Nikko · Ritz-Carlton｜The World’s ONLY Hot-Spring Ritz(1) 🏔️♨️

🏔️Tucked away in the sacred folds of Oku-Nikko, this singular retreat sits on 15,000-year-old volcanic terrain—think ever-morphing ridges, mirror-calm Lake Chūzenji, roaring Kegon Falls, and the 2,500 m guardian peak of Mt. Nantai ⛰️🌊 🏯 ARCHITECTURE MAGIC • Architecture: masterminded by Japanese heavyweight Nikken Sekkei 🌿 🏔️ • Interiors: the dream-team at Layan weave warmth into every corner 🌸 The design speaks in clean, decisive lines that echo the land’s ancient chill and mystery. Three majestic landmark fir trees 🌲🌲🌲 were left untouched—instead of cutting them, the architects spun the entire layout around them! 🏔️ Three low-slung blocks fan out toward lake and mountain, creating a frame-within-a-frame effect that feels like living inside a living painting. The piece de résistance: a glass-walled restaurant that appears to hover above the water’s surface—dine suspended between sky, forest and lake reflections 🌇🌺 #NikkoEscape