“Great location…right on the lake front.” (Review)

Dear Cards Resort Hotel, Lake Nojiri, Nagano

Spend your holiday on the shores of Lake Nojiri, surrounded by nature in the Shinshu mountains. All DearCards Resort rooms have a full lake view. It’s all up to you! Get out of the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy the fresh mountain air. Bring your family and friends and hop into a hotspring or enjoy a meal at one of the gourmet restaurants in the area. There are five ski fields (Madarao, Kurohime, Suginohara, Akakura and Ikenotaira) all within an easy 15-20 minutes drive

• Rates will vary depending on the number of people who use the room.
• Children under 3 years of age are free!
• No additional costs on weekends and during a peak season.
• Breakfast is available JPY 600(tax included) （extra charge）
• All rooms with private bath/shower and toilet.

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Location: 40-3 Nojiri, Shinano-machi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano Prefecture

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Pension Almanac is five minutes by car from the Shinano-machi interchange. This establishment has a homely cabin feel with Chinese meals available

Labo Land has many different styles of accommodation and cabins scattered over this huge site which is right next to the Kurohime ski resort.

Formerly known as the Nojiriko Prince Hotel the luxurious Nojiriko El Bosco Hotel sits on a peninsula overlooking the magnificent view of Lake Nojiri. Enjoy the special local cuisine!

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Lake Nojiri (Nojiriko) has a lively summer community, friendly locals, great fresh food plus a host of water sports and local activities.

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Nagano Accommodation, Myoko Hotels: About

The Heart of Japan offers simply the widest range of Nagano accommodation available across the region. You can book online a choice of over 400 ryokan, resort hotels, backpacker hostels, ski lodges, pension & traditional inns and receive instant confirmation.

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Nagano Accommodation, Myoko Hotels

If you are looking for comfortable, affordable and cheap accommodation in Japan’s “White Triangle” – Myoko Kogen, Hakuba, Akakura Onsen, Akakan Resort, Lake Nojiri, Nozawa Onsen, Madarao Kogen, Togakushi, Joetsu, Yudanaka Onsen (Japan Snow Monkey Park), Shiga Kogen and surrounds – hotels, pension, inns, hostels, ski lodges, cabins, minshuku, b&b or ryokan – then you have come to the right place. We can also help you book online at the same time for any stopovers in Nagano City, Tokyo Airports, Osaka, Tokyo, Nagoya or Kyoto. We can also assist with group bookings throughout Japan

Please note that Myoko Kogen and the “White Triangle” is made up of several different areas (as listed above) and the establishments below are only a small fraction of the properties offered. The following are a small selection of recommended inns, pensions, hotels and ryokan. For a full list of accommodation in the different areas of Myoko Kogen and the White Triangle please use the links on our accommodation menu at top. If unsure of the area you are looking for check out our extensive access and maps pages.

Explore the Heart of Japan offer by far the widest available range of accommodation in the area where reservations can easily be done online in English. Each area has its own hotel map so you can see exactly where the property you are booking lies in relation to local transport, resorts and services.

We have gathered all of the available bookable online establishments and are constantly adding to our lists. We utilise only well known reputable companies and you can therefore book securely with confidence, and at the best possible price, via our own secure travel booking site or one of the following – Booking.com, Japanican (JTB), or Rakuten. Confirmation is usually immediate.

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Nagano Accommodation: Featured places to stay

Myoko Kogen accommodation:

Akakura, Akakura Kanko, Ikenotaira, Suginohara & Seki Onsen

	Ryokan Kofukan is near Myokokogen Station. It was opened in 2004 featuring large rooms with both Japanese and Western style accommodation available, wonderful relaxing hotsprings and a great view of Mt. Myoko. A free shuttle bus service is available to and from Suginohara ski field during the winter. Discount ski lift tickets are also available for purchase. Friendly service (in English), great food and reasonable tariff. Map to Hotel Kofukan, Myoko-kogen
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	The Hotel Silverhorn boasts a fantastic location right opposite the Akakura Kanko (Akakan) Ski Resort. There are twelve semi-Japanese and three Western style rooms. The hotel amenities include washer/dryer, internet access and a ski rental shop. The hotel is only ten minutes by car/taxi from Myokokogen station. A complimentary shuttle bus from the station is also available. Check Hotel Silverhorn ratings and reviews
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	Akakura Hotel is a well known Akakura ski hotel in the very heart of Akakura Onsen Ski Village with only a four minute walk to the lifts. Refreshing 100% natural hot springs equipped with an open-air bath, sauna and jacuzzi. Guests can enjoy visiting various inside and outside onsen baths. Read or Leave Akakura Hotel reviews
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	Soratobu Usagi Myoko in Myoko Suginohara Ski Area is right in the middle of the Myoko Suginohara ski area trails, with one of the chairlifts going almost past the window (see map). They also have some self-contained accommodation which would be ideal for a family or small group of friends.
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	Tsubame Highland Hotel in Tsubame Onsen (high above Seki Onsen) is the perfect place for relaxing, hiking, trekking and skiing. To get to Akakura Ski Resort you can ski or snowboard down directly from Tsubame Onsen then get a free pick-up by snow tractor.
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	Park Lodge Sekine is located in the beautiful highland area of Ikenotaira Onsen (Myoko Kogen). It offers traditional Japanese style guestrooms and hot spring baths.
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Nagano Accommodation: Nozawa Onsen, Lake Nojiri and Madarao Kogen

	The Australian owned Alpine Villa Nozawa in Nozawa Onsen is just 200 metres from the ski lifts of and 50 metres from a free-use public hot-spring. Guests can enjoy the fireplace lounge, spacious free-use kitchen and home theatre room at Alpine Villa Nozawa. Read reviews of Alpine Villa Nozawa and/or see map to Alpine Villa Nozawa.
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	Labo Land in Lake Nojiri / Kurohime is five minutes by car from the Shinano-machi interchange. This establishment has a homely cabin feel. Facilities include coin laundry, ski and snowboard rental as well as ski wear, a ski drying room and internet access.
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	Guests at Fujio Pension in Madarao Kogen enjoy great scenery from their room at a 1,000 metre elevation in Madarao Kogen. The pension boasts connecting family rooms something not common in Madarao-kogen pensions. A popular choice for visitors seeking Nagano accommodation. Map to Fujio Pension in Madarao
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Japanese Snow Monkeys Accommodation:

Yudanaka Onsen, Shibu Onsen, Kanbayashi Onsen, Shiga Kogen

	Shimaya Ryokan is located in the centre of Yudanaka Onsen and only eight minutes away from Yudanaka station. This inn is our most booked Yudanaka Onsen / Snow Monkeys accommodation option. When requested, the ryokan will provide ‘on-demand’ free shuttle services to and from the Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park. Read or leave a review of Shimaya Ryokan here
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	Shibu Hotel in Shibu Onsen is a Japanese-style inn popular with foreign visitors close to the Jigokudani Yaen Koen (Monkey Park) with free shuttle available. The hotel has both Japanese-style rooms and western-style rooms as well as three different types of onsen including a private bath.
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	Jigokudani Onsen Korakukan Ryokan is a small inn past Kanbayashi Onsen with twelve Japanese style rooms which is as close as you can get to the Japan Snow Monkey Park. Cost is around 10,000 yen per person per night (including dinner and breakfast)
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	Hotel Shirakabaso Shigakogen is just a 2-minute walk from the Maruike ski resort offering indoor & outdoor hot spring baths, rooms with free Wi-Fi and a launderette. It features both Japanese-style and Western rooms. Guests can relax in the outdoor hot spring with nature views, unwind in a public bath indoors, or soak in a private-use hot spring bath.
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Nagano Accommodation: Nagano City, Zenkoji Temple, Togakushi Village & Hakuba

