karuizawa day 3

Since breakfast was not included in our stay, we had picked up some items from French Bakery the day before and ate them in our room before check out.
 

Since I have been wanting to check out Maruyama Coffee for some time now, after we checked out we headed here

It was in the between of two stations so from the JR Karuizawa Station, we walked about 20 minutes to the cafe and then waited another 30 minutes for them to open

Since they did not serve breakfast, we just had coffee and something sweet

I chose their tarte tatin and Satoshi had their seasonal roll cake.

Their coffee was delicious. I tried their Classic 1991 while Satoshi had their had their Blend

On the way back to the JR Karuizawa station we stopped into a supermarket to check out what local things they had.

And then we walked around the Prince Shopping Plaza, a huge outlet mall.

It was about this time that it started to rain, really hard!

Luckily most of the mall has covered walkways

We had more coffee from Komite Coffee...it was quite humid so Satoshi had their iced coffee while I had their espresso cider.

We also had some oyaki (buns filled with veggies)...Satoshi had their eggplant

I had their mixed veggies

And since the rain was still pouring, we jumped on the shuttle bus for the Prince Hotel.

Unfortunately there are no restaurants or cafes available to people not staying at their hotel/cottages

We had some time before our Shinkansen back to Tokyo and it was still raining, so we entertained ourselves by looking at the souvenir shops and also looked for items for snack/dinner.

I tried this piroshki made by Sawaya, apparently the recipe was passed down from Russian immigrants...this was beefy! with bits of hard boiled egg, delicious

Satoshi went to have soba at a stand and eat shop.

I also picked up these mazegohan packets by Konohanaya.

Most of them have Shinshu veggies in them, it doesn't tell you how much cooked rice to mix it with though.

I made one packet with 1 cup of cooked rice and would probably suggest mixing at least 1.5 or 2 cups of cooked rice with this packet.

It was our first time to Karuizawa, we didn't know what to expect, but we enjoyed seeing the green and loved the cool breezes in the shade.

The next time we visit here, we would like to stay closer to the Kyu Karuizawa area, check out more cafes and would like to see inside the Kogen and stone churches.

I hope you enjoyed our adventure as much as we did.

Maruyama Coffee

1154-10 Karuizawa

Kitasaku, Nagano

Closed: Tuesdays

Hours: 10:00-18:00

Komite Coffee

Prince Shopping Plaza

Karuizawa Food Station

Prince Shopping Plaza

Sawaya

JR Karuizawa Station

Konohanaya

JR Karuizawa Station