Haneda Airport Izumi Tenku Onsen
Watch planes take off while you soak in a rooftop hot spring above the Tama River. Open 24 hours, right at Terminal 3, and open to everyone, not only hotel guests.
Tattoos OK
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Daikokuyu Onsen
The closest natural hot spring to Tokyo Skytree, and one of the best in the city: big outdoor terrace, outdoor bath, steam sauna and ice cubes after the sauna. Tattoos welcome.
Tattoos OK
Hisamatsu-Yu Onsen
Very modern, bright and tattoo-friendly, with the theme "light and wind, a public bath in a forest of trees". A younger crowd, people reading in the sauna, and a completely open-air outdoor bath.
Tattoos OK
Haginoyu Onsen
Tokyo's largest sento, spacious with big open windows and great airflow. Excellent value, a restaurant for a beer or meal afterwards, and open from 6 in the morning – 4 minutes from the Yamanote Line.
No tattoos
Somei Sakura Onsen
Modern, spacious, dark tiles and yellow wood under high white ceilings, with two outdoor pools. Bilingual signs make it ideal for first-timers, and the higher price keeps it calm.
No tattoos
Times SPA Resta
A luxury super spa over several floors: mixed-gender lounges with loungers and chairs, a restaurant, outdoor pools partly open to the sky, massage and a hot-stone sauna. Made for spending half a day.
No tattoos
Myojin No Yu Onsen
A small garden of outdoor baths of different depths and temperatures – lie in the shallow ones and look at the sky. One of the most relaxing onsen in Tokyo, a must on a rainy or snowy day and at night.
No tattoos
Yudonburi Sakaeyu Onsen
Compact but with a lot of variety: almost every bath has bubbles, even the cold and the brown one. Bilingual signs and an owner who speaks some English make it one of the best first onsen to try in Tokyo.
Tattoos OK
Musashi-Koyama Onsen
A small family-run onsen since 1924 with black and golden water in the covered outdoor baths. Great value, tattoos welcome, and the Musashi-Koyama arcade next door for sushi or noodles afterwards.
Tattoos OK
Inamuragasaki Onsen Mt. Fuji View
Oceanfront baths framing Mt. Fuji across Sagami Bay. By day, sunlight between mountain and sea; at night, Fuji's silhouette against the lights of Enoshima – also from a private bath for two.
No tattoos
Minami Shimizu-yu Sento
A modern sento hidden in an alley in the heart of Omotesando. Spacious, everything you need, and Tokyo's best shopping and restaurants right outside the door.
No tattoos
Saitama Seiganji
One of the most beautiful and relaxing onsen around Tokyo: 11 baths of different water and temperature, a bamboo grove on one side and the sky above. Perfect on a rainy day in the sleeping baths.
No tattoos
Kohmeisen
A designer sento in Nakameguro with a rooftop jacuzzi – the men's and women's sides swap every Friday so everyone gets it. Young crowd, tattoos allowed, cherry trees and bars along the river outside.
Tattoos OK
Sayano Yu Dokoro Onsen
Free-flowing hot spring water, rare even in Japan, plus a mixed-gender hot-stone sauna with its own relaxing room and a salt steam sauna. Made for couples and for spending hours: bathe, read, eat, bathe again.
No tattoos
Bunka Yokusen
A 1933 bath house reborn as a modern sento where jazz plays in the bath and sauna. Small, a young crowd, the hottest sauna (102°C) and coldest cold bath (14.5°C) in this list – a hidden gem.
Tattoos OK
Mannenyu Onsen
Tattoo-friendly hot spring less than 5 minutes from Shin-Okubo Station. No sauna, but a good stop in Korea Town.
Tattoos OK
Enoshima Island Spa
A super spa on Enoshima island for half a day or a full day, with mixed-gender indoor and outdoor pools and the sea right there.
No tattoos
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What the filters mean
- Good Airflow – spacious with big open windows or open-air areas
- For First-Timers – bilingual signs and staff used to visitors
- Mix-Gender – has areas where couples and friends can be together (never the bath itself)
- Tattoo-Friendly – you can enter with tattoos
- To Chat – spacious enough to talk quietly; in classic local onsen, quiet is the rule
- When Hungry – restaurant inside or plenty nearby
- With Private Bath – a private bath can be booked