Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama
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Kids Facilities
Breeze in Plateau hot spring building
Breeze in Plateau hot spring building
Bathing takes place at Breeze in Plateau, the hot spring building attached to the hotel. The official information places it about 1 minute from the hotel by monorail, with a dry sauna in the men's bath and a mist sauna in the women's bath. Ikyu.com's facility list records 2 communal baths and 2 open-air baths, all open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., with onsen water that is not free-flowing from the source and is not cloudy spring water (it is heated and diluted with water). The spring water is a sodium bicarbonate and chloride onsen (a hypotonic, neutral hot spring). Inside the hot spring building there are a spa offering aromatherapy treatments and a lounge that can be used as a post-bath relaxation space.
- •The hot spring building's usage information clearly states that guests wearing diapers are asked to refrain from using it. Children who are not yet out of diapers cannot use the communal bath or the open-air bath, and bathe in the guest room bathroom instead.
- •There is no private-hire bath (Ikyu.com's facility list marks private-hire bath as unavailable). There are also no rooms with an open-air bath, no water flowing straight from the source, and no ganbanyoku (heated-stone sauna).
- •The spring water is recorded not as a simple onsen but as a sodium bicarbonate and chloride onsen (a hypotonic, neutral hot spring).
- •Nothing is published about a baby bed or changing table in the changing room, or a baby bath, baby chair or low-irritant baby soap in the bathing area, so please confirm in advance.
- •There is no indoor pool and no outdoor pool. The official FAQ also clearly states, in answer to whether children can use the pool on their own, that there is no pool.
- •You reach the hot spring building from the hotel by monorail. Whether you can travel with a stroller is not listed in our information, so please confirm with the hotel if you need to.
- •From age 7, boys use the men's bath and girls use the women's bath.
Dining Bloom
Dining Bloom
Meals are served at the hotel's all-day dining restaurant, Dining Bloom. The restaurant looks out at Mount Asama through 9 m panoramic windows and is open for breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (last order 9:30 a.m.), lunch and tea time from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (last order 2:30 p.m.), and dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. (last order 8:30 p.m.). Breakfast is a Western and Japanese buffet, with omelets cooked in front of you by a chef and pizza baked in the restaurant's own pizza oven. Dinner is a Western course by default, and some plans let you choose the Japanese Asama Gozen set instead.
- •The official FAQ states that a children's meal menu is available at dinner only. The contents, eligible ages and prices need to be confirmed.
- •The official restaurant information lists breakfast at 4,000 yen for adults, 2,800 yen for children aged 6 to 11 and free for children under 6, and an official notice also announces free breakfast for children under 6.
- •Ikyu.com's property information, on the other hand, says breakfast is free for children aged 0 to 3 and carries a separate charge for children aged 4 to 5, which differs from the official information. Please confirm the breakfast charge for ages 4 to 5 when booking.
- •The restaurant has private rooms, and a private-room plan with a French course is offered for occasions such as okuizome (a baby's first-meal celebration) and formal meetings between two families. Whether regular breakfast and dinner can be taken in a private room is not stated, so please confirm.
- •Room service covers breakfast only, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; lunch and dinner are not offered.
- •Nothing is published about serving, bringing in or warming baby food, so please confirm in advance.
- •Nothing is published about children's tableware or bibs, so please confirm in advance.
- •There is an official notice page addressed to guests with food allergies, but whether allergies can be accommodated and what that involves could not be confirmed, so please confirm in advance.
- •Prices include consumption tax, and a 13% service charge is added separately at the time of payment.
Guest room equipment and cribs
Guest room equipment and cribs
On cribs, the official FAQ says that they are available, that numbers are limited, and that you should contact the hotel in advance if you would like one. Guest room amenities and equipment include slippers, towels, shampoo, conditioner, body soap, facial soap, a toothbrush, a shower cap, a hairbrush, a night gown, a TV, a telephone, an electric hot-water kettle, a tea set, a refrigerator, a hair dryer, a reading lamp, bath salts and a safe; some items vary by room type. Items such as CD players are also available to borrow, though numbers are limited.
- •Cribs are limited in number, so advance contact is required if you would like one (this applies across the Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel).
- •Nothing is published about the loan of a baby futon, a bed guard, a baby bath, a diaper bin, a baby chair or bouncer, a stroller, or a humidifier or air purifier, so please confirm in advance.
