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Natural Cafeina

A natural café in old Karuizawa serving breakfast that is easy on the body.

This popular cafe is located at the Shinonome intersection in the old Karuizawa area. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the breakfast menu is served from 7:00 am. The signature item on the menu is the Super Acai Bowl, which is loaded with fresh fruits such as mangoes and blueberries. Brazilian acai is combined with mango, banana, soy milk, and other ingredients to create a smooth texture. For those who want to eat well in the morning, the "Karuizawa French Toast" is recommended. It is a hearty dish that can be enjoyed with sausages and omelets.

Specialty coffees carefully selected by the owner are also recommended.

The woody interior of the restaurant has an atmosphere somewhat reminiscent of a tropical rain forest in Central and South America. The owner, who has traveled all over the world, including Brazil and other Asian countries, recreated his favorite scenery he saw during his travels. In such a natural atmosphere, the best thing to enjoy with breakfast is our specialty coffee. The owner carefully selects specialty coffees from Ethiopia, Kenya, El Salvador, and other countries, and brews them carefully using a French press. Please take your time to close your eyes and enjoy the unique aroma and sweet aftertaste.

Natural Cafeina

• 25 Karuizawa Higashi, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 8 min. walk from JR Karuizawa Station
• From JR Karuizawa Station, take the Seibu Kanko Bus bound for Kusatsu Hot Spring. 2 minutes walk from Shindo Bus Stop.
• 8:00-17:00 (7:00-7:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays)
• Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• 0267-42-3562
• Free of charge

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Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura Karuizawa Harunire Terrace

Breakfast plate with homemade yeast bread

A popular Bakery & Restaurant where you must wait in line on weekends and during the summer season. The Harunire Terrace location is open from 7:00 am. The Sawamura Morning Plate is a breakfast staple, a hearty meal consisting of three kinds of homemade bread, a fried egg, sausage, salad, yogurt, and more. The restaurant is also particular about its homemade soups, and the cold soup of grilled corn in the summer is a popular item that attracts many repeat customers. The set beverage is the home-roasted Sawamura Bakery Blend. The rich, deep-roasted coffee can be enjoyed hot or iced.

Airy bread de mi as a Karuizawa souvenir!

Pets are welcome on the terrace, so some customers enjoy their holiday breakfast with their dogs. A bakery is also located next to the Restaurant, and freshly baked bread is available for takeout. homemade baked with homemade yeast The bread is also recommended as a Karuizawa souvenir. The "Shinshu Nozawana Bread" and "Nagano Prefecture Produce Flour Pain de Mie" are popular products available only in the Karuizawa area. The airy texture of the pain de mi can be enjoyed with a thick slice of toast and a rich buttery flavor.

Bakery & Restaurant Sawamura Karuizawa Harunire Terrace

• 2145-5 Nagakura, Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 15 minutes by car from JR Karuizawa Station, 5 minutes by car from Nakakaruizawa Station of Shinano Railway
• From JR Karuizawa Station, take the Seibu Kanko Bus bound for "Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-yu via Kyu-Karuizawa" (approx. 20 minutes), get off at "Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-yu" and walk about 1 minute.
• Bakery 7:00 - 21:00
  Restaurant 7:00-22:00(L.O.21:00)
  Winter (Dec. to Feb.): 8:00 - 22:00 (L.O.O. 21:00)
• No holidays
• 0267-31-0144
• Pay service (2 hours free service is available for Harunire Terrace users)

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Maruyama Coffee Harunire Terrace

Enjoy hot dogs and excellent coffee on the terrace where you can hear the murmuring of the river.

Maruyama Coffee, a specialty coffee shop, was established in Karuizawa in 1991. The Harunire Terrace branch is open every morning from 8:00 a.m., and you can enjoy breakfast on the terrace where you can hear the murmuring of the stream. The morning menu consists of bread, a drink, and yogurt. The popular hot dogs are made with bread specially ordered for the Harunire Terrace branch. The sausage made from ground beef and pork from Japan and sauerkraut are also a perfect match. The standard way to enjoy the coffee is to combine it with a medium-deep roasted "Harunire Terrace Blend" brewed in a French press.

Bring home roasted coffee beans and coffee chestnut dorayaki as souvenirs!

The store sells home-roasted coffee beans purchased directly from coffee producers around the world, including those in Africa, Central and South America, and Asia. You can purchase beans of your choice from 100g or less, including seasonal recommendations. If you have trouble choosing a bean, we recommend the Harunire Terrace Blend, which is also offered as part of the breakfast set. You can also take some home as a memento of your visit to Karuizawa. Another popular souvenir is the "Coffee Chestnut Dorayaki. This is a collaboration with Obusedo, a long-established chestnut confectionery in Obuse-machi, Nagano Prefecture, and is sold out as soon as it hits the store shelves.

Maruyama Coffee Harunire Terrace

• 2145-5 Nagakura, Karuizawa Town, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 15 minutes by car from JR Karuizawa Station, 5 minutes by car from Nakakaruizawa Station of Shinano Railway
• From JR Karuizawa Station, take the Seibu Kanko Bus bound for "Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-yu via Kyu-Karuizawa" (20 minutes), and get off at "Hoshino Onsen Tombo-no-yu" (a short walk).
• 8:00-19:00 (LO 18:30) (varies according to season)
• Open daily (closed temporarily)
• 0267-31-0553
• Charged（2 hours free if you spend over 2000 yen at Hoshino area)

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Boulanger Asanoya Old Road Main Store

Located on Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza-dori, this popular restaurant serves breakfast until 11:00 a.m. with bread baked one after another in a stone oven.