	Zenkoji Tokugyoubou in Nagano City is located right in the grounds of Zenkoji Temple. It is a shukubo – the kind of lodging that is traditionally attached to a Japanese temple. A shukubo is similar to traditional Japanese inns but at a shukubo you can join in morning prayers with the temple monks and eat shojin ryori – the special austere, vegetarian meal for monks. The rooms are traditional Japanese rooms with tatami mats and a light cotton yukata is offered for sleeping. No credit cards accepted
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	Togakushi Kogen Hotel in Togakushi Village Located right in front of Togakushi Ski Resort, Togakushi Kogen Hotel offers simple accommodation with views of Mount Togakushi. Free Wi-Fi is available at the public areas. One hour by bus from JR Nagano Station or thirty minutes drive from Hakuba
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	Just 300 metres from Hakuba Goryu gondola station, the completely non-smoking Bears Den Mountain Lodge has free Wi-Fi throughout and boasts a Japanese-style hot tub with mountain views, massages, a lounge with an LCD TV, board games and books, and a large drying room.
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	Matsuya Ryokan in Nagano City is an amazing traditional inn located right at the heart of Zenkoji Temple. Matsuya is recommended for those who love to have a taste of very traditional Japanese culture, architectural design and value for money.
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Lake Nojiri (nojiriko – 野尻湖) is an ancient glacial lake – Nagano’s second largest, and located within a three-four hour journey from Tokyo.

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Summer paddling at Lake Nojiri, Japan

Lake Nojiri winter

About Lake Nojiri (Nojiriko)

Long term Japan residents have been secretly sneaking off to this idyllic spot for years and many own summer houses dotted among the trees in the kokusaimura (international village) area. If you’re not lucky enough to have a host, there are several pensions and small hotels in the main town. With a lively and diverse foreign community, friendly locals, great fresh food and a host of water sports, it’s easy to see why Lake Nojiri has a special place in many Japanophile’s hearts. If you can’t surrender to the temptation to do nothing, try a spot of fishing, a swim in the lake, a stroll along the Woolly Mammoth trail or a nice healthy hike. Upon enquiry locals can run hikes and foraging expeditions for wild foods like mushrooms and mountain vegetables.

The area’s most famous current resident is C. W. (Nick) Nicol, a local author and conservationist whose passion is the local mountain area – Japan’s last remaining old-growth birch forests, where bears still prowl.

Weather for Lake Nojiri, Shinano-machi and Kurohime

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 Activities and things to do in and around Lake Nojiri

A variety of activities take place all year round at or near the lake, including the following:

Summer:

• golf
• waterskiing
• sailing & water sports camps
• swimming
• wakeboarding
• pleasure boating , cruises
• windsurfing
• sailing
• cycling
• hiking the Shin Etsu trail and walking
• fishing, or spinning for black bass and trout at Nojiriko Lake Station
• grass skiing
• fruit picking

The Lake Nojiri Triathlon is an increasingly popular event for both contestants and spectators. It held every year around the middle of July. Competitors came from all over Japan as well as overseas.

Ricky’s Summer Sailing Camps are a unique summer experience of sailing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming and fun. The Camp is managed by Ricky Simeonsson, a life long Japan and Lake Nojiri resident. The late summer highlight is when areas of Kurohime Plateau (kurohime kogen) become covered in the new blooms of cosmos flowers – more than a million blooms in every colour of the rainbow. In early summer lavender grows all over an area on the south face of Mount Kurohime.

Sometimes a Celtic music workshop is held in summer at Lake Nojiri. Check here for details or email

There are several excellent golf courses in the area including Madarao Tokyu Golf Club and Madarao Kogen Country Club. Click here for more golf course information

The highlight of each summer is the Lake Nojiri hanabi (fireworks festival). This is a spectacular fireworks display over the lake held near the end of July every year. Try to arrive early – the traffic can be heavy! See an album from 2014 here.

Winter:

In winter visitors can engage in the uniquely Japanese sport of fishing for smelt (wakasagi), using red-dyed ant-eggs as bait. Wakasagi are a tiny silvery freshwater fish about the size of an anchovy. As the lake freezes over (though be warned it is not thick ice for walking on!), specially designed boats are available for hire. You can sit in the cabin warmed by a kerosene heater sipping warm local shochu (a little similar to sake) as you fish. A fishing guide map (in Japanese) is here.

There are many nearby ski resorts, including Kurohime, Madarao and Tangram. Check out our snow and ski page for more details.

Indoor activities:

• natural dyeing techniques
• a fairytale museum
• glass-making
• pottery making
• Irish Music Workshop

In nearby Shinanomachi lies the home of the revered Japanese poet, Issa.

