Esta página aún no está disponible en español, así que se muestra en inglés.
HOSHINOYA Karuizawa
星のや軽井沢
Foto de la zona, no del ryokan · Kumoba Pond in autumn, Karuizawa, Nagano · Hiroaki Kaneko / CC BY-SA 3.0
Hoshino Resorts' flagship: a car-free village of rooms around a river, with no TVs, a light-and-dark Meditation Bath and seasonal Shinshu kaiseki — deeply restful, but meals cost extra and value is the sore point
HOSHINOYA Karuizawa is where Hoshino Resorts began: the family's hot-spring inn of 1914 was rebuilt in 2005 as the first Hoshinoya, a 'village in a valley' of 77 rooms set along terraced water channels. Staff drive you to your room in a small EV, rooms have no TV and are warmed by geothermal floor heating, and only guests and staff are allowed inside. Japanese guests praise the stillness — 'quiet rooms' and 'a calm atmosphere' are among the most-tagged comments on one review map, where it scores 4.24 across 83 reviews — as well as the river-side Mizunami rooms, the Meditation Bath with its 'room of light' and 'room of darkness', and seasonal kaiseki at the Kasuke restaurant (a 2024 guest's first matsutake of the year; a 2026 guest's venison fried in cherry leaves). Free drinks at the library and terrace lounges add to the ease. The recurring doubt is price: rooms are sold without meals by default, dinner at Kasuke is ¥21,780 per adult, and bloggers' bills run from ¥177,016 for two nights room-only (a family of four) to about ¥250,000 for one night for two with meals. Several reviewers call the value poor or the service assembly-line, the Mountain Alley rooms have steep stairs and no lift, and the public Hoshino area outside — Harunire Terrace and the Tombo-no-yu spa — gets crowded. One-night bookings open only 30 days ahead.
Guía para elegir habitación
Lo que recomiendan quienes se han alojado aquíRecomendadas
Mizunami (水波の部屋) — the water-side rooms
The default recommendation: 57–68㎡ rooms facing the river through the centre of the village, with a terrace where wild ducks swim past. A 2024 guest paid about ¥250,000 for one night with dinner and breakfast and found nothing to be disappointed by; a 2023 blogger in a second-floor triple praised the wide balcony and view. Warm even in sub-zero January thanks to floor heating. Specific rooms can't be requested.
Niwa-roji (庭路地の部屋) — garden-lane houses, including the dog rooms
The largest type (48–81㎡), in houses linked by garden lanes. The dog rooms are here, with tiled floors; a 2025 guest with their dog loved the stay but not the price, and a 2021 guest found the views limited but the resort the most dog-friendly of any Hoshino property.
Mejor evitar
Yama-roji (山路地の部屋) — the Mountain Alley rooms, especially with mobility issues
The entry category (44–67㎡). A March 2026 guest on the top floor wrote 'there's no lift, of course, and the stairs are steep — the complete opposite of barrier-free'; a 2023 reviewer said the upstairs rooms don't suit older guests or small children. Ground-floor rooms have little view, and the upper-floor view looks over the Mizunami rooms. Rooms have a wooden tub, but we found no confirmation that it's filled with onsen water.
¿Ya sabes qué habitación quieres?
Consulta precios y disponibilidad en tiempo real de HOSHINOYA Karuizawa.
Podemos recibir una comisión si reservas a través de estos enlaces, sin coste adicional para ti. Aviso de afiliación
La cocina a fondo
Consenso sobre el desayuno
4.2/5The 'mountain breakfast' at Kasuke (¥4,235) — a soy-milk tofu hotpot, fluffy rolled omelette — or a Japanese or Western breakfast in your room at the same price; one 2026 guest found it 'fairly orthodox'
Book dinner when you book the room — Kasuke and in-room dining fill up, and a 2021 guest got no reminder and ended up queueing in the Hoshino area. Bathe at Tombo-no-yu in the guests-only hour, 9:00–10:00, before day visitors arrive.
Claves de la cena
4.3/5Rooms are sold without meals by default. Kasuke serves a seasonal 'mountain kaiseki' or beef shabu-shabu from 17:30 (¥21,780 per adult including service; a vegetarian kaiseki with five days' notice). Bloggers describe first-of-season matsutake and chestnuts, carp sashimi from the resort's own tanks, venison fried in cherry leaves and rice with sakura shrimp. In-room dinners come in stacked boxes or as a hotpot and are generous. The cheaper Sonmin Shokudo (¥9,800) is outside in the public Hoshino area. Critics call the food ordinary for the price, and one 2021 reviewer wrote that the value was 'extremely poor'.
