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Kamikochi, Matsumoto上高地帝国ホテル

Imperial Hotel, Kamikochi

The Imperial Hotel, Kamikochi is a 74-room mountain hotel in Kamikochi, inside the Chubu-Sangaku National Park, opened in 1933 under a government drive for foreign tourism as Japan's first mountain resort hotel. It has a red triangular roof, log-cabin walls and a double-height lobby with a large fireplace, and the Hotaka range rises in front of it.

Open, Japanese-run (Imperial Hotel, Ltd.); seasonal, from late April to early November (2026 season 26 April to 14 November). Borderline for the luxury list: a classic 74-room mountain hotel whose standard rooms are 24 to 30 sq m, with no hot-spring or shared baths.

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About the property

Rooms
74
Dinner
In the restaurant

Rooms and suites

  • Double A / Twin A

    Double A / Twin A

    24 sq m · Mountain-lodge rooms with the roof slope as the ceiling.

  • Double B

    Double B

    24 sq m · Front entrance view

  • Twin B

    Twin B

    30 sq m · Up to three guests.

  • Double or Twin with Verandah

    Double or Twin with Verandah

    37 sq m · Hotaka range (the twins) view · Private balcony.

  • Deluxe Twin

    Deluxe Twin

    42 sq m · Mount Yakedake or the Hotaka range view · Private balcony.

  • Family Room

    Family Room

    53 sq m · Two connecting twin rooms.

Suites

  • Suite with Verandah

    Suite with Verandah

    72 sq m · Bedroom, sitting room and balcony.

  • Two-Bedroom Suite with Verandah

    Two-Bedroom Suite with Verandah

    105 sq m · Sitting room between two bedrooms · balcony.

Dining

  • A place set in the Dining Room, on Imperial Hotel china

    A place set in the Dining Room, on Imperial Hotel china

  • The Dining Room, set for dinner

    The Dining Room, set for dinner

Dining Room
French restaurant · breakfast and dinner
Azusa-an
Japanese restaurant · breakfast and dinner
Alpenrose
casual restaurant · lunch and dinner
Grindelwald
lobby lounge
Bar Horn
bar

Where it is

Sawando
30 min by bus
Shin-Shimashima station
1 h 15 by bus
Matsumoto station
30 min by train
Shinjuku station
2 h 50 by train

Kamikochi

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Q&A

Tell us your dates and our team in Japan books it for you, at the hotel’s own rate. We ask for the room we would choose and look after everything else with the hotel on your behalf: your preferences and requests, any special arrangement, from a celebration to a car from the station, and whatever you need before and during your stay. The price and cancellation terms are confirmed with you first.

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