Private open-air bath in your roomTattoo-friendly area
Yuyado Tokino Niwa
Rooms with open-air bath
from ~$411 / nightView stay →
The Yubatake steams in the middle of town — water so hot and strong they still cool it by hand, the old way.
95 dining spots and 116 places to stay are counted in 吾妻郡草津町 — the bath is one part of the evening, not the whole of it.
Every property listed here has a private bath — a reservable private bath or an open-air bath in your own room — so tattoos are a non-issue, and so is privacy.
Gunma · Getting there: About 3.5-4 h from Tokyo (train + bus via Karuizawa or Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi)
Kusatsu Onsen is a tattoo-friendly onsen town. Kusatsu Onsen's three public baths (Gozanoyu, Otakinoyu and Sainokawara) do not refuse entry to tattooed guests, according to the official Gozanoyu FAQ. Read the tattoo guide for Kusatsu Onsen (source: Kusatsu Onsen — Gozanoyu official FAQ)
Three towns say yes, officially. Kinosaki, Kusatsu and Beppu are the onsen towns whose public baths welcome tattooed guests — with the official sources cited. Compare the tattoo-friendly onsen towns →
In-room bath + reservable private bathTattoo-friendly area
Urakusatsu Tou
Half open-air bath rooms; hourly fee-based private outdoor bath
from ~$233 / nightView stay →
Private open-air bath in your roomTattoo-friendly area
Rakuten STAY VILLA Kusatsu Onsen
Every unit has a private hot spring bath (open-air not specified)
from ~$211 / nightView stay →
Reservable private bath
Kusatsu Sky Land Hotel
Two reservable baths — a glossy Shigaraki ceramic bath and a hinoki cypress bath — at a quiet hillside hotel above the Yubatake. Sessions run 45 minutes.
from ~$234 / nightView stay →
In-room bath + reservable private bath
La Vista Kusatsu Hills
Every room has a natural onsen open-air bath, and four more reservable baths on the top floor are free, first come first served.
from ~$262 / nightView stay →
Private open-air bath in your room
Sensui
There is no shared bath here at all — Yubatake source water is piped into the bath of every room instead, free-flowing.
from ~$258 / nightView stay →
Reservable private bath
Oyado Konoha
The bath complex shared with sister inn Tokinoniwa runs to 23 baths from two Kusatsu sources — three of them are reservable open-air baths, free for guests.
from ~$225 / nightView stay →
In-room bath + reservable private bath
Hotel Sakurai
Rooms with open-air baths in the main building and annex, plus two paid reservable baths — Rindo and Shakunage — limited to 20 groups a day.
from ~$326 / nightView stay →
Prices are a guide from rates checked on Klook in November 2026 and change by date and room type — always confirm the live price on the booking page.