Onsen y bienestar: la realidad
Hoshino Onsen, a simple alkaline spring opened in 1915, described officially as free-flowing. (One booking site lists it as a heated bicarbonate spring.)
The Meditation Bath inside the resort is for guests only (15:00–10:00, entered by code): you walk through a dark water passage from a 'room of light' to a 'room of darkness', with a sauna of about 70°C, a cold plunge and a terrace. Most guests love it; one found it dark and scary. Tombo-no-yu, the public day spa in the Hoshino area (10:00–22:00, ¥1,350–1,550), has indoor and outdoor baths and a sauna; bloggers say Hoshinoya guests bathe free, and 9:00–10:00 is for them alone. It's crowded at night. Rooms have their own wooden tub.
Tombo-no-yu refuses tattoos unless covered with up to eight of its cover stickers (10×8cm, sold at reception). Hoshino Resorts' group policy, linked from the Meditation Bath, doesn't bar tattoos outright but lets staff refuse the large bath if other guests might feel afraid.
Advertencias y matices locales
- 01
Getting there: Tokyo to Karuizawa is 80 minutes by Hokuriku Shinkansen. The official Japanese page lists a free, reservation-only shuttle from Naka-Karuizawa Station (south exit), five minutes on from Karuizawa by the Shinano Railway; earlier guests were picked up at Karuizawa Station, so check when booking. Taxi from Karuizawa Station about 15 minutes; summer traffic can make it much longer.
- 02
Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00.
- 03
One-night stays can be booked only from 30 days ahead; before that, only stays of two nights or more.
- 04
Not barrier-free: many rooms have steep stairs and no lift. Tell the resort in advance if you have mobility needs.
- 05
Pets are welcome in the dog rooms. Popular activities (firefly and flying-squirrel tours) can be full on arrival — book ahead.
Antes de tu estancia
Recuerdos de Karuizawa y ayuda práctica para tu viaje.
Recuerdos de Karuizawa en Rakuten
Precios de Rakuten a 18 oct 2026: consulta la tienda para ver el precio y la disponibilidad actuales. Supported by Rakuten Developers Los enlaces de Rakuten son de afiliado: podemos recibir una comisión sin coste adicional para ti.
Fuentes
Los blogs y crónicas de estancia reales en los que se basa este artículo
- 「星のや軽井沢」に泊まったら思ってたんと違った件【旅行記#2】 (note, 海原こうめ)
- 【2024 宿泊＆旅行記 vol.1】軽井沢① 星のや軽井沢編 (note, cherichan)
- #31_星野リゾートに、ともだちと泊まってみた。〜星のや軽井沢〜 (note, OLのミカ。)
- 星のや軽井沢 旅行費用 (共働き子育て30代夫婦の日常)
- 星のや軽井沢の水波の部屋｜2階のトリプルの客室に宿泊しました (KANAMARI)
- 星野リゾート"星のや軽井沢"滞在ブログ!! 『インルーム夕食』レポート (ぐるめぐり)
- 2026年3月 星のやに泊まる軽井沢 (4travel.jp)
- 星のや軽井沢 クチコミ (Yahoo!マップ)
- 星のや軽井沢 (公式サイト)
Aparece en nuestras guías
Comparativas que incluyen este ryokan.
Freezing at a mountain onsen ryokan in Japan? How to stay warm tonight
Cold room, icy corridor or a snowy walk to the outdoor bath? What to ask the front desk for, which inns in our directory run cold and which lend coats, boots or blankets, buying kairo heat packs and warm innerwear at a konbini today, avoiding low-temperature burns, the official advice on bathing in cold weather, ordering warm gear to your ryokan, and winter tyres, chains and shuttles.
Leer la guía
Ryokan easy from Tokyo: the best onsen inns within two to three hours
Fourteen real ryokan you can reach from Tokyo for one or two nights, with how to get there by Romancecar, Odoriko, Shinkansen or direct bus, which inn suits a tight budget, a private bath, history or food, and the catches Japanese guests report.
Leer la guíaTattoo-friendly ryokan — and how to soak in Japan when the shared bath says no
Three ryokan that openly accept tattoos, four that allow small covered ones, and eleven that ban tattoos in the shared baths but let you soak in your own room or a private bath — each inn's policy exactly as it states it, and the right room to book.
