The luxury choice on Lake Chuzenji: 94 rooms and suites facing the lake or Mount Nantai, with indoor and open-air hot-spring baths.
From £569 a night
For two on the night of 19 January 2027, on Expedia.
Eastern shore, Lake ChuzenjiOn our lists
The Ritz-Carlton opened on the shore of Lake Chuzenji in 2020, the brand’s first hotel with hot-spring baths. Its 94 rooms and suites all look out on the lake, on Mount Nantai, or on both, and the low timber building sits between the water and the forest at the eastern end of the lake, a short walk from Kegon Falls and the Chugushi bus terminal.
The onsen has indoor and open-air baths with natural hot-spring water, open from 5.30am to 11pm according to the hotel’s Expedia listing. Rates on Expedia include plans with a kaiseki dinner as well as breakfast-only stays. If you want one splurge night in Japan with mountains, water and a proper soak, this is the obvious one in Nikko.
The baths
Indoor and open-air baths with natural hot-spring water, shared by guests, open 5.30am to 11pm (hotel’s Expedia listing).
Getting around
At the eastern end of Lake Chuzenji, close to Kegon Falls and the bus terminal for the Irohazaka road down to Nikko town.
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Toshogu Shrine admission bought ahead, exchanged at the Tobu-Nikko Station tourist centre.
Valid 1 day
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Dress in kimono and make your own matcha with a certified teacher, in a tatami room by the river.
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Western shore, Lake Chuzenji · 4 stars · 57 rooms
A log-cabin style hotel in the forest by Lake Chuzenji, with open-air hot-spring baths and French cooking; for couples and walkers.
From £106 a night
Northern shore, Lake Chuzenji · Ryokan
A lakeside onsen ryokan below Mount Nantai, with rooms that have their own open-air or view bath; for a private soak on Lake Chuzenji.
Chugushi, Lake Chuzenji · 3 stars
A small inn steps from Lake Chuzenji with a hot-spring bath, kaiseki dinners and lake-view twins; good value up the mountain.
From £110 a night
Sources: businesstraveller.com, remotelands.com, expedia.co.uk. Last checked 21 October 2026.
