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Hotels near Karuizawa Station: 5 within a 15-minute walk
Approximate, at the rate on 2026-10-02. You pay in yen.
- Hotels near Karuizawa Station, all within a 15-minute walk
- Auberge de Primavera is seven minutes away; Marroad is ten, with pick-up 9:00–18:00
- Harvest and Le Chien have natural hot springs, and Le Chien takes dogs
The five
| Best for | Where to book | Score | Weeknight (per person) | Saturday |
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| Six minutes from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, rooms from 36 m², out at 12:00 — if you can’t decide | Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa Check price |
86/100 | ¥17,000–52,000 | ¥24,000–64,000 |
| Seven minutes from the station, an auberge with 11 rooms | Auberge de Primavera Check price |
85/100 | ¥19,000–60,000 | ¥27,000–37,000 |
| Ten minutes on foot, with station pick-up from 9:00 to 18:00 | Hotel Marroad Karuizawa Check price |
78/100 | ¥13,000–25,000 | ¥17,000–41,000 |
| 15 minutes on foot, dogs welcome and a natural hot spring | Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa Check price |
77/100 | ¥19,000–45,000 | ¥24,000–41,000 |
| 11 minutes on foot, an outdoor hot spring and a year-round pool | Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa Check price |
73/100 | ¥20,000–48,000 | ¥34,000–58,000 |
Prices are the cheapest per person found on Rakuten Travel for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 2026-11-18 – 2027-01-09, for 2 adults in one room (checked 2026-11-08). They move daily — the link shows live prices.
The booking links go to Agoda, which shows today’s price and lets you pay in your own currency. Its price can differ from the Rakuten Travel figures above.
Six minutes from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, rooms from 36 m², out at 12:00
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.64/5 (475) · Agoda 8.9/10 (868) · 1,343 in total
- 43 rooms; the hotel promotes French dinners and an open-air bath under the stars (Rakuten listing)
- Dinner rated 4.81 on Rakuten
- 45 free parking spaces, 18 indoor and 27 outdoor, first come first served (Rakuten listing)
- Last check-in 23:00; the whole building is non-smoking (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- 15 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station; six minutes from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza.
- Every room 36 m² or larger; check-out at 12:00.
- About ¥17,000–52,000 per person with breakfast on a weeknight.
- 4.64 across 475 reviews.
Getting there: 15 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station, about an hour from Tokyo on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The listing mentions a car service; ask about times when you book.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club are listed. The large bath and open-air bath are communal and nude; if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
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Right for: Walking Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, then taking a slow morning before you leave.
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Not for: Wanting to sleep right by the station; it is a 15-minute walk.
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Worth knowing: From 1 June 2026 the accommodation tax is charged separately: per person per night, ¥200 for rates of ¥6,000 to under ¥10,000, ¥250 for ¥10,000 to under ¥100,000, and ¥700 above that.
Score breakdown — 86/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.67 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★★☆ | ¥17,000–52,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 89% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 12:00; a car service from the station; 15 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station; six minutes on foot from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza; every room 36 m² or larger; a large bath and an open-air bath. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.64 across 475 reviews (Rakuten Travel 475) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Walkable from the station and six minutes from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, with every room 36 m² or larger and a late 12:00 check-out. |
Seven minutes from the station, an auberge with 11 rooms
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.76/5 (134) · Agoda 9.4/10 (37) · 171 in total
- Fully renovated in August 2025 (Rakuten listing)
- A Japanese sake bar on the grounds (Rakuten listing)
- Breakfast is by reservation, starting between 7:30 and 10:00 (Rakuten listing)
- The hotel recommends booking a plan with meals (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- Seven minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station.
- An auberge built around its restaurant, with 11 rooms.
- Some room types have a private sauna; some rooms take small dogs.
- 4.76 across 134 reviews.
Getting there: Seven minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen. Ten free parking spaces, no reservation needed.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff speak near-native English, and most understand a little Chinese and Korean. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club are listed. Rakuten’s listing shows no bath house.
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Right for: Adults choosing a small place near the station for its food.
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Not for: Families with young children; guests must be 10 or older.
