Nagano
Travel
2021.12.08
Hoshinoya Karuizawa is located at the foot of Mt. Asama, surrounded by abundant nature, and the average temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius in winter, so you can enjoy beautiful scenery such as rime and snow shining in the sun.
An optional plan “Hoshinoya Karuizawa Hoshinoya Karuizawa Winter Anniversary Plan” is now available, where you can celebrate your anniversary while staying in Hoshinoya Karuizawa, where you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of hoarfrost and snow away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Hoshinoya Karuizawa staff will help you celebrate your anniversary in various places. You can spend a memorable time while enjoying Karuizawa in winter.
“Karuizawa Wild Bird Sanctuary” adjacent to Hoshinoya Karuizawa. The Kera Pond at the entrance is open as an outdoor skating rink during the winter. Only for this plan, you can set up a large seat for two people on the ice. It is a reserved space limited to 2 people per group. We also offer amusement with champagne and assorted dried fruits and cheese. Relax as if you were lying down, and spend the night with your loved one while gazing at the stars in the clear sky.
In the guest rooms where you can fully enjoy nature, we will prepare herbal teas, sweets and arrangement flowers that are offered only in this plan. The sweets to be enjoyed with herbal tea, which is characterized by its sweet and gorgeous scent, include florentine using Miso, a specialty of Shinshu, polvoron, which is said to be a “confectionery that brings happiness,” strawberry and apple, and parted fluy with bright colors. There are 4 types. Arrangement flowers are made using wild flowers named after Karuizawa by the flower list according to the view from the guest room. You can also take the arrangement flowers home with you.
On the site of about 12,000 tsubo of Hoshinoya Karuizawa, the landscape that has sublimated to the present age spreads by homage to the original scenery of the Japanese mind, such as rice terraces, rivers, and vegetation specializing in endemic species. The custom-made photo tour is a private tour limited to one group, where you can take a commemorative photo at your favorite place while strolling around the site with a cameraman. The photos taken will be handed over as an album with the Hoshinoya Karuizawa logo.
| Period: | December 1, 2021-February 28, 2022 |
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| Price: | 1 set 20,000 yen (tax and service charge included, accommodation charge not included) |
| Included: | Herbal teas and sweets, arrangement flowers, use of special seats on ice, Champagne (half bottle) and amuse, bespoke photo tour, album |
| Capacity: | 2 groups a day (1 group 2 people) |
| Location: | Hoshinoya Karuizawa |
At Hoshinoya Karuizawa’s main dining “Kasuke,” which offers the seasonal blessings of Shinshu with the tailoring of wild Japanese cuisine, red rice in a carp bowl, which is often used as a lucky charm in Shinshu, is served. In addition, at the restaurant “Breston Court Yukawatan”, which stands in the woods of the Karuizawa Hoshino area, we can offer dessert plates with a congratulatory message of hope.
| Period: | year-round |
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| Time: | 17: 30-20: 00 |
| Price: | “Japanese Cuisine Kasuke” Mountain Kaiseki 15,730 yen per person (tax and service charge included) “Breston Court Yukawatan” Dinner course 24,200 yen per person (tax and service charge included) |
At Hoshinoya Karuizawa Spa, we have a variety of menus for about an hour where you can experience oil treatments, acupressure, acupuncture, and moxibustion. Some of them can be treated by two people at the same time, so you can experience a healing time with your loved one.
| Period: | Year-round |
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| Time: | 10:00-20:00 |
| Price: | From 17,600 yen per person (tax and service charge included) |
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