KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture ... This year marks the 130th anniversary of the hotel's opening. It was seen as a pioneer of Western-style hotels in Japan at the time and a landmark in this ...

At the foot of Mt. Asama, lies Karuizawa, one of Japan's most well-known resort areas. In the late 1880s, foreign missionaries began building holiday cottages in the town to escape Japan's fierce ...