Yururi Okunikko with Dogs

🐕A dog-friendly Oku-Nikko ryokan with free-flowing sulfur springs

Tochigi · Yururi Okunikko with DOGS

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A hot-spring keeper's inn reborn for dogs

• 📜Founded in the first year of the Meiji era, the inn's family has served as yumori (hot-spring keepers) for Nikkozan Rinnoji Temple since the mid-Edo period.
• 🐾It reopened on April 29, 2025 as an inn where guests stay together with their dogs.
• 🏯Japanese-style touches include a garden dog run and ema prayer plaques stamped with your dog's paw print.

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Free-flowing sulfur hot springs

• ♨️Yumoto Onsen is said to have been opened by the monk Shodo Shonin in 788; the inn draws sulfur water that wells up at a source in the Yunodaira marsh, about a 3-minute walk away.
• 🛁Every bath in the Ruri-no-yu main bath is free-flowing, milky-white water with twice the usual metasilicic acid, and it leads out to the garden-style rock open-air bath Donsu-no-yu.
• 🕒Bathing hours are 15:00–24:00 and 6:00–9:00; the source is 75.7°C with a pH of 6.6.

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Six room types to share with your dog

• 🛏️Bed rooms include the Twin with Semi-Open-Air Bath (33㎡, 5 rooms), the 10-Tatami Japanese Twin (33㎡, 13 rooms) and the Western Twin (23㎡, 3 rooms); in-room baths are not hot-spring water.
• 🎎The 10-Tatami Japanese Room (32㎡, 18 rooms) has waterproofed tatami and may come without a bath; the Special 14-Tatami Japanese Room (47㎡) sleeps up to five.
• 🐶Every room is stocked with dog supplies such as a crate, water and food bowls and pee sheets; each room takes up to three small dogs, two medium dogs or one large dog.

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Dining with your dog

• 🍲Dinner is served in a dog-friendly restaurant, as a set gozen menu or as hot pot with a half buffet depending on the season.
• 🐟Dishes include a two-flavor hot pot of seafood tomato broth and chicken-meatball white broth, plus herb-steamed Yashio trout.
• 🦴There is a buffet just for dogs, and the restaurant is reservation-only.

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Three dog runs

• 🌳A Japanese garden-style courtyard dog run is visible from the lobby.
• 🐕‍🦺The Forest Clearing dog run is open to all breeds, with an adjoining small-dog area and a paw-washing station.
• 🏠The indoor dog run is split into a small-dog area and an all-breed area, so dogs can play in any weather.

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Grooming room and lounge services

• 🛁The trimming and dry room can be used free for 60 minutes.
• 🍪There is a treat wagon with sniffing windows, plus a tea-room-style photo studio with outfits for dogs.
• 🍶The lobby lounge offers onsen manju and sake, and you can draw the inn's original dog omikuji fortune.

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Oku-Nikko sights

• 🌊Nikko's famous waterfalls are nearby, including the 97 m Kegon Falls and Ryuzu Falls.
• 🥾Lake Yunoko has a lakeside walking path, and Senjogahara offers trekking across a vast marshland.
• ⛴️Dogs are allowed on the Lake Chuzenji sightseeing boats.

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Getting there

• 🚌About 75 minutes by route bus from Nikko Station.
• 🚗About 26 km from Kiyotaki IC on the Utsunomiya Expressway; free outdoor parking for 60 cars with EV charging.
• ❄️Snow is possible from November to around Golden Week, so drivers need snow tires or chains. Check-in 15:00 (last 22:00), check-out 10:00.

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Six room types to share with your dog

• 🛏️Bed rooms include the Twin with Semi-Open-Air Bath (33㎡, 5 rooms), the 10-Tatami Japanese Twin (33㎡, 13 rooms) and the Western Twin (23㎡, 3 rooms); in-room baths are not hot-spring water.
• 🎎The 10-Tatami Japanese Room (32㎡, 18 rooms) has waterproofed tatami and may come without a bath; the Special 14-Tatami Japanese Room (47㎡) sleeps up to five.
• 🐶Every room is stocked with dog supplies such as a crate, water and food bowls and pee sheets; each room takes up to three small dogs, two medium dogs or one large dog.

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Dining with your dog

• 🍲Dinner is served in a dog-friendly restaurant, as a set gozen menu or as hot pot with a half buffet depending on the season.
• 🐟Dishes include a two-flavor hot pot of seafood tomato broth and chicken-meatball white broth, plus herb-steamed Yashio trout.
• 🦴There is a buffet just for dogs, and the restaurant is reservation-only.

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With milky-white source water from historic Yumoto Onsen, three dog runs and a grooming room, it is a comfortable base for traveling with your dog. Note that there is no air conditioning anywhere in the building, and dogs need registered vaccination certificates.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

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What are the check-in and check-out times at Yururi Okunikko with Dogs?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Yururi Okunikko with Dogs located?

It is in Nikko. Address: 2548 Yumoto.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.