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Worth knowing: The front desk is open 7:30–21:00. Check-in or check-out outside those hours must be arranged in advance.
Score breakdown — 85/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Quality | ★★★★☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.66 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥19,000–60,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 100% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; seven minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station; a few staff speak near-native English; room types with a private sauna; rooms that take small dogs. |
| Trust | ★★★★★ | 4.76 across 134 reviews (Rakuten Travel 134) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | An auberge built around its food; among the 14 hotels within a 15-minute walk its 4.76 review average stands high, and breakfast is rated 4.89. |
Ten minutes on foot, with station pick-up from 9:00 to 18:00
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.55/5 (417) · Agoda 8.3/10 (307) · 724 in total
- 41 rooms; 60 free parking spaces (Rakuten listing)
- Service rated 4.60 and location 4.63 on Rakuten
- Shogi and go sets to borrow free (Rakuten listing)
- Last check-in 24:00 (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- Ten minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station.
- Station pick-up 9:00–18:00; call when you arrive.
- From about ¥13,000 per person with breakfast on a weeknight, the cheapest of the five.
- 4.55 across 417 reviews.
Getting there: Ten minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station. Between 9:00 and 18:00 the hotel picks you up at the station if you call on arrival.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club and debit cards are listed, and e-money including iD, QUICPay, Rakuten Edy, nanaco, WAON and transit IC cards is accepted.
- Right for: Families with a lot of luggage, or anyone who wants the choice of walking or a ride.
- Not for: Wanting a bath house; Rakuten’s listing shows none.
Score breakdown — 78/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★☆☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.48 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★★★ | ¥13,000–25,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 70% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; station pick-up 9:00–18:00, call on arrival; ten minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station; connecting rooms (some, by reservation); extension beds and baby cots; e-money accepted. |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.55 across 417 reviews (Rakuten Travel 417) |
| Only here | ★★★☆☆ | Walkable from the station, but on heavy-luggage days the hotel picks you up between 9:00 and 18:00, and it has connecting rooms. |
15 minutes on foot, dogs welcome and a natural hot spring
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.67/5 (824) · Agoda 8.9/10 (92) · 916 in total
- 50 rooms in a Southern French-style hotel (Rakuten listing)
- Guests bringing a dog bring the stay consent form from the hotel’s official site (Rakuten listing)
- 46 parking spaces, no reservation needed (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- 15 minutes on foot from JR Karuizawa Station.
- A natural hot-spring large bath and a sauna.
- The first two dogs stay free.
- 4.67 across 824 reviews.
Getting there: 15 minutes on foot from JR Karuizawa Station (Hokuriku Shinkansen or Shinano Railway); about 20 minutes by car from the Usui-Karuizawa interchange. A shuttle bus is listed without conditions; ask when you book.
Language and payment: Per Rakuten, a few staff understand a little English. Visa, Mastercard, JCB, American Express and Diners Club are listed. The hot-spring bath is communal and nude; if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
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Right for: Coming by Shinkansen with your dog and wanting a hot spring too.
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Not for: Anyone uneasy around dogs; pets move around the building.
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Worth knowing: Last check-in is 19:00. A bathing tax of ¥150 per adult per night is charged.
Score breakdown — 77/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.60 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥19,000–45,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 100% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; a shuttle bus (no conditions listed); 15 minutes on foot from JR Karuizawa Station; a natural hot-spring large bath and sauna; the first two dogs free, and dogs may come into the restaurant; a late-night snack corner. |
| Trust | ★★★★☆ | 4.67 across 824 reviews (Rakuten Travel 824) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Walkable from the station, takes dogs and has a natural hot-spring bath, holding a 4.67 average across 824 reviews. |
11 minutes on foot, an outdoor hot spring and a year-round pool
Reviews: Rakuten Travel 4.51/5 (1,219) · Agoda 8.8/10 (44) · 1,263 in total
- 156 rooms in a quiet wooded setting (Rakuten listing)
- A bathing tax of ¥150 per person is charged separately (Rakuten listing)
- No room service (Rakuten listing)
- 150 free parking spaces, no reservation needed (Rakuten listing)
Why it made the five
- 11 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station.
