Curated Collection
11 stays
Luxury in Nikko means nature at close range: inns set along the Kinugawa gorge or up in Okunikko's national-park forest, an hour or so beyond the World Heritage shrines. Our database lists 11 luxury Nikko stays, from $142 a night. Okunikko Yuno-mori (9.6, $264) and Hotel Hana-An (9.6, $247) lead the ratings, with Bettei Sasane ($350) for detached-room seclusion. October and November foliage transforms the area — and the booking calendar; reserve those weeks by late summer. Outside autumn, this is one of the easier high-end onsen regions to book, and winter snow soaks are genuinely underrated.
奥日光ゆの森
Intimate 12-room luxury ryokan in Okunikko Yumoto Onsen, where every room has its own source-fed open-air sulfur bath and meals are kaiseki.
from $264 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (106)ホテル花庵
Renovated 20-room lake-view onsen hotel at the entrance to Lake Chuzenji, with two spring types, indoor and open-air baths, and private-onsen suites.
from $247 / per night · per person
9.6/10 (1,653)別邸笹音
An intimate 11-room retreat where every room faces the Kinugawa River gorge, each with a semi-open-air bath.
from $350 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (85)若竹の庄
Upscale riverside ryokan in Kinugawa Onsen with semi-open-air baths in the rooms, two bookable private baths, and kaiseki served in private dining rooms.
from $223 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (737)奥日光森のホテル
Lakeside Yumoto Onsen hotel in Oku-Nikko with 25 rooms, sulfur baths, a large open-air rock bath, and in-room private hot springs.
from $142 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (1,465)日光千姫物語
Luxury kaiseki onsen ryokan in central Nikko, a 10-minute walk from Toshogu Shrine, with garden baths and rooms featuring private semi-open-air onsen.
from $165 / per night · per person
9.2/10 (788)ふふ 日光
An all-suite luxury retreat where every room has a private hot spring bath — adjacent to Tamozawa Imperial Villa.
from $400 / per night · per person
9.1/10 (310)日光 星の宿
Hilltop ryokan near Toshogu with a moss garden, multi-course yuba kaiseki, an open-air garden bath, and a reservable private cypress bath.
from $170 / per night · per person
8.9/10 (367)界 鬼怒川
A Hoshino Resorts ryokan on a hilltop above the Kinugawa River, featuring Mashiko pottery and regional craft interiors.
from $300 / per night · per person
8.8/10 (520)日光金谷ホテル
Japan's oldest resort hotel, established in 1873 — a living monument of Meiji-era elegance near Toshogu Shrine.
from $200 / per night · per person
8.6/10 (1,840)中禅寺金谷ホテル
A lakeside log-house retreat at Lake Chuzenji, with natural hot springs piped from the 1,200-year-old Yumoto source.
from $200 / per night · per person
8.4/10 (680)