- •There is an electric hot-water kettle, but it is not described as a formula-preparation pot or a baby bottle sterilizer.
- •Nothing is published about a nursing room or a formula-preparation space in the building.
- •The beds 120 cm wide are 55 cm high, and the sofa beds in the family room are 48 cm high. No room type has low beds.
- •All rooms are non-smoking, and the building has Wi-Fi.
- •The building has a convenience shop and a boutique. The official FAQ gives the convenience shop's hours as 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., but also states that the convenience shop operates 24 hours; because these differ, please confirm before relying on it at night.
- •The property can be used with a wheelchair, and there is a universal restroom on the 2nd floor (there are no rooms designed specifically for wheelchair users).
- •Extending checkout is possible for a fee depending on how booked the hotel is that day, and you will be advised at check-in.
No play equipment or play areas for children on the grounds
No play equipment or play areas for children on the grounds
Nothing is published about a playroom or outdoor adventure play areas in the building or on the grounds. The official website introduces Mori no Sanpomichi, a walking path about 850 m around, and Negai no Oka, a photo spot along it, and suggests spending your time strolling and enjoying Karuizawa's nature and scenery. The Karuizawa Asama Golf Course adjoins the hotel, but it is a two-ball golf course.
- •Nothing is published about an indoor playroom or play space, or outdoor play equipment or adventure play areas, so please confirm in advance.
- •The official FAQ clearly states that there is no childcare facility. Ikyu.com's facility list also marks babysitting service as unavailable.
- •The official website has a page introducing a nature experience program, but its contents, eligible ages and dates could not be confirmed, so please confirm in advance.
- •The group's Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort is officially described as about 25 minutes by car from the Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel under normal conditions. Allow for that travel time if snow play or skiing is your aim.
- •In summer, from July to September, there are stay plans that come with two Enjoy Tickets worth 1,000 yen each per person, usable for activities on the hotel grounds and at partner tourist facilities. There is no shuttle, however, and the facilities that accept them and the number of tickets required differ from place to place.
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Overview
Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama is a membership resort hotel set within one section of the Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel in Karuizawa, Nagano. It is normally open only to members and their guests, but a limited "trial stay" plan lets the general public book through the official website as well as Rakuten Travel and Ikyu.com. Rooms come as 30 sq m twins and 60 sq m family rooms with a separate bedroom and living room, sleeping 4. The hot spring building attached to the hotel has a communal bath, an open-air bath and a sauna. There is no room charge for children under 6, and children aged 0 to 5 who have not yet started elementary school can stay by co-sleeping. There is no pool, playroom or babysitting service.
Staying at a Membership Resort on a "Trial Stay"
Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama is a membership resort hotel set within one section of the Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel in Minami-Karuizawa, Karuizawa, Nagano. Prince Vacation Club is described as accommodation available only to those who hold a membership and their guests, so the general public normally cannot book it. There is, however, a limited plan titled "a trial stay at a membership resort hotel," which can be booked through the official website as well as Rakuten Travel and Ikyu.com. The trial stay plan comes with the privilege of playing the adjoining Karuizawa Asama Golf Course at the same rate members receive, use of the members-only lounge, and use of the hot spring building's lounge as a post-bath relaxation space. The lounge is set up mainly around alcohol and is not a play space for children.
Rooms
The official room listing shows two room types at this property. The family room is 60 sq m with a separate bedroom and living room, plus a 6.9 sq m terrace, sleeps 4, and has two beds 120 cm wide along with two sofa beds. The twin room is 30 sq m with two beds 120 cm wide, and only some of these rooms can take up to 3 guests using an extra bed. The rooms are on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The beds are 55 cm high and are not low beds. Rooms have a balcony looking straight out at Mount Asama, are all non-smoking, and have Wi-Fi. Note that Prince Vacation Club Villa Karuizawa Asama, on the same grounds, consists of detached houses with Japanese-style tatami rooms and a dining kitchen, but that is a separate property.
Baths
Bathing takes place at Breeze in Plateau, the hot spring building attached to the hotel. It is about 1 minute from the hotel by monorail, with a dry sauna in the men's bath and a mist sauna in the women's bath. Ikyu.com's facility list records 2 communal baths and 2 open-air baths, all open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., with onsen water that is not free-flowing from the source (it is heated and diluted with water). The spring water is a sodium bicarbonate and chloride onsen (a hypotonic, neutral hot spring), not a simple onsen. There are no private-hire baths and no rooms with an open-air bath, and there is no pool, indoors or outdoors. The hot spring building's usage information clearly states that guests wearing diapers are asked to refrain from using it, so children who are not yet out of diapers cannot enter the communal bath or the open-air bath; they bathe in the guest room bathroom instead. From age 7, children use the bath for their own gender.
