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Onsen in central Tokyo
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2024/2/16 22:38
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Last time in Japan I stayed at a hotel that had their own onsen on the roof floor. Located in Tokyo. Not sure if I can visit the same bath again being a non staying guest.
I know of Oedo onsen monogatari but they won't allow people with tattoos.
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by Point (guest)
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Re: Onsen in central Tokyo
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2024/2/17 07:19
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Oedo onsen monogatari closed a long time ago. With a tattoo in Tokyo your best bet is a sento rather than a super sento. There are many across town. For me it works to just look for gonsenh on google maps in a relatively small area and I find several. I am actually heading tonight to this one in Shinagawa which even has a rotenburo, real onsen water and allows tattoos. http://www.shimizuyu.com/But there are many more everywhere across town. I personally like super sentos generally better but nearly all of them have a strict no tattoos policy.
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by LikeBike
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Re: Onsen in central Tokyo
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2024/2/17 07:45
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What is a super sento? Thsnks for the reply too
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by Point (guest)
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Re: Onsen in central Tokyo
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2024/2/17 08:14
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A sento is a small neighborhood bath. Often w/o a rotenburo and generally using heated water rather than onsen water (exceptions apply) A super sento is bigger has a lot more pools, has (several ) rotenburo and either uses heated water or a combination of onsen and heated water. It also generally has a restaurant and otger facilities (manga room, hairdresser, massage, relax roomc). They can often be in very ugly parts of a town that are easy to reach by car/ public transport and you can easily spend several hours there Here an example: https://www.ousama2603.com/shop/ooimachi/bath.htmlGenerally speaking at supersentos itfs unlikely youfll be able to go with a tattoo (unless you can cover it) at sentos your chance is higher. The line between the two is somewhat fluid. The oedo monogatari was a supersento.
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Re: Onsen in central Tokyo
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2024/2/17 08:27
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I went to a bath in Shodoshima near the olive garden, had sauna, outdoor bath, yacuci like bath etc. Not sure what that is. I went in with a small tattoo but no one seemed to bother. Mostly older men there, locals I suppose.
I get the feeling middle class families not from the area are more bothered by tattoos than other, but it might be a miss conception.
The sento (?) near Sakurajima ferry was clearly mentioning no tattoos though but it was okay covered Up
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