- A natural hot-spring large bath, open-air bath and sauna.
- A year-round pool and a free self-service laundry corner.
- 4.51 across 1,219 reviews.
Getting there: 11 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station.
Language and payment: Staff language skills are not published, so ask when you book. Visa, JCB, American Express and Diners Club are listed; cards are taken as a single payment only. The hot-spring bath is communal and nude; if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
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Right for: Families, or anyone wanting a hot spring after sightseeing or the outlet mall.
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Not for: Wanting your bags carried to the room; there is no porter.
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Worth knowing: On Rakuten bookings the hotel may take the room charge at check-in.
Score breakdown — 73/100
| Criterion | Stars | Why |
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| Quality | ★★★☆☆ | Room, bath and dinner average 4.50 on Rakuten Travel |
| Value for money | ★★★☆☆ | ¥20,000–48,000 per person on a weeknight (Rakuten, breakfast) — 106% of the median of everything we compared |
| Easy to stay | ★★★★★ | Check-out 11:00; 11 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station; a natural hot-spring large bath, open-air bath and sauna; a year-round pool; a free self-service laundry corner; last check-in 28:00 (4 a.m.). |
| Trust | ★★★☆☆ | 4.51 across 1,219 reviews (Rakuten Travel 1,219) |
| Only here | ★★★★☆ | Walkable from the station, with both a natural hot-spring open-air bath and a year-round pool, and 1,219 reviews behind it. |
Know before you book
- Karuizawa is on the Hokuriku Shinkansen; Le Grand’s listing puts it about an hour from Tokyo. The Shinano Railway line also runs from here.
- The station has a north exit and a south exit. The north side leads into town and up towards Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, the old main street; the south side faces the Prince Shopping Plaza outlet mall.
- Distances in this guide come from each hotel’s Rakuten access details: 7, 10, 11, 15 and 15 minutes on foot for the five. With a heavy case, Marroad picks up from the station between 9:00 and 18:00.
- Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa is six minutes on foot from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza, per its listing, which makes it the base for walking the old street.
- Two of the five have natural hot-spring baths, Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa and Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa, and both charge a ¥150 bathing tax. Le Grand has a large bath and an open-air bath. Bathing is nude and communal; if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel first.
- Prices here are per person with breakfast, for two sharing. From 1 June 2026 Nagano Prefecture and Karuizawa town charge an accommodation tax, which the hotels collect separately.
How we chose: theme, conditions, scoring
How we chose
- Candidates: every property in Karuizawa Station (Nagano) listed on Rakuten Travel — 280
- Passed the review filter (counts and averages on Rakuten Travel, the one site that lists every property in the area): 89
- Met every condition below: 54
- Kept: five, each the best at something different
Where the facts come from
- Facts: Rakuten Travel property information (in some articles, each hotel’s own site too)
- Prices: Rakuten Travel live availability, Wednesdays and Saturdays over eight weeks
- Reviews: the count and average on Rakuten Travel, as given in each hotel’s Trust row. Agoda’s reviews are shown under each hotel name for reference only and do not count towards the score
Conditions (all of them, not most of them)
- In Rakuten Travel’s Karuizawa, Saku and Komoro district
- At least 50 reviews on Rakuten Travel, averaging 4.0 or better
- The cheapest rate falls between ¥6,000 and ¥40,000 per person per night
- The listing names Karuizawa Station in its access details
- Within a 15-minute walk of Karuizawa Station, checked against the access details (hotels reached only by car, taxi or shuttle, and those on the Naka-Karuizawa or Sakudaira side, are left out)
Scoring
Five criteria, one to five stars each, weighted to one hundred points. Every star says where the number came from.
- Quality20 pts
- The average of the scores Rakuten Travel publishes for the room, the bath and the food.
- Value for money25 pts
- The cheapest breakfast-inclusive rate against the median of the hotels we compared.
- Easy to stay30 pts
- Minutes from the station, a bath house, and check-out time.
- Trust20 pts
- Review counts and averages published by Rakuten Travel.
