Nikko Green Hotel Natsukashiya Fuwari

Friendly staff. Clean property. Dinner and breakfast were served in a dining area that had small private rooms for each dining party. Food was excellent. The men's and ladies bath areas each have both an inside and an outside area. Since we arrived before the hotel's shuttle service runs, we took the Tobu bus from the JR Nikko station and got off at stop number 11. Cost is 310 yen. We used our Suica cards to pay the fare. The property is a short (uphill) walk from there. The hotel stored our luggage while we walked to the temples. All hotel signs are in Japanese, but the property seemed very willing to accommodate non-Japanese guests. Our Japanese style room included a sitting area with a view of the river below.

The entrance of our room had a (very) faint smell of cigarettes, probably left over from the days when the hotel allowed smoking. It was not noticeable once we were in the room.

great price performance- for two people at JPY 25,000: a tatami room, excellent Japanese style dinner and breakfast, use of onsen that was outdoor and indoors, friendly staff.

Rooms need a soft renovation- change out VHS for DVDs (but Wi-Fi was great throughout hotel!)

Very polite staff, good food, comfortably away from busy areas.

Front desk seemed deserted after 5pm, couldn't find a single person beside the restaurant staff.