Overview

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel gives you a riverside hot spring stay in Kinugawa Onsen, Tochigi. You stay beside the Kinugawa River, with gorge views, large baths, private open-air baths, dining choices, and easy access from Kinugawa Onsen Station.

The hotel works well when you want choice during your stay. You can soak in the large public baths, reserve a private open-air bath, choose a room with its own hot spring bath, enjoy dinner in your room with selected plans, or dine in one of the hotel’s restaurants. The scale feels convenient, while the river, baths, and private spaces help you slow down.

Accommodation

You choose from Japanese-style rooms, Western-style rooms, Japanese-Western rooms, superior rooms with view baths, and special rooms with private source-flowing baths. Some rooms face the Kinugawa Gorge, while others face the mountain side, so choose your room type carefully when views matter most.

For a classic Japanese stay, the renovated Japanese-style rooms use tatami, soft colors, and Japanese patterns. Aika Standard rooms use deep indigo tones, while Hyakka Standard rooms place sofas by the window so you can look out toward the Kinugawa Gorge. The high-floor Akari rooms sit on the 10th to 12th floors and look out from the hotel’s dramatic position above the gorge.

If you prefer beds, you can choose a renewed Western-style room with Sealy beds, a Comfort Ikoi double-bed room, or the Oriental Suite twin-bed room. The Comfort Ikoi and Oriental Suite rooms reopened after winter 2025 renewal work and focus on rest, views, and a more spacious indoor feel.

For extra bathing comfort, choose Hyakka Superior or Aika Superior rooms with view baths. These rooms let you enjoy the gorge, mountains, and passing Tobu trains from your room, with a wide bath space facing the scenery.

For the most private hot spring experience, choose one of the special rooms. Sui rooms have source-flowing open-air baths and were renewed in stages, with mountain-side rooms reopened in spring 2023 and gorge-side rooms reopened in winter 2025. Some Sui rooms now include both an open-air bath and an indoor hot spring bath.

Hannari and Fuuwari are corner suites with source-flowing view baths. Hannari offers either a granite view bath or a Jacuzzi-style view bath, depending on the room, while Fuuwari has a granite view bath overlooking the Kinugawa scenery. Sansui Setsugetsuka rooms face the stream and include open-air baths with hinoki tubs, plus massage chairs for deeper relaxation.

Room amenities vary by room type, but may include yukata, towels, toothbrush set, hair dryer, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, washlet toilet, refrigerator, kettle, Sealy beds in selected rooms, bathrobes in suite rooms, and other basic items.

Dining

Dining at Kinugawa Plaza Hotel gives you several ways to enjoy the evening. You can choose an in-room Japanese meal with selected plans, or dine at one of the hotel’s restaurants depending on your package.

Kinugawa Baru brings Spanish-style dining into a relocated traditional Japanese house. You eat tapas-style small plates, paella, and Spanish-inspired dishes in buffet style, surrounded by high ceilings, exposed beams, and old-house character.

Sansantei sits among trees by a small stream. Here, you can enjoy dishes such as charcoal-grilled Nagoya Cochin chicken. The dining room also offers a Tochigi-focused small-dish buffet with around 50 items, kamado-cooked rice, handmade smoked items such as ayu, eggs, and cheese, and carefully prepared local flavors.

Tsumiki offers obanzai-style Japanese dining in spaces divided by noren curtains. You can enjoy simmered dishes, dressed vegetable dishes, and Nikko’s famous yuba in a calmer dining setting.

Kegon serves a creative Chinese-style buffet with more than 30 dishes. Each table has a smokeless roaster, so you can enjoy hot dishes prepared at your table.

For a more private evening, selected plans include Japanese-style dinner served in your room. This works well when you want to stay in after bathing and enjoy a slower meal without moving through the hotel.

Breakfast is buffet-style in the restaurant. You can enjoy Japanese obanzai dishes with seasonal vegetables, root vegetables, mountain vegetables, and three kinds of tofu: momen, kinu, and oboro. The Western breakfast area includes freshly baked bread, warm dishes, drinks, fruit, and dessert.

Onsen and Wellness

Hot spring bathing is one of the main reasons to stay here. The large public bath area, Takara no Yu, uses the historic Kinugawa spring known as Takara no Yu. The water is a weakly alkaline, hypotonic hot spring, long known in the area for its gentle feel on the skin.

The men’s bath, Tono no Yu, has one indoor bath, one open-air bath, and a sauna. The women’s bath, Hime no Yu, has one indoor bath, two open-air baths, including one Jacuzzi-style bath, and a sauna. You can soak while listening to the Kinugawa River and feeling the change in air between indoor and outdoor bathing.

The large baths are open from afternoon through the next morning. You can enjoy a late-night soak, rest, and return again before breakfast.

If you want more privacy, reserve one of the detached private open-air bath areas. Hozukitei is a forest-style private open-air bath area a short walk from the main building. It has 10 private bath rooms, deck chairs for cooling down, and a tatami rest space after bathing.

Akebi sits near the river in a more detached setting. After passing through a kura-style gate and forest path, you reach an old-house-style lounge, footbath, women-only hot stone spa, and 10 private bath rooms. Each private room at Akebi has two source-flowing open-air baths, giving you a more spacious private bathing experience.

You can also use Kura no Yu, a detached old-house-style communal bath at sister property Hotel Otaki, about 15 minutes away on foot. This bath has indoor and open-air bathing for men and women and uses alkaline simple spring water.

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For the easiest private bathing option, book a room with its own hot spring bath or reserve one of the private open-air bath areas, such as Hozukitei or Akebi.

Facilities

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel has facilities for bathing, dining, group stays, quiet time, and light entertainment. Inside the hotel, you can use the large banquet hall Keicho, lounge La Conte, free internet space, mini library corner, shop, seasonal outdoor pool, game room, club Charenton, conference room Tansei, vending machine and laundry corner, and party room.

The game room includes billiards, table tennis, and other activities. Rental items such as mahjong, Go, shogi, and board games are also available for a fee.

The hotel has large public baths, open-air baths, saunas, a women’s Jacuzzi bath, Hozukitei private open-air baths, Akebi private open-air baths, women-only hot stone spa beds, and a footbath.

Dining facilities include Kinugawa Baru, Sansantei, Tsumiki, Kegon, and Ojika. Parking is available for cars and large buses.

Activities

You can spend your stay almost entirely inside the hotel. Start with a bath, rest in your room, enjoy dinner, reserve a private open-air bath, browse the shop, play table tennis or billiards, and return to the hot spring before bed.

You can also explore the Kinugawa Onsen area on foot. Fureai Bridge sits along the walking route from Kinugawa Onsen Station and gives you a wide view over the hot spring town and river. The hotel’s location also makes it convenient for sightseeing in the Nikko area, including shrines, temples, theme parks, and nature spots by train, bus, taxi, or car.

Additional features

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel is located at 530 Kinugawa Onsentaki, Nikko, Tochigi. From Kinugawa Onsen Station, the hotel is about 1.4 km away, or around 20 minutes on foot. You can also take the local Dial Bus from the station area, or use a taxi from the station.

Parking is available on site, with space for passenger cars and large buses. This makes the hotel convenient whether you arrive by train or by car.

Kinugawa Plaza Hotel suits you when you want a large hot spring hotel with river views, many room choices, private open-air baths, several dining styles, and enough facilities to enjoy the stay without needing a full sightseeing plan.