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Karuizawa Miyota’s gastronomic experience “Forest Dining” where you can enjoy while feeling the wind and air

2021.09.17

Miyota Town, Kitasaku District, north of Karuizawa. “THE HIRAMATSU Karuizawa Miyota” stands in the small forest. “Table Nature”, which offers a full-course meal from meal time to various activities, offers a unique dining experience created by marrying magnificent nature and cuisine.

The setting for “Forest Dining” in early autumn is the villa’s private garden and terrace. Set up a crossed table for dinner that day, set up glasses and cutlery, and you’ll find yourself in a special dining room just for you, which appears in the extraordinary space of the forest.

Enjoy a course dinner of all 5 light French dishes centered on Shinshu ingredients selected by the chef to your heart’s content.

Seasonal vegetable salad with plenty of fresh local vegetables
The main dish is a hot cocotte pot (example of menu)

At the main dish, Shinshu premium beef is finished with hot cocotte and carving service is provided in front of customers.

For the dessert that concludes the course, we offer a beautifully colored tart that uses Shine Muscat luxuriously. The sommelier will help you choose the wine that suits your cooking.

Luxuriously using fresh Shine Muscat

A total of 9 villas with a sense of privacy like a villa

Living room with wide windows facing the forest
Large enough covered terrace space (terrace villa suite)

THE HIRAMATSU Karuizawa Miyota has 37 guest rooms. The main building, the annex with the library cafe, and 9 villas are located on a vast site of over 60,000 square meters.

With an indoor area of 122 square meters and a spacious space, the living room is sandwiched between two bedrooms and a semi-open-air hot spring bath. Choose from three distinctive categories: “Terrace Villa Suite”, which boasts a large terrace of over 90 square meters, “Villa Suite” with a private garden and terrace, and “Dog Villa Suite” with a dog run where you can stay with your dog. Is possible.

You can enjoy the unique meals and hospitality of Hiramatsu while being filled with the feeling of privacy as if you were staying in a villa.

Directly from the terrace to the dog run (dog villa suite)
Semi-open-air hot spring bath that you can take whenever you want

We also recommend staying for consecutive nights, where you can fully enjoy the charm of the villa. All villas have a kitchenette for easy cooking, utensils, tableware and laundry.

Activities such as wellness salon, private yoga lessons, horse riding and trekking with the latest equipment such as fascia release cutter. And we have various fun such as TAKIBI lounge where you can relax while drinking hot wine, surrounding the bonfire at nightfall.

The Hiramatsu Concierge is available for consultation on planning before making a reservation, such as meals, activities, and arrangements for anniversaries.

The best dining experience in the forest “Forest Dining” plan / evening / breakfast included

Plan: Until October 31, 2021
(September: Limited to 2 groups per day, October: Limited to 3 groups per day)
Price: 1 night dinner (forest dining), breakfast included
From 145,300 yen (tax and service charge included / per person when using 1 room for 2 people)

> Click here for reservations and details

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