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About this property
Comfortable Accommodations: Hotel Shirakawa Yunokura in Nikko offers family rooms with river views, tatami floors, and private bathrooms. Each room includes air-conditioning, a refrigerator, and a seating area. Relaxing Facilities: Guests can enjoy a hot spring bath, sauna, and free WiFi. Additional amenities include a public bath, lift, concierge service, electric vehicle charging station, and free on-site private parking. Dining Experience: The property provides a dinner and breakfast, highly praised by guests. Dining options include a restaurant and a bar, offering a variety of meals and refreshments. Local Attractions: Located near Kinugawa Onsen Fureai Bridge and Kinugawaonsen Ropeway, the ryokan is 107 km from Fukushima Airport. Nearby attractions include Tobu Nikko Station (20 km) and Nikko Toshogu Shrine (24 km).
Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.8 for a two-person trip.
Distance in property description is calculated using © OpenStreetMap
Most popular facilities
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Family rooms
- Hot spring bath
- Breakfast
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Guests who stayed here loved
- Vishal
United Kingdom
“Amazing Ryokan. English friendly. Superb dinner and breakfast, very comfortable rooms and futon, and good onsen and rotenburo with sauna. Private baths were very nice, but the water was very hot. Would recommend the wood private bath over the...” - Mon
Australia
“The staff was friendly and had very good english. Cute yukatas provided and private rock onsen was beautiful. Very spacious room.” - Samantha
Singapore
“It's more of an Inn than hotel as it is not very big. Although it looks old from the outside, its very well maintain inside. The staff that help us checked in was excellent, even though we had some language barrier, he has a little device that...” - Gerrit
Australia
“Absolutely exceptional Japanese ryokan experience and the halfboard meals are absolute kaiseki masterpieces both breakfast and dinner. Worth the full accommodation cost. Beautiful hotspring with totally sensitive handling of first time onsen users.” - Jenna
United Kingdom
“Good to experience traditional Japanese style room. The views of the river were a highlight. Everything was clean and comfortable. The staff were very helpful, explained everything to us in detail in English when we arrived. The onsen is free to...” - Sadmayu
United Arab Emirates
“A decent option for travelers in the tourist area of Nikko - Kinugawaonsen generally has a good location, fair prices for Nikko, and breathtaking views from almost any ryokan. However, Shirakawa Yunokura turned out to be not only very pleasant but...” - Yixuan
New Zealand
“Unlimited access to the public bath from 3pm-10am. Beautiful view of the room. Great helpful staff. Nice food with nikko local ingredients.” - Laurel
Australia
“while the town and hotel are a bit retro our stay here was superb. I think we were the only non Japanese guests during our stay and they made particular effort to have English speaking staff to greet us when we arrived and at breakfast. the room...” - Littlemissylate
Singapore
“Big and spacious room. Had a river view room and the view during autumn was awesome. The staff were fluent in English.” - Alexandre
France
“L’hôtel est confortable et de dimension correcte (pas un resort). Le personnel est accueillant et adapte même ses salutations à la langue du voyageur. Les bains sont propres et vraiment agréables. Les repas traditionnels sont copieux et délicieux.”
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Child policies
Children older than 6 years are welcome.
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Cot and extra bed policies
Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.







The fine print
Maximum occupancy: 4 persons (including children).
Guests with children must inform the property at the time of booking. Please specify how many children will be staying and their respective ages in the special request box. Child rates may apply.
Guests without a meal plan who want to eat meals at the property must make a reservation at least 3 days in advance.
There is no dining options in the vicinity.
Please inform Hotel Shirakawa Yunokura in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.
Guests with tattoos may not be permitted to use the property’s public bathing areas or other facilities where the tattoos might be visible to other guests.
Guests must check in by 18:30:00 to eat dinner at this property. Guests who check in after this time may not be served dinner, and no refund will be given.
This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.