A big onsen resort in the Kirifuri Highlands above Nikko, with dinner and breakfast and suites with their own open-air bath; for families and drivers.
From £203 a night
For two on the night of 19 January 2027, on Expedia.
Kirifuri Highlands, Nikko townOn our lists
TAOYA Nikko Kirifuri is a large hot-spring resort on the Kirifuri Highlands road, north of Nikko town, among forest on the way to the Kirifuri Falls. It belongs to the Oedo Onsen Monogatari group, and stays are sold with dinner and breakfast.
The room list is unusually wide: Western twins, Japanese rooms from 8 to 30 tatami for groups, Japanese-Western rooms with a mountain view, and suites and maisonettes with their own open-air bath. It suits families and drivers who want everything in one place more than travellers who want to walk to the shrines.
The baths
Shared hot-spring baths, and suites with a private open-air bath.
Getting around
On the Kirifuri Highlands road north of Nikko town; you need a car, a taxi or a bus from the stations.
Good for
Not for
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Sources: expedia.co.uk. Last checked 21 October 2026.