Leer la guíaCréditos de las fotos
- Notoya Ryokan, Ginzan Onsen (Obanazawa, Yamagata) · さかおり / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gora Kadan — the former Kan'in-no-miya imperial villa, Hakone · 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Más informes de consenso
Foto de la zonaTakeo OnsenEconómico
Takeo Onsen, Saga — in the middle of the hot-spring town, about 5 minutes' walk from the vermilion Rōmon gate and 8 minutes from JR Takeo-Onsen Station
9 fuentes
Takeo Onsen Kyotoya
武雄温泉 大正浪漫の宿 京都屋
A 1910 inn in the middle of Takeo Onsen, kept as a Taishō-era time capsule of music boxes, gramophones and pick-your-own-cup coffee — now room-only with a free bread breakfast, and its own spring is heated and recirculated in an ageing building
- Ryokan históricos
Tamatsukuri OnsenEconómico
Tamatsukuri Onsen, Matsue, Shimane — a large garden inn in the heart of the spa town
12 fuentes
Chorakuen
玉造温泉 湯之助の宿 長楽園
Japan's biggest mixed open-air bath in a 10,000-tsubo garden, made approachable with bathing wraps for everyone — at a big, dated, Showa-era inn with so-so food
- Ryokan históricos
Foto de la zonaTamatsukuri OnsenPremium
Tamatsukuri Onsen, Matsue, Shimane — on the onsen town's riverside, 5 minutes by car (station pickup by reservation) from JR Tamatsukuri-Onsen Station
9 fuentes
Kasuien Minami
佳翠苑 皆美
Tamatsukuri's big, polished all-rounder: 108 rooms with plenty of free-flowing in-room onsen baths, a rooftop view bath, sea-bream rice and very high guest scores — but it's large enough for check-in queues, tour groups and a crowded breakfast
Leer el consenso
Foto de la zonaTateshinaClásico
Kitayama, Chino, Nagano — a riverside inn at about 1,350 m on the Takinoyu River in the Tateshina highlands, around 30 minutes from Suwa IC via the Venus Line, with a free shuttle from JR Chino Station
9 fuentes
Tateshina Shinyu Onsen
蓼科 親湯温泉
A 1926 riverside inn steeped in Japanese literature — Dazai's honeymoon, Ozu's diaries, 30,000 books — with free private open-air baths and dinner in Taisho-style private rooms; but the shared baths are recirculated and chlorinated, and dinner divides opinion
- Ryokan históricos
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
Foto de la zonaMatsumotoLujo
Tobira Onsen, in the mountains above Matsumoto, Nagano
7 fuentes
Tobira Onsen Myojinkan
扉温泉 明神館
A valley hideaway with a famous standing bath, warm service and a new MICHELIN Key — the French dinner wins guests over, the Japanese course less so
- Habitaciones con onsen privado
- Cocina como destino
Foto de la zonaOirase & TowadaClásico
Hōryō Yachi, Towada, Aomori — un ryokan solitario en el sur de las montañas Hakkōda junto a la marisma de Yachi, pasado Sukayu en la carretera al lago Towada; a cinco minutos a pie de la parada Yachi Onsen del autobús JR desde Aomori
10 fuentes
Yachi Onsen
谷地温泉
Un crujiente ryokan termal de Hakkōda con 400 años de historia donde un 'manantial inferior' a 38 °C brota a través del fondo de una bañera de madera — querido por el agua, las estrellas y el personal alegre, si puedes vivir con aseos compartidos, sin aire acondicionado y sin cobertura móvil
- Ryokan históricos
- Refugios apartados
Créditos de las fotos: Takeo Onsen Rōmon gate, Saga · Viy4092 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Chorakuen — the garden, Tamatsukuri Onsen · 663highland / CC BY 2.5 / The Tamayu River in spring, Tamatsukuri Onsen, Shimane · Matsue / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Forest near Tateshina Great Falls, Chino, Nagano · Tmv / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Utsukushigahara plateau, above Matsumoto · MitsunoriEgawa / CC BY 4.0 / The Oirase stream, Towada, Aomori · MaedaAkihiko / CC BY-SA 4.0
HOSHINOYA Karuizawa
Compara precios en plataformas de reserva de confianza · Aviso de afiliación