Nanase

🍣A Tokyo Japanese chef's Karuizawa auberge for one group a day

Nagano · Washoku-juku Nanase

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From a Tokyo restaurant to a Karuizawa auberge

• 🏮Shun no Aji Nanase, a Japanese restaurant loved in Takadanobaba, Tokyo for 11 years, reopened in Karuizawa as an inn in July 2016.
• 👨‍🍳Owner-chef Osamu Muraki trained in Kamakura and Tokyo before opening his Takadanobaba restaurant in 2005.
• ✨The inn reopened after a renovation in 2025.

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A private stay for one group a day

• 🏡With just two rooms, the inn takes only one group per night, much like a rental villa with meals.
• 👨‍👩‍👧It sleeps 2 to 5 adults; 1–3 guests use the ground-floor room and 4–5 guests use both rooms (single guests accepted on weekdays).
• 🛏️The 47㎡ ground-floor room sleeps 3, with Nihon Bed mattresses on tatami and a wheelchair-accessible toilet.

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Kitchenette downstairs, room upstairs

• 🍳The ground-floor room has a kitchenette with microwave and Aladdin toaster oven, a dining table, and direct access to the garden.
• 🛏️The upstairs room is 40㎡ for 2 guests and has no kitchenette.
• 🌿Natural, modern Japanese interiors look out onto green woods.

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Private bath and amenities

• 🛁Each room has its own bath with a view of the garden greenery.
• 📺Rooms have a 40-inch TV, Wi-Fi, fridge-freezer, electric kettle, air conditioning and floor heating.
• 🧴Loungewear, shampoo, bath salts, face masks and a Panasonic nanoe hair dryer are provided.

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Omakase dinner with no set menu

• 🍣There is no fixed menu: dinner is omakase, cooked from the best and rarest seasonal ingredients of the moment.
• 🐟The chef still sources through the Tsukiji network built during his Takadanobaba years.
• 🍽️Dishes come one at a time at your pace in semi-private dining rooms and take 1.5 hours or more; dinner starts at 18:30, 19:00 or 19:30.

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A carefully made breakfast

• 🐟Expect house-made overnight-dried fish, saikyo-miso black cod or premium red salmon.
• 🍚Noto rock mozuku seaweed, grilled Saga nori, Shinshu Aoyama eggs and Nagano rice cooked in a clay pot.
• 🍱Guests on breakfast plans can switch breakfast to a bento if requested when booking.

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Garden and nearby sights

• 🌳A wooded garden opens directly from the ground-floor room.
• ♨️There is no onsen on site, but Happu Onsen day spa is about 8 minutes by car and Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-Yu 11 minutes.
• 🛍️Karuizawa Taliesin is about 5 minutes by car, Harunire Terrace about 10 and Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza about 13.

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Getting there

• 🚗Reachable by car from Naka-karuizawa Station.
• 🧭The inn is tucked away and may not appear on car navigation; enter Le Vent Art Museum and turn left into the narrow lane at its entrance. The museum is about a 3-minute walk away.
• 🕒Check-in 15:00 (last 17:00), check-out 10:00; the whole property is non-smoking.

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Kitchenette downstairs, room upstairs

• 🍳The ground-floor room has a kitchenette with microwave and Aladdin toaster oven, a dining table, and direct access to the garden.
• 🛏️The upstairs room is 40㎡ for 2 guests and has no kitchenette.
• 🌿Natural, modern Japanese interiors look out onto green woods.

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Private bath and amenities

• 🛁Each room has its own bath with a view of the garden greenery.
• 📺Rooms have a 40-inch TV, Wi-Fi, fridge-freezer, electric kettle, air conditioning and floor heating.
• 🧴Loungewear, shampoo, bath salts, face masks and a Panasonic nanoe hair dryer are provided.

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A small Karuizawa auberge where a single group enjoys omakase cooking by a chef well known in Tokyo. There is no onsen or shared bath, only in-room baths, and you will need a car to get there.

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* This introduction was compiled from information published by each property (official website and similar sources), so some details may differ from what you find on the day. It is AI-assisted and can contain errors — please check the official website and the details shown at booking before you reserve.

Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 10:00 · Last Check In: 17:30

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Nanase?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Nanase located?

It is in Kita Saku-gun. Address: 957-40 Nagakura, Karuiazawamachi.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.