TSURUYA RYOKAN, Karuizawa

Tsuruya Ryokan offers Western and Japanese rooms, with doors that can separate the two spaces. Rooms include heating, air conditioning, and a sitting area. Free toiletries are provided. Each room has an AM/FM alarm clock and a flat-screen TV. Rooms featuring Western beds also include a tatami (woven-straw) area. All rooms have comfortable warm colors, a flat-screen TV, an air purifier, and a personal safe. Some rooms offer traditional futon bedding. Spacious rooms include a recliner chair.

The hotel serves a buffet-style breakfast with Western meals, including sausage, bacon, bread, jam, and yogurt. Dinner features a Japanese cuisine course, served one by one. Traditional Japanese meals are also available for dinner in the elegant dining room. The hotel offers a kuri zenzai menu, a red bean soup with sweet chestnuts. Guests can enjoy sweet red beans and mango coated with white chocolate and coconut milk. Note that the menu is limited to guests staying here.

Guests can explore the nature of Karuizawa at the hotel's patio. Ohga Hall, a music hall, is located beside Yagasaki Lake. The hotel provides natural stones that give water ultra-red rays and negative ions. The water runs through a healing stones filtering system with maifan stones, tourmaline, and germanium. The garden of Tsuruya Ryokan still shows traces of the Edo era. Karuizawa Prince Snow Resort is a 10-minute drive from Tsuruya Ryokan.

Tsuruya Ryokan is 95 km from Shinshu-Matsumoto. Nearby landmarks include the Trick Art Museum Karuizawa (0.5 km), Karuizawa Union Church (0.5 km), and Kyukaruizawa Ginza-dori (0.5 km). Kumoba Pond and Ginza Shopping Street are 2 km and 0.5 km away, respectively. Other points of interest include the Basho Monument (0.5 km), Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Church (0.5 km), and the Wakita Museum of Art (1 km).

The lobby offers a relaxing atmosphere with classical music and chic furniture. Tsuruya Ryokan has been remodeled several times. Tsuruya Ryokan's New Year's Morning is celebrated with a very special feast on a small plate. Furniture from the early Showa brings a sense of nostalgia and peaceful time.