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Nikko Sightseeing Model Course for Rainy Days

Nikko sightseeing model courses

Enjoy Even in the Rain

By Occasion

On a rainy day in Nikko, step indoors.
A day to enjoy history and architecture

On a rainy day, enjoy exhibits and architecture indoors at your own pace.

This route visits three facilities with different themes: cultural properties related to Toshogu, the beginning of hotel culture, and an imperial villa.

Please note that two of the facilities are closed on Tuesdays.

Course featured this time

  1. 9:00 Arrival in Nikko
  2. 9:30 Nikko Toshogu Museum of Treasures
  3. 11:00 Cafe Hopping & Lunch
  4. 14:00 Kanaya Hotel Historical Museum
  5. 15:00 Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa
    Memorial Park
9:00

Arrival in Nikko

Leave your luggage at the hotel and head out light

On a rainy day, we recommend leaving your luggage and walking around light. Nikko Station Hotel Classic is a one-minute walk from JR Nikko Station and Tobu-Nikko Station. You can leave your luggage at the hotel before check-in or after check-out and set out to sightsee.

Arrival in Nikko

Details

Nikko Station Hotel Classic

Address
3-1 Aioi-cho, Nikko, Tochigi (1-minute walk from JR Nikko Station / Tobu-Nikko Station)
Hours
Check-in / 15:00 (final 23:30) · Check-out / 10:00
9:30

Nikko Toshogu Museum of Treasures

Get to know Toshogu through items connected to Ieyasu

Take a different perspective from touring the shrine buildings, and view items connected to Ieyasu and cultural properties handed down at Toshogu. By looking at what the exhibits were used for and their background, you can learn about Toshogu not only through its architecture but through the stories of people and eras.

Nikko Toshogu Museum of Treasures

Details

Address
2301 Yamauchi, Nikko
Visiting hours
Apr–Oct 9:00–17:00 / Nov–Mar 9:00–16:00 (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Rates
Adults (high school and above) 1,000 yen Children (elementary and junior high) 400 yen
11:00

Lunch

Head to a restaurant recommended by our staff!

From Nikko's famous yuba dishes to casual cafes.
For help choosing a lunch spot, see our article on restaurants recommended by hotel staff. Choose according to your tastes and sightseeing route.

Read the article
Cafe Hopping & Lunch
14:00

Kanaya Hotel Historical Museum

Experience Nikko's hotel culture in a house that welcomed foreign travelers

Visit the building where Kanaya Hotel began. Tour it while imagining life when it was used as a hotel and the foreign travelers who visited Nikko. As part of a stay-over trip, it is a place where you can feel close to the "culture of welcome" nurtured in Nikko.

Kanaya Hotel Historical Museum

Details

Address
1-25 Honcho, Nikko, Tochigi (right by the "Kanaya Hotel Historical Museum" bus stop)
Business hours
Mar–Nov 9:30–16:30 / Dec–Feb 10:00–16:00 (last entry 30 minutes before closing)
Closed
Every Tuesday
Rates
Adults ¥550; children (elementary school) ¥275
15:00

Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

Enjoy the villa's architecture slowly, to the sound of rain

On a rainy day, enjoy the villa indoors rather than walking the garden. Walk through the building, which combines Edo, Meiji and Taisho styles, and notice how the rooms connect and how the garden looks through the windows.

Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park

Details

Address
8-27 Honcho, Nikko
Business hours
Apr–Oct 9:00–17:00 (last admission 16:00) / Nov–Mar 9:00–16:30 (last admission 15:45)
Closed
Closed every Tuesday (or the following day if Tuesday is a national holiday) and at year-end and New Year (December 29–January 1)
* Open every day from April 10–May 9, August 13–16, October 15–November 14, and January 2–5
Nikko Station Hotel Classic

Nikko Station Hotel Classic

Make us your Nikko sightseeing base
Nikko Station Hotel Classic

Nikko Station Hotel Classic is a modern classic hotel just a one-minute walk from JR Nikko Station and Tobu-Nikko Station. You can leave your luggage at the hotel upon arrival and set out to sightsee light, making it a convenient base for your trip to Nikko.
The hotel has a natural hot spring and restaurants, so you can relax after sightseeing.

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Details

Nikko Station Hotel Classic

Address
3-1 Aioi-cho, Nikko, Tochigi (1-minute walk from JR Nikko Station / Tobu-Nikko Station)
Hours
Check-in / 15:00 (final 23:30) · Check-out / 10:00

* Images marked with "*" are AI-generated images. They differ from actual photographs.

WRITER PROFILE

About the author

Taiki Usui

Taiki Usui

Representative Director of Nikko Hotels Co., Ltd., which operates five hotels in Nikko, including Nikko Station Hotel Classic. Aiming to create hotels that grow together with the region, he shares information to enjoy your trip, such as sightseeing, dining and souvenirs, with input from staff who know Nikko well.