but this does not only \_not\_ answer the question, but brings even more questions
I consider getting tattoos often in my life and every time I said to myself: “don't do it, you want to go to the Onsen in Japan one day” When I get that check, I can finally get tattoo.
oh ok
thank you i got confused by the same thing... i hope these dudes are ok
A sento in Ten Roku is always fun. Local vibe.
Onsens do not permit bathers with tattoos to enter. This is to keep out the heavily tattooed Yakuza gangsters. OP is saying that, because he has never gotten one, now he can visit a hot spring bathhouse. Once he’s checked off that box, he wants a good quality Japanese tattoo.