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The most expensive innovative fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano

10 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

These are the most expensive innovative restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano by the dinner price each restaurant publishes. At the top are Restaurant Naz (¥80,000–99,999), L'inflexion (¥50,000–59,999), and Aokimura U (¥30,000–39,999).

Our analysis of these 10

  • ¥27,500median cheapest dinner course (5 of 10)
  • 30%book online in English (3)

At the 5 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥27,500, 67% above the ¥16,500 median of all 670 innovative restaurants in Japan; the lowest is ¥10,000 at ca'enne.

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

Ranked list

Most expensive first. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 3 of these 10 take bookings online.

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  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

    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. · about the list median

    Tabelog 3.05

  3. 3

    Aokimura U

    French, Ueda & Bessho-Onsen

    • English-speaking staff
    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

    Easy to book from abroad

    • ¥33,000 Chef Tanaka's Creative French…
    • per person, tax incl. · 20% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.00

  4. 4

    Caralia

    Innovative, Nakano, Iizuna & Kurohime Highlands, near Kurohime Station

    • Cards accepted

    ¥30,000–39,999

    dinner per person, about $200–270

    Tabelog 3.01

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    ca'enneカエンネ

    Italian, Tateshina, Shirakaba & Chino

    2026Bronze百名店2025
    • Online booking
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • Closed Thursdays
    • ¥19,360 Seasonal course
    • ¥19,360 Seasonal course
    • per person, tax incl. · 64% below the list median

    Lunch ¥20,000–29,999

    Tabelog 4.17

  7. 7

    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

  8. 8

    MIYAKE AKIRA KiriMIYAKE AKIRA 霧

    Kaiseki, Narai & Kisofukushima

    • English menu
    • Cards accepted
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • ¥27,500 Dinner course
    • per person, tax incl. · about the list median

    Lunch ¥4,000–4,999

    Tabelog 3.09

  9. 9

    kura

    Innovative, Narai & Kisofukushima, 8 min walk from Narai Station

    • Counter seats

    ¥15,000–19,999

    dinner per person, about $100–130

    Lunch ¥5,000–5,999

    Tabelog 3.38

  10. 10

    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. · 47% below the list median

    Lunch ¥8,000–9,999

    Tabelog 3.04

How to book these 10, and what they charge

5 of these 10 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 3 can be booked online in English, 2 online in Japanese only and 5 by phone only. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (4, in Japanese), TableCheck (3), Pocket Concierge (1).

BookingLanguageRestaurantsLeast expensive dinner course
TableCheckEnglish3¥10,000 · ca'enne
Pocket ConciergeEnglish1¥10,000 · ca'enne
Ikyu RestaurantJapanese only4¥10,000 · ca'enne
By phone only—5—

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 the most expensive innovative fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano

Across all 10 innovative restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano, by dinner price, 2 at ¥15,000–19,999, 4 at ¥20,000–29,999, 2 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 2 at ¥40,000 or more.

3 of the 10 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, while 2 say children are welcome. 7 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

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

Dinner at the 10 innovative restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥99,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥35,000: 2 at ¥15,000–19,999, 4 at ¥20,000–29,999, 2 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 2 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 5 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥27,500.

Which innovative restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano have won awards?

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

Can I book innovative fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano online?

Yes for 3 of the 10: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (3) and Pocket Concierge (1). 2 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 5 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 & Nagano?

It depends on the restaurant: 2 say children are welcome and 1 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.