Featured Hotels Near Ipponsugi Nikko Landmark Tree

Nikko Onsen Ryokan is a top choice, just a 7-minute walk from the Ipponsugi Landmark Tree. Its rooms feature Japanese garden-view windows, offering serene morning vistas of mist-wrapped ancient trees. The ryokan provides free foot baths, traditional breakfast, and private guided tours to Toshogu Shrine and Kegon Falls, perfect for immersive cultural experiences

Nikko Sakura no Yado offers secluded cabins with private Japanese-style gardens, where guests can enjoy panoramic views of the Ipponsugi Landmark Tree from their verandas. Crafted with local bamboo and tatami mats, the inn hosts daily forest tea ceremonies using mountain spring water, and guests may book guided walks along hidden shrine trails nearby

Stay at Nikko Kodo Estate and join their exclusive "Whispers of the Ancient Trees" tour: led by a local historian, this path follows the sacred trail beside the Ipponsugi Tree to Futarasan Shrine, sharing legends behind each tree. Afterward, return to the estate for a seasonal kaiseki dinner made with wild mountain vegetables and participate in a cedar wood carving workshop

Nikko Mori no Tō Hotel features a full-floor 360-degree glass terrace facing the Ipponsugi Landmark Tree, providing unmatched photo opportunities at sunrise or sunset. The hotel offers rental professional cameras and hosts a nightly tree shadow light show, where projected patterns dance across the building’s façade—perfect for creative photographers

Nikko Okunai Yu Spa House is just 500 meters away, offering indoor and outdoor baths fed by natural sulfur springs with views of surrounding forest. Private couples’ onsen suites are available, and guests can enjoy the "**Root Therapy Package" including herbal face masks and pine needle massage, designed to harmonize with the ancient tree’s energy

Ipponsugi Shaku is a boutique retreat housed in a restored century-old timber house, with only eight rooms. Each room uses original wooden beams and shoji screens for a wabi-sabi atmosphere. The owner, a local scholar, leads meditation sessions under the Ipponsugi Tree and gifts guests handcrafted bark journals capturing the day’s ambient sounds and light patterns