北アルプスと安曇野展望の宿　長峰荘

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Face to face with the Northern Alps

• 🏔️A lone inn on a hill at the foot of Mount Nagamine, with all of Azumino below
• 🌄Lingering snow, new green, autumn color, morning glow: the Alps change with every season
• 🌾In spring the flooded rice paddies mirror the range as the Upside-Down Alps

2

The rooftop bath, and its view

• ♨️A rock open-air bath looking out at the full sweep of the Northern Alps
• 🛁Akashina artificial radium spring, with indoor and open-air baths for men and women
• 🌌After dark, the lights of the Azumino plain spread out below

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A private open-air bath

• 🔒The reservable private open-air bath is booked in 45-minute slots
• 🆓Overnight guests get one free 45-minute session per stay
• 📞Reserve by phone before 6pm the day before

4

Mountain and river flavors of Azumino

• 🥩Shinshu Premium beef, raised on apples, served as sukiyaki
• 🐖Shinshu Ginjo pork, fed on sake lees, is the house shabu-shabu specialty
• 🐟Azumino trout, once offered at Ise Jingu, prepared yanagawa style

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Barbecue and breakfast with a view

• 🔥A barbecue course at Alps View Garden, two minutes' walk away, with the range in front of you
• 🍳Breakfast centers on Azumino's own tamago kake gohan with freshly grated wasabi and nozawana
• 🍎Apples, wasabi, rice: the bounty of Azumino, used generously

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Showa retro throughout

• 🎯An ennichi festival corner at the entrance with old-fashioned sweets, toys, and a real shooting gallery
• 🍸The panorama lounge BAR New Nagamine looks out at the Alps (children welcome)
• 👻Mischievous yokai hide throughout the inn, and every room is named after one

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Retro rooms, renovated in 2021

• 🛏️Japanese-style bedroom, 8 mats: the Northern Alps and Azumino in one view
• 🛌Japanese-style bedroom, 8+8 mats: two connected rooms, ideal for families
• 🤫Japanese-style bedroom, 6 mats: quiet with no neighboring room, and easy on the budget (no view)

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Access and practicalities

• 🚗Five minutes by car from Akashina Station, with free parking for 15 cars
• 🏠A small inn of five cottages, with a banquet hall seating up to 120
• 🚌Set on the eastern side of Azumino, facing the Northern Alps head-on

A single inn on a hilltop where the sweep of the Northern Alps meets unabashed Showa nostalgia. With a radium open-air bath and the mountain and river flavors of Shinshu, it turns a family trip into something closer to a picnic three generations can share.