🏠Tattoo-Friendly Pools in Kyoto

Yes. Tattoo GO lists 5 pools in Kyoto. For each one, you can see how many visitors with tattoos got in ("Got in") or had trouble ("Hmm…"), and read their reports.

Places with many "Got in" reports include 京都府立山城総合運動公園（太陽が丘）ファミリープール, 京都市やまごえ温水プール, 亀岡運動公園プール（かめプー）. Reports come from visitors, so rules may have changed since.

It depends on the facility. Some visitors report getting in with a cover sticker or a towel over a small tattoo, while others were turned away. Check the reports on each page and the facility’s own rules before you go.

In Japan, tattoos have long been associated with organized crime, so many baths ban them regardless of who you are. More places now welcome visitors with tattoos, or allow them in private baths.