Garden Nikko Guest House

The apartment is located on the ground floor of a two-story condo. There is parking space right in front of the building if you need it. The apartment is quite big compared to Japanese standards with one traditional, tatami-style bedroom and another regular one with bunk beds, a main dining area with a kitchen, a spacious bathroom and separate toilet. The tatami room is gorgeous with a beautiful Japanese-style table and floor seats and quite comfortable mattresses. Everything was spotless clean, the kitchen is fully equipped, the bathroom has all the amenities you would find in a regular hotel. There's a washing machine and a dryer which you can use for a few hundred Yen on an honor system. The host, Akihito is extremely kind and helpful. He sent detailed instructions on how to find the apartment, and was greeting us in person when we got there. You can pay by credit card, which is a huge convenience. He also surprised us with a handmade gift, a fridge magnet he made himself. We appreciate is very much, thank you, Akihito! It's about a 15 minute walk from Shimo-Imaichi station and according to Google Maps about the same distance from JR Imaichi station. A very quiet neighborhood, we literally haven't seen anyone around. There is a rather large 7 Eleven about 3-5 mins walk away, and Akihito also provided us with a detailed map of the nearby restaurants. All in all this was one of the best places we had the pleasure to stay while in Japan. I would highly recommend you stay here if you visit beautiful Nikko.

Akihito met us and kindly allowed us to settle in early. The guest house is spacious, very comfortable and well appointed and the location is quiet and provides easy access to Nikko National Park attractions. We had a wonderful 3 days there; THANKYOU Akihito.

This apartment was very clean and comfortable and the owner was a good communicator, providing information of how to get to the apartment and tourist spots in Nikko. Good wifi, and in my hour of need (when my laptop was dying and I realised I didn't have the correct power adaptor for Japan), he went out of his way to come back over and save the day. Easy 10 minute walk from JR Imaichi Station and supermarket.

Although owner provided photo's of how to get to exact apartment, another photo showing it was entrance 'B' would have been helpful. And could do with a cutting knife in the kitchen!

It's a whole apartment, so there was plenty of room. It has everything you would need for light cooking. Host responded quickly to our questions.

It's a leisurely walk to the train station.

I loved my stay here. The house everything you need, and it included the things I never thought would be provided. The house is spacious and everything has English descriptions so even if you don’t know any Japanese there won’t be any issues with using the utilities.

Everything was great. Simple but very convenient flat. There is a stove, a frying pan, all the dishes. Even all the hygiene products. Many thanks to the owner!

Everything was good

Amazing host, always responding quickly and helpfully. Location was handy for getting to Kinugawa Onsen but a bit far from the rest of the sights in Nikko. The apartment was beautiful though, had everything you needed, clean and comfortable.