Villa Kitakaruizawa Elwing
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Rakuten Travel rating 4.37 out of 5 (675 reviews). Guests report that their children took to the communal bath so much that even a child who never bathes in the morning was up at 5 a.m. the next day to go in. One review mentions a child being thoroughly delighted by the chocolate fountain at dessert. On the other hand, some guests note that the water pressure in the bath is low, which makes it hard to rinse off soap suds.
Kids Facilities
Standard and Superior Japanese-Western rooms
Standard and Superior Japanese-Western rooms
These rooms combine a tatami area and a Western-style area in one room, so you can use the tatami side to co-sleep with a young child. The Standard Japanese-Western room is about 38 sq m and sleeps up to 4 guests, while the Superior Japanese-Western room is 53.20 sq m (2 beds plus 10 tatami mats) and sleeps up to 5. If you book two or more rooms of the same type, they cannot always be arranged on the same floor.
Kids Half and Kids Plate
Kids Half and Kids Plate
The yakiniku dining restaurant Forest offers a Kids Half (2,000 yen) for children of kindergarten age and under and a Kids Plate (3,800 yen) for elementary school children. The Kids Half consists of Korean seaweed, marinated meat, rice, soup, pudding and fruit. On the Japanese set-menu and kaiseki plans, children and younger children receive a children's set.
Deluxe Fours
Deluxe Fours
A room with a spacious living area and 4 beds, suited to families and groups. It is 74.68 sq m and sleeps up to 4 guests, and non-smoking rooms are available. If you use two or more rooms of this type, they will be on different floors.
Playroom
Playroom
A shared playroom inside the hotel. It is an indoor play space with a slide, a ball pit and a bookshelf of picture books, with interlocking foam mats on the floor. No information on its hours or age range could be found.
Humidifiers available to borrow
Humidifiers available to borrow
- paymentsPrice:Free for guests
Humidifiers are available to borrow free of charge, in limited numbers. In the dry highland climate they are useful for nights with a young child. Mahjong sets, go, shogi, assorted table games and wheelchairs are also among the items available to borrow.
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Overview
Villa Kitakaruizawa Elwing is a 13-story resort hotel looking out toward Mount Asama, distinctive for its wing-shaped exterior, like a bird with its wings spread. Most rooms are Japanese-Western rooms that pair a tatami area with a Western-style area, so you can lay out futons on the tatami side and co-sleep with a young child. The hotel has a shared playroom with a slide and a ball pit. The yakiniku dining restaurant offers a Kids Half and a Kids Plate, and on the Japanese set-menu plans children and younger children receive a children's set as well. The panoramic communal bath on the top floor, the 13th, has a sauna, a pre-bath rinsing bath and a cold bath; it is not an onsen. The free shuttle bus from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station must be reserved by 6 p.m. the day before.
Rooms
Most rooms are Japanese-Western rooms that pair a tatami area with a Western-style area, so you can use the tatami side to co-sleep with a young child. The Standard Japanese-Western room is 35.76 to 38.20 sq m and sleeps up to 4 guests, and the Superior Japanese-Western room is 53.20 sq m (2 beds plus 10 tatami mats) and sleeps up to 5; both include a tatami area. Among the Western-style rooms, the Standard Twin is 33.8 to 40.9 sq m for up to 2 guests, with 2 beds measuring 120 cm wide by 205 cm long by 45 cm high. A family of four can also choose the Deluxe Fours (74.68 sq m, sleeping up to 4), which has a spacious living area and 4 beds. The Japanese-Western Suite is 72.68 sq m with a separate tatami room, and the Suite is 77.72 sq m. If you book two or more rooms of the same type, they cannot always be arranged on the same floor. Every room has wired LAN and Wi-Fi, both free of charge.
Dining
Meals are served in the restaurants and dining areas, and in-room dining is not listed. The yakiniku (Japanese grilled meat) dining restaurant Forest has a Kids Half (2,000 yen) for children of kindergarten age and under and a Kids Plate (3,800 yen) for elementary school children, and on the Japanese set-menu and kaiseki plans children and younger children receive a children's set. Breakfast is either a set menu, Japanese or Western, or a Japanese-Western buffet; with the set menu, elementary school children and younger children are served the Western breakfast. The Japanese and yakiniku restaurants work on timed reservations and have a limited number of seats, so booking early is reassuring if you want mealtimes to fit your child's routine. The property information on Rakuten Travel states that meals accommodating allergies can be arranged.