Dining
Meals are served at the hotel's all-day dining restaurant, Dining Bloom. Breakfast is a Western and Japanese buffet, and for dinner there are plans offering a Japanese Asama Gozen set in addition to the Western course. The official restaurant information lists breakfast at 4,000 yen for adults, 2,800 yen for ages 6 to 11 and free for children under 6, while Ikyu.com's property information says breakfast is free for ages 0 to 3 and carries a separate charge for ages 4 to 5. Because these differ, please confirm breakfast for ages 4 to 5 when booking. The official FAQ states that a children's meal menu is available at dinner only. The restaurant has private rooms, and private-room plans are offered for occasions such as okuizome (a baby's first-meal celebration) and formal meetings between two families. Room service covers breakfast only, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Nothing is published about baby food or children's tableware.
Before You Stay with Children
On cribs, the official FAQ says that they are available, that numbers are limited, and that you should contact the hotel in advance if you would like one. On the other hand, both a childcare facility and a pool are clearly stated as not available, and nothing is published about a playroom, indoor or outdoor play areas, a nursing room, or the loan of strollers, baby baths or diaper bins. The group's Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort is described as about 25 minutes by car from the Karuizawa Asama Prince Hotel under normal conditions, so allow for that travel time if snow play or skiing is your aim. This is not a good match for a stay where you expect on-site facilities for children to play in, but for an unhurried stay using the hot spring building and the spacious rooms, having no room charge for children under 6 and the option of co-sleeping are easy conditions to work with.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | Hocchi Minami-Karuizawa, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano 389-0113 |
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| directions_carAccess | About 7 km from the south exit of JR Karuizawa Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, roughly 12 minutes by car. A free shuttle bus runs between the hotel and the south exit of Karuizawa Station; please contact the hotel for the timetable and boarding point. By car, it is about 5 km, roughly 6 minutes, from the Usui-Karuizawa I.C. on the Joshinetsu Expressway. |
| trainNearest station | Karuizawa Station |
| local_parkingParking | Outdoor parking for 136 cars, free for staying guests and requiring no reservation. There is no valet service. Please inquire in advance if you are driving a specialized vehicle. |
| callPhone | +81-267-48-0001 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, UFJ Card, Mastercard, Saison |
| languageOfficial site | https://www.princehotels.co.jp/asama/open_in_new |
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Reference price as of August 19, 2026 (stay date 2026-09-12). Please check the booking site for actual rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for babies and toddlers (ages 0 to 2) and children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Does Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama have baby beds?
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Baby beds are available to rent. See the Kids Facilities section on this page for details.
Is there parking at Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama?
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Parking: Outdoor parking for 136 cars, free for staying guests and requiring no reservation. There is no valet service. Please inquire in advance if you are driving a specialized vehicle.
How do you get to Prince Vacation Club Karuizawa Asama?
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About 7 km from the south exit of JR Karuizawa Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, roughly 12 minutes by car. A free shuttle bus runs between the hotel and the south exit of Karuizawa Station; please contact the hotel for the timetable and boarding point. By car, it is about 5 km, roughly 6 minutes, from the Usui-Karuizawa I.C. on the Joshinetsu Expressway.
How much do children pay to stay?
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There is no room charge for children under 6. Children aged 6 and over are charged the same rate as adults.
What time is check-in?
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Check-in is from 3 p.m. If your arrival will be significantly later than planned, you need to contact the hotel in advance.
Can we extend our checkout time?
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An extension is possible for a fee depending on how booked the hotel is that day. You will be advised at check-in whether it is available.
Are there non-smoking rooms?
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All rooms are non-smoking, so families with children can stay without worrying about smoke.
What is the charge when a child under 6 co-sleeps with us?
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Children aged 0 to 5 can stay by co-sleeping, and there is no room charge. However, a charge applies for children aged 4 and over who need meals. Breakfast charges are stated differently in different property information, so please confirm when booking. Children aged 6 and over are charged the same rate as adults.
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