Shin Etsu Hiking Trail

This newly completed hiking trail (2009) runs for eighty kilometres through the Sekida mountains starting near Lake Nojiri. The trail runs through a relatively easy accessible range of thousand metre peaks covered with old forests of Japanese buna beech trees. These woods, filled with springs, lakes and ponds, are unique for being almost entirely free from other tree species, and also for the way they have been shaped and polished by the region’s heavy winter snowfall. The Shinetsu Trail is open year-round, and is a wonderfully convenient way to explore the delights of nature in Japan. You can download maps and info here  (Japanese), see a Shin Etsu Trail video (English) here plus see a photo album here from the Shinetsu Trail Club (Japanese).

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Other nearby attractions

Togakushi Shrine nestling amongst 900 year old cedars is just 30 minutes drive from Lake Nojiri. It’s not only beautiful place to visit but it’s delicious soba noodles are also famous throughout Japan. There is also a small reproduction samurai village school.

Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City is also a popular tourist spot. Catch the Dentetsu line train to Gondo or Zenkoji stations and then walk about 10 minutes.

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Places to stay in & around lake Nojiri – Pensions, Resorts, Cabins & Hotels

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Shopping

Local Produce: For just a fraction of the price you would pay in Tokyo or Osaka, the Lake Nojiri area has numerous roadside stalls and farmers’ markets where you can buy great local produce. The tomatoes and peaches are renowned throughout Japan and the region has local farmers growing blueberries, apples, pears, corn, edamame (green soybeans) and dozens of other fruits and vegetables. You will also discover all sorts of local specialities such as Scotch thistle preserve, walnut jam and aloe vera honey.

Beer: Check out the Shinano Brewery in Kurohime. Reviews can be found here. This brewery is nestled in the gentle rolling hills of Kurohime Heights. The brewmaster apprenticed at Ipswich Ale, near Boston. The result is four distinctive craft-brewed beers in bottles attractive enough to convert into vases or candleholders. Tel: 026-255-6633 Open: 11am-5pm daily

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Lake Nojiri and Kurohime Videos

History:

After Japan was opened up in the Meiji period the Nagano Mountains were ‘discovered’ by Christian missionaries, particularly the area around Karuizawa. To escape the hot summers of the Kanto plains many would retire to the coolness of the North Alps. These summer escapes for those of European blood were a common story across the colonized world, particularly with the British in Asia. In the later Taisho period, many of these foreign missionaries began to come to Lake Nojiri instead to avoid the burgeoning crowds at Karuizawa. The subsequent ‘international village’ (kokusaimura) that arose on the shores of the lake is still a popular summer resort today (see below for further details).

Historical Sites:

The Lake Nojiri Naumann Elephant Museum includes an exhibition of the fossils of Naumann Elephant and Big-horned Deer from Jomon times around 40,000 years ago. These were excavated in the Lake Nojiri area and are displayed together with an exhibition of stone tools and bone tools.

In nearby Shinanomachi lies the home of the revered Japanese poet, Issa

The International Community At Lake Nojiri:

For people who want to find out what it like to be a part of this historic volunteer owned and operated international community, a few cabins are usually available for rent each year directly from the members during the July-August season. See the Nojiri Lake Association website for more information .

Reviews

“I fell in love with the Nojiri region while I was living in Japan in the 1990s, because of the unspoilt beauty of the countryside…in a quiet glade in what is quaintly called the Joshinetsu “quasi national park” – and the hospitality of the locals”
Ben Hills in the Sydney Morning Herald

Nojiri Lake webcam

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Access:

Take a shinkansen (bullet) train to Nagano. Travelling time is 2.5 – 3 hours from JR Tokyo or JR Ueno stations (depending on connections and stops). Next swap to a train bound for MyokoKogen and alight at Kurohime station. To get to Lake Nojiri take the ‘Nagaden’ bus from Kurohime Station.

By car, take Route 18 or the Joshin-etsu Expressway between Nagano and Joetsu City and look for the turn-offs to Lake Nojiri. Car rentals are available here!

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For an array of stunning photos of Lake Nojiri please go to the Four Seasons of Nojiriko website

“Autumn by Lake Nojiri”, by Ito Shinsui (1948)

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