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Late-night fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano

9 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

9 high-end restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano stay open until 11 pm or later on at least one day, according to their published hours.

Our analysis of these 9

  • ¥13,800median cheapest dinner course (6 of 9)
  • 33%book online in English (3)

At the 6 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥13,800, 22% below the ¥17,800 median of all 102 restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano; the lowest is ