Mampei Hotel is more than a historic hotel; it is the place where Karuizawa’s identity as Japan’s first refined mountain resort truly took shape. Since the late nineteenth century, this elegant wooden…
Karuizawa is not simply a mountain town; it is Japan’s original summer resort, shaped by foreign residents, missionaries, writers, and political elites from the late nineteenth century onward. The hotels and villas…
Karuizawa has long been one of Japan’s most refined mountain resort destinations, attracting diplomats, writers, and Tokyo’s cultural elite since the late nineteenth century. Its reputation for cool summers, clean air, and…
Hoshinoya Karuizawa is not simply a luxury hotel, but a carefully composed mountain village retreat where architecture, landscape, and Japanese philosophy merge into a deeply restorative experience. Hidden within a forested valley near Mount…