2026 Editors' Selection
Hand-picked from 17 ryokans across Kinugawa Onsen — ranked by editor curation, traveler reviews, and onsen quality.
静寂とまごころの宿 七重八重
A small, English-friendly ryokan five minutes from the station, with a valley-view open-air bath and warm service.
from $220 / per night · per person
9.4/10 (80)あさや
Kinugawa's flagship onsen hotel, famous for a 13th-floor rooftop sky-garden open-air bath with the highest views in town.
from $260 / per night · per person
9/10 (1,893)鬼怒川金谷ホテル
A 41-room luxury ryokan of the 140-year Kanaya lineage where every room has a wooden-deck terrace over the river valley.
星野リゾート 界 鬼怒川
Hoshino Resorts' onsen ryokan on a hill above the river, with Tochigi folk-craft rooms that each have a private open-air bath.
from $520 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (93)鬼怒川温泉ホテル
A 162-room riverside hotel by the gorge and Fureai Bridge, with two reservable private open-air baths.
from $200 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (93)若竹の庄 別邸 笹音
An intimate 16-room luxury annex where every room has a semi-open-air onsen bath overlooking the Kinugawa gorge.
from $480 / per night · per person
8.7/10 (73)ホテル栂の季
A small nature-retreat ryokan where eleven differently-styled rooms have their own private open-air onsen bath.
from $240 / per night · per person
8.5/10 (121)若竹の庄
An established riverside ryokan set in a quiet garden, with open-air baths and Kinugawa views from the rooms.
from $340 / per night · per person
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