ゲストハウス シャコンヌ軽井沢 — Hotel in Karuizawa

more like 4.5 for me, location is good in daylight but after dark is dark. it’s about 900 yen for taxi from Karuizawa station to the guesthouse, not too terrible if you have a lot of luggage.

i didn’t interact much with the staffs here. the lady who helped me with checking in and laundry was kind and nice. i forgot to ask her name, and they had a board introduced staffs but it’s hard to draw connection between the drawing and real life faces.

i had a room with twin beds all for myself. bathroom needs to be reserved but it was easy and not crowded during my stay. the reason i took off 1/2 star was the breakfast. i had breakfast for my last day only, there isn’t any protein (i.e. eggs, or ham or bacon if you do western style breakfast with breads), the soup, i think it was miso, was salty. the local yogurt was the best.

for the price i paid this was a good deal.

ah also there is a top rated soba place that is 5 min walking from the guesthouse, i didn’t try because they closed the day i stayed and opened late...

A clean and cozy place to stay, perfect for music lovers. In the common area they have not only a piano, but also a harpsichord and a cello they let us play! The rooms were bright and comfortable, and the large jacuzzi bath was a great surprise. The owner was very friendly and played some beautiful music for us at breakfast. I would definitely...

Akiko and Yoshey are great hosts and helped a lot in finding our way around Karuizawa. He showed us a nice forest road to ride our road bikes. Great escape from the...