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A forested highland resort 70 minutes from Tokyo by shinkansen, where the capital's elite have summered since a Canadian missionary built the first cottage here in 1886. It sits at around 1,000 metres, runs several degrees cooler than Tokyo through the summer, and is unusual among Japanese resort towns in that most of its water is not thermal — the onsen are on the Hoshino estate and out toward Kita-Karuizawa, not under the town itself.
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8 ryokans in Karuizawa
ホテルグランヴェール旧軽井沢
The closest comfortable hotel to the shinkansen — three minutes on foot from the north exit, and the highest-rated stay in town on Trip.com.
from US$110 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$220 total for 2 guests
9.2/10 (451)ルグラン旧軽井沢
Forty-three rooms with a rooftop open-air hot-spring bath, fifteen minutes on foot from the station in Old Karuizawa.
from US$190 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$380 total for 2 guests
9.3/10 (135)星野リゾート BEB5軽井沢
Hoshino's budget format on the same Karuizawa ground — 73 rooms, a 24-hour cafe lounge, and no pressure to do dinner.
from US$80 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$160 total for 2 guests
8.8/10 (91)星のや軽井沢
The Hoshino estate flagship — 77 rooms along man-made waterways, two onsen, and a valley that the resort has owned for a century.
from US$830 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$1,660 total for 2 guests
8.8/10 (63)軽井沢ホテル ロンギングハウス
A vegetable-forward auberge in a cluster of European-style villas, with free private open-air baths and a five-minute drive to almost everything.
from US$130 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$260 total for 2 guests
万平ホテル
Karuizawa's 1894 classic hotel, where John Lennon summered — 86 rooms, and no onsen, because the town's water is not thermal.
from US$230 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$460 total for 2 guests
レジーナリゾート軽井沢御影用水
A 26-room dog-luxury resort out at Oiwake, built around the premise that the dog is a guest rather than a tolerated extra.
from US$210 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$420 total for 2 guests
星野リゾート 軽井沢ホテルブレストンコート
Thirty-one cottage-style rooms on the same Hoshino estate as HOSHINOYA, at roughly a third of the price, with the same Tombo-no-Yu access.
from US$140 · per person · per nightfrom ≈ US$280 total for 2 guests
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