Enjoyed two nights at Hatago Nagomi, easily accessible via bus from Nikko's train stations. The ryokan has beautiful views of Lake Chuzenji. The staff were friendly and attentive, spoke excellent English, and went out of their way to take care of our group. Highly recommend the kaiseki dinner option.
A nice hotel with very friendly and helpful staff. The breakfast was a good spread of food and had two times to choose from. I forgot to sign up for dinner which had signups close around 1600, and food is scarce around the area so make sure you have a plan for dinner when staying here. The hotel is very close to the lake, a few shrines and the waterfalls. Overall the location was great. I did not try the onsen the hotel offered but the bathtub in the room was very nice.