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The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko

ザ・リッツ・カールトン日光

Lodging
Kanto·Tochigi

Day Use

Yes
05:30–12:00, 14:00–23:00

Bathing & Water

Natural onsen water

Uses natural hot spring water

Outdoor BathYes

Open-air outdoor bath

SaunaYes

Sauna room of any kind

Cold BathYes

Cold water plunge bath, typically used after sauna

Listed as a Spa amenity ('Plunge Pool'); a 2026 Google review independently confirms 'the public bath area also includes a cold plunge and sauna'.

Bathing Arrangements

Private BathYes

Private bath available for day-use visitors or hotel guests to reserve

Not a free-standing family/kashikiri bath; the private open-air onsen is only bookable together with a paid Spa treatment appointment.

Room OnsenNo

Private onsen bath in guest rooms, for overnight guests only

Mixed BathingNo

Shared bathing area for all genders

Baths are gender-separated; the site does carve out one narrow exception ('Mixed bathing (with a parent or caregiver of the opposite sex) is allowed for children under the age of six'), which is a standard under-6 accompaniment rule, not general mixed bathing.

Policies & Services

TattooYes

Allows entry with visible tattoos

Only excludes guests affiliated with criminal (yakuza) groups; ordinary tattooed guests are welcomed.

KidsWith Conditions

Welcomes children and families

Also: guests aged 16 and under must be accompanied by someone 20+; mixed-gender bathing allowed only for children under 6 with a parent/caregiver.

DiningYes

Restaurant or dining open to visitors (not just hotel meal plans)

Listed under Property Details > Featured Amenities; the hotel also names distinct public dining venues (The Japanese Restaurant, Lakehouse, The Lobby Lounge, The Bar).

WashingYes

Shower, wash stations, soap and shampoo provided

ParkingYes

On-site or nearby parking available

Views

Lake
Mountains

About

The Ritz-Carlton, Nikko has an onsen wing with separate indoor and outdoor baths for men and women, plus a sauna and a cold plunge. The water is piped in from Nikko Yumoto Onsen (日光湯元温泉): clear where it comes out of the ground, but it turns milky white and picks up a faint sulfur smell once it meets the air. Guests who book a Spa treatment can add a private open-air soak. The hotel sits above Lake Chuzenji in the Oku-Nikko highlands, and its onsen was the first ever built under the Ritz-Carlton name, drawn from a spring that's been in use for more than 1200 years.

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J

3 months ago· edited

An almost perfect hotel with a ryokan-like atmosphere... very beautiful inside and outside, the mattress is extremely comfortable, delicious food, and an "egg-like" kakenagashi onsen... everything seems perfect, but the kakenagashi is only in words; in reality, 50% of the water is tap water with quite a lot of chlorine... perhaps guests complained about the smell in the hotel, since after sulfur baths the skin smells like eggs for several days - probably that's why they reduced it... and now the skin smells like chlorine 💔❤️‍🩹 Mizuburo (water bath), sauna, rotenburo (outdoor bath), and indoor bath. It's quite dark inside, especially in the evening when it's almost dark. The room has a bath with a view of the lake, but with tap water. I highly recommend it as a hotel, but as an onsen - it's sad to soak in chlorinated water for such a price...

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Last updated July 30, 2026