Baths
The panoramic communal bath Shi Fon, on the top floor, the 13th, has one bath each for men and women, with a sauna, a pre-bath rinsing bath and a cold bath. It is not an onsen. Hours are 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to midnight, though every Wednesday is a deep-cleaning day and the hours are shortened to 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to midnight. There is no private-hire bath, and guest rooms have an en-suite bathroom. Whether children who are not yet out of diapers may enter the bathtubs is not stated, so please confirm.
Family-Friendly Features
The hotel has a shared playroom, an indoor play space with a slide, a ball pit and a bookshelf of picture books. No information on its hours or age range could be found, so please ask at the front desk if you would like to use it. Co-sleeping is for up to 2 children. Children aged 0 to 2 stay free when co-sleeping with no meals and no bedding, but bookings for elementary school children co-sleeping are not accepted, and children aged 3 and over are charged. Elementary school children, in both the upper and lower grades, are charged 60% of the adult rate, and younger children from age 3 up to elementary school age (no meals, bedding included) are charged 40% of the adult rate. Children aged 3 and over are charged even if they need neither meals nor bedding. There is no information about baby futons available to borrow, and ages 0 to 2 fall in the category requiring neither meals nor futon bedding. Humidifiers are available to borrow free of charge. The building is wheelchair accessible, with wheelchairs available to borrow, a ramp at the main entrance and a barrier-free toilet in the restaurant wing only; guest rooms have Western-style toilets. Babysitting services are not offered.
Access
By car it is about 50 minutes from the Usui-Karuizawa IC on the Joshin-etsu Expressway, and the free outdoor parking has about 80 spaces, available first-come, first-served with no reservations. The free shuttle bus from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station departs at 11 a.m. and 3:45 p.m., with departures from the hotel at 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.; reservations are required by 6 p.m. the day before, and any run without a reservation is cancelled. In winter, Karuizawa Snow Park Ski Resort is 20 minutes away by car and Kazawa Snow Area Ski Resort is 40 minutes by car, with no shuttle service to either.
Access & Information
| location_onAddress | 1924-172 Kitakaruizawa, Naganohara-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma 377-1412 |
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| directions_carAccess | By car: about 50 minutes from the Usui-Karuizawa IC on the Joshin-etsu Expressway. By train: about 40 minutes by shuttle bus from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station on the Nagano Shinkansen (reservation required). |
| trainNearest station | Karuizawa Station |
| local_parkingParking | Outdoor parking for about 100 cars, free of charge. Parking spaces cannot be reserved. |
| callPhone | +81-279-84-5555 |
| paymentsCards | VISA, JCB, American Express, Diners Club, UC, DC, NICOS, Mastercard, JTB, Rakuten Card, JAL |
| languageOfficial site | https://www.villa-kitakaruizawa.jp/open_in_new |
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Reference price. Market rates from Rakuten Travel, per person based on 2 adults sharing one room. This is a guide calculated from available plans over the past few weeks, and it varies by season and number of guests. Please check the booking site for actual rates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What ages is Villa Kitakaruizawa Elwing best suited to?
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It has facilities that work especially well for children aged 3 and over. There is no age limit, and families with children of any age can stay.
Is there parking at Villa Kitakaruizawa Elwing?
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Parking: Outdoor parking for about 100 cars, free of charge. Parking spaces cannot be reserved.
How do you get to Villa Kitakaruizawa Elwing?
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By car: about 50 minutes from the Usui-Karuizawa IC on the Joshin-etsu Expressway. By train: about 40 minutes by shuttle bus from the South Exit of Karuizawa Station on the Nagano Shinkansen (reservation required).
How are children's rates handled?
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Children under 3 who co-sleep and need neither meals nor bedding stay free of charge, but younger children aged 3 and over are charged whether or not they have meals and bedding. Elementary school children are charged as well.
Are there children's options at breakfast or in the restaurants?
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The yakiniku dining restaurant Forest has a Kids Plate (3,800 yen) for elementary school children and a Kids Half (2,000 yen) for children of kindergarten age and under. On the Japanese set-menu and kaiseki plans, children and younger children receive a children's set.
Will our young child be treated as co-sleeping?
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Children from age 0 to around age 2 are treated as co-sleeping, and the arrangement comes with neither meals nor bedding.
Are the rooms Japanese-style or Western-style, and are they easy to use with children?
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The guest rooms combine a tatami area with a Western-style area, and some rooms make it easy to co-sleep with a young child.
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