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Best innovative fine dining in Karuizawa

5 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

The highest-rated innovative fine dining in Karuizawa on Tabelog are Restaurant Naz, LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota, and Heliotrope, and a typical dinner costs about ¥43,000 per person.

Our analysis of these 5

  • 20%book online in English (1)

1 can be booked online in English, 1 online in Japanese only and 3 by phone only. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (2, in Japanese), TableCheck (1).

Counted 5 November 2026 from Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge and restaurant websites. Booking services ↓ · How we count

Ranked list

In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 1 of these 5 take bookings online.

  1. 1

    Restaurant Nazレストラン ナズ

    Innovative, Karuizawa, near Shinano Oiwake Station

    2026Gold
    • Private rooms

    ¥80,000–99,999

    dinner per person, about $530–670

    Lunch ¥60,000–79,999

    Tabelog 4.58

  2. 2

    LA CASA DI Tetsuo Otaラ・カーサ・ディ・テツオ オオタ

    Innovative, Karuizawa

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Cards accepted

    ¥20,000–29,999

    dinner per person, about $130–200

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 4.25

  3. 3

    Heliotrope

    Innovative, Karuizawa, 17 min walk from Karuizawa Station

    百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Cards accepted
    • Ages 10+
    • ¥13,200 Vestige
    • ¥19,800 Limen
    • ¥24,200 Nascent
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.70

  4. 4

    L'inflexion

    French, Karuizawa, 16 min walk from Karuizawa Station

    • UnionPay
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Wednesdays
    • ¥29,700 Menu Découverte
    • ¥41,800 Dinner course
    • ¥7,700 Lunch course
    • per person, tax incl.

    Tabelog 3.05

  5. 5

    Le Telescope

    French, Karuizawa, near Shinano Oiwake Station

    • ¥14,500 Lorgnette" Dinner Course
    • ¥16,900 Télescope" Dinner Course
    • ¥6,600 Télescope" Lunch Course
    • per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥8,000–9,999

    Tabelog 3.04

How to book these 5, and what they charge

BookingLanguageRestaurantsLeast expensive dinner course
TableCheckEnglish1—
Ikyu RestaurantJapanese only2¥14,500 · Le Telescope
By phone only—3—

Each restaurant counted once for every service it takes bookings through; the least expensive dinner course is the lowest among the restaurants that service covers, as published on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or the restaurant's website.

About innovative fine dining in Karuizawa

There are 5 innovative restaurants in Karuizawa in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 1 at ¥15,000–19,999, 2 at ¥20,000–29,999, and 2 at ¥40,000 or more. 3 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list, including 1 Gold winner. That is more than the Nagano average of about ¥35,000 for innovative fine dining.

1 of the 5 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. All of them accept credit cards. 1 do not admit young children. 4 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

How much does high-end innovative fine dining cost in Karuizawa?

Dinner at the 5 innovative restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥99,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥43,000: 1 at ¥15,000–19,999, 2 at ¥20,000–29,999, and 2 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets.

Which innovative restaurants in Karuizawa have won awards?

Restaurant Naz, LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota, and Heliotrope have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.

Can I book innovative fine dining in Karuizawa online?

Yes for 1 of the 5: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (1). 1 more takes online bookings in Japanese only. 3 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.

Are children allowed at high-end innovative fine dining restaurants in Karuizawa?

It depends on the restaurant: 0 say children are welcome and 1 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.