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Originally Posted by Henbaka
I imagined two small fishes on the arm, maybe I was wrong 
Hm, I wonder, how do they know if you have a tattoo? I mean, they don't actually make you strip down and search you before entering the premises, or do they? What I'm getting at is that if you have a small tattoo on your lower arm or whatnot, you could just be stealthy and block others line of sight to it with a towel / placing your body right etc  Once you're in the water you're home free!
Just fun speculation... |
I think the way it works is when people spot someone with tattoos, they would report it to the hotel manager.
By the time you come back to your room, they would ask you to leave for the violation.
I have seen this happen in the past and it's usually not a fun experience for both customers and the hotel managers.
In my case, this American couple refused to leave so the local police had to escort them out.
Anyways, I'm getting tired of hearing about tattoo so please get tattoos at your own cost but don't expect people in Japan to accept it.
If you want to go to Onsen, go to the ones in Kuchan Hokkaido where lots of Australians go for snowboarding and onsen.
They have bad reputation up there but since the number of Australian visitors outnumber the local customers, whoever runs it don't care much about tattoos and all the screaming and yelling anymore.
No Japanese there but at least you can enjoy Onsen.