A popular morning menu item is the Shinshu rye galette. In French, galette means "a dish baked in a circle," and although buckwheat flour is often used, Asanoya uses rye flour, which gives the dish a rye flavor when eaten. It is recommended to eat it with a half-boiled egg yolk broken into pieces. Onion soup, bread, and a drink are also included in the set.

Croque-monsieur, a croissant baked with two kinds of cheese and white sauce, is also popular. The famous beef stew is also served in the morning.

Eat in with freshly purchased bread

If you order a drink or something else, you can bring in your purchases from the bread corner and eat them as they are. Large breads such as baguettes and campagnes are sliced and lightly toasted in the stone oven. Leftovers are placed in a bag and taken home. In addition to the Restaurant space, there is also a casual place to sit and relax.

Boulanger Asanoya Old Road Main Store

• 738 Karuizawa, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 3 min. walk from bus stop "Kyu-Karuizawa
• 8:00-18:00, 7:00-20:00 in summer, 9:00-17:00 in winter
  Breakfast menu is open from 11:00 to 11:00
• No holidays
• 0267-42-2149
• None

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Sheridan

The name of the restaurant is named after Sheridan Road, a road that runs along the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago. The owner of the restaurant liked Chicago breakfasts on a trip to the city and opened a Chicago-style breakfast and brunch café because the climate and climate of Karuizawa are similar to those of Chicago.
Salmon omelette is one of the Chicago-style dishes. The fluffy omelette is made with whisked eggs and cream cheese, and the smoked salmon is beautifully arranged on top. All together, it is a dish that offers a delicious and rich flavor.

Calculated green scenery

The interior is inspired by a casual American diner. The windows are cut and oriented in a calculated design so that you can enjoy the beautiful greenery outside from every seat. You can enjoy an American-style breakfast, including classic Chicago-style pancakes and "Panekken" Dutch pancakes.

Sheridan

• 1166-50 Hatsuji, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 15 minutes drive from Karuizawa Station
• November - March: 7:30 - 15:00
  April - October: 6:30 - 15:00
  Last order is 14:00 on all business days.
• December - February: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
  March/November: Tuesday, Wednesday
  April-October: Wed.
• 0267-31-6005
• Free of charge

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Mikuriya

Hotaru no Sato is located in Karuizawa with a peaceful rural landscape. The restaurant is a large house built on a large plot of land facing a satoyama. The main dish is white rice cooked in a large kamado, using Nagano brand "Gorobei rice" grown on the restaurant's own farm. The "morning rice ball set" includes rice balls with sesame salt and chopped ume plum, grilled salmon, kinpira gobo (burdock root), yudofu (tofu), pork miso soup, and pickles. The softly made rice balls are perfect for savoring the rice cooked so that the grains stand out. The miso in the pork miso soup and the pickles in the set are homemade, and the yudofu is made with tofu from a local tofu store. Other options include the "egg and rice set" and "morning yam soup set.

Enjoy food in a Japanese country house

The large, stately house makes you feel as if you are visiting a farmhouse in Shinshu. The centerpiece of the restaurant is the irori, a large pot set up in the center of the house. At the entrance to the kitchen is a large rice cooker, and you can also enjoy your meal while relaxing on a tatami matted tatami floor or on the porch. During the summer, the veranda is also available, and pets are welcome. Home-made rice, homemade miso, oyaki, and other unique Nagano ingredients are also available for sale.

Mikuriya

• 2127 Hatsuji, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 15 minutes drive from Karuizawa Station
• 7:15 - 15:00 (L.O. 14:15) Breakfast menu opens - 10:30 *Closing time may be earlier during peak season
• May-Oct: No holidays / Nov-Apr: Every Wednesday / Year-end and New Year's
• 0267-41-6741
• Free of charge

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Oshidate Chabo

This long-established coffee shop has been operating in the same location since its opening. Even before the breakfast boom, the breakfast set named "Ohayou Service" was well received. The menu is quite simple: ham and eggs, toast, salad, and coffee. The owner has been making the toast himself since the store opened, and the toast is exquisite in both thickness and degree of doneness. It is served with two fried eggs and a quick-cooked ham. The salads made with local lettuce and homemade soy sauce dressing are well-received.

Retro cabin-style interior

Although the restaurant has been remodeled once since it opened, the log house-style interior has a nostalgic atmosphere, decorated with the owner's favorites and souvenirs from regular customers. Outside the windows are lush greenery, and the log terrace is a great place to enjoy breakfast while soaking in the morning air.
The warm personalities of the owner and his wife make it easy to see why there are so many regular customers.

Oshidate Tea House

• 1 Hatsuji, Karuizawa-cho, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano MAP
• 10 minutes drive from Karuizawa Station
• 8:00 - 15:00, 7:00 - 15:00 in summer
  Breakfast menu is open - 11:00
• Wednesdays (open if Wednesday is a national holiday), open daily in summer
• 0267-48-1160
• Free of charge