- Only here5 pts
- What this hotel has that the other seven do not.
What we dropped
| Property | Verdict | Why |
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| Hotel Granvert Kyu-Karuizawa | Runner-up (69/100) | 69/100, four points behind Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa. It is the nearest to the station, but its room, bath and dinner scores average 4.30 and its reviews 4.39, below all five picks, holding quality and trust to two stars. |
| Kyu-Karuizawa KIKYO, Curio Collection by Hilton | Runner-up (68/100) | 68/100, five points behind the fifth pick. Its 4.71 review average and Hilton name are strong, but the weekday rate is 140% of the median, one star for value. |
| Hotel Cypress Karuizawa | Runner-up (66/100) | 66/100, seven points behind the fifth pick. Weekday rates are 76% of the median, but its room, bath and dinner scores average 4.22 and its reviews 4.19, the lowest of the eight, one star each for quality and trust. |
| TWIN-LINE HOTEL KARUIZAWA JAPAN | Runner-up | 4.41 across 596 reviews, about seven minutes from the north exit, with free-flow drinks; but its near-the-station role overlaps with Hotel Granvert Kyu-Karuizawa, about three minutes away. |
| Kyu-Karuizawa Hotel Otowanomori | Runner-up | 4.44 across 413 reviews, about 12 minutes from the north exit, but no large bath is listed; on the Kyu-Karuizawa side Le Grand and KIKYO came first. |
| DESIGN HOTEL FOLON | Outside the theme | 4.32 across 187 reviews, but 18 minutes on foot from Karuizawa Station, beyond the 15-minute walk this guide sets. |
| Mampei Hotel | Outside the theme | 4.73 across 542 reviews, but about five minutes by taxi from Karuizawa Station; its access details give no walking time. |
| The Prince Karuizawa | Outside the theme | 4.59 across 337 reviews, but reached by a free shuttle bus from the south exit; its access details give no walking time. |
| 191 hotels | Below the floor | Fewer than 50 reviews on Rakuten Travel, or an average below 4.0. |
Questions visitors ask
How far is each hotel from Karuizawa Station on foot?
Per each hotel’s Rakuten access details: Auberge de Primavera 7 minutes, Hotel Marroad Karuizawa 10, Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa 11, Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa and Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa 15. Marroad picks up from the station between 9:00 and 18:00 if you call on arrival; Le Grand lists a car service and Le Chien a shuttle bus, so ask about times when you book.
Which is the base for walking Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza?
Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa, six minutes on foot from Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza per its listing, and 15 minutes from the station. Every room is 36 m² or larger and check-out is at 12:00, so the morning on the old street need not be rushed.
Can I bring my dog?
Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa takes dogs, with the first two free, and dogs may come into the restaurant. Pets move around the building, and the last check-in is 19:00. Auberge de Primavera has some rooms that take small dogs.
Is there a hot spring near the station?
Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa, 11 minutes on foot, has a natural hot-spring large bath, open-air bath and sauna; Le Chien Kyu-Karuizawa, 15 minutes, has a natural hot-spring large bath and sauna. Both charge a ¥150 bathing tax. Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa has a large bath and an open-air bath. Bathing is nude and communal; if you have a tattoo, ask the hotel before you count on it.
How much do these cost?
We searched Rakuten Travel availability for Wednesdays and Saturdays between 18 November 2026 and 9 January 2027 (checked 8 November), taking the cheapest plan with breakfast and showing it per person for two sharing. Weeknights start at about ¥13,000 at Hotel Marroad Karuizawa and about ¥20,000 at Hotel Harvest Kyu-Karuizawa. The Nagano and Karuizawa accommodation tax, in force from 1 June 2026, is extra.
Which one would you book?
Le Grand Kyu-Karuizawa: it scored highest overall (86/100), with rooms of 36 m² or more, a 12:00 check-out and Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza six minutes away, from about ¥17,000 per person on a weeknight. If you want the shortest walk and a meal-led stay, Auberge de Primavera is seven minutes from the station and scored 85.
Changes
- 2026-11-08 First published. Scored from 280 candidates.