Hoshino area, Naka-Karuizawa星のや軽井沢
Hoshinoya Karuizawa
HOSHINOYA Karuizawa is a resort of 77 low pavilions set along a river and rice terraces in the Hoshino area of Karuizawa, next to the Karuizawa Wild Bird Forest at the foot of Mt Asama. It opened in July 2005 as the first Hoshinoya, with geothermal floor heating, hot-spring baths shared with the Hoshino area, and its own kaiseki restaurant.
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About the property
- Rooms
- 77
- Dinner
- In the restaurant
- Recognition
- Newsweek Japan SDGs Awards (2023)
Rooms and suites
Mizunami
57 to 68 sq m · The river that runs through the grounds view · King or triple · up to four guests
Yamaroji
44 to 67 sq m · Ground floor among the trees; upper floor over the resort and the Wild Bird Forest view · Twin, king or triple · up to three guests
Niwaroji
48 to 81 sq m · Detached villas reached by their own lanes · twin, king or triple · up to three guests
Dining and wellness
Summer hassun of the mountain kaiseki, Kasuke
The mountain kaiseki at Kasuke
Kasuke, the main restaurant
Roast duck at Bleston Court Yukawatan
- Japanese Cuisine Kasuke
- mountain kaiseki restaurant · breakfast and dinner
- Bleston Court Yukawatan
- French restaurant · lunch and dinner · dinner nightly; lunch at weekends May–Oct
- In-room dining
- in-room dining · in the room · breakfast and dinner · light meals and drinks 10.30am–10pm
- Sonmin Shokudo
- seasonal set-menu restaurant
- Wellness
- Hoshino Onsen at the public Tombo-no-yu, the guests-only Meditation Bath, a spa, a forest wellness programme, and a pool.
Where it is
- Karuizawa station
- 15 min by taxi
- Tokyo station
- 1 h 20 by train
- Haneda Airport
- 2 h 30 by train
- Haneda Airport
- 3 h by car
- Narita Airport
- 3 h by train
Karuizawa
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At Tombo-no-yu, tattoos must be covered with no more than eight 10 x 8 cm cover stickers, sold at the reception.
Haneda, about 2 hours 30 minutes by train or 3 hours by car; Narita about 3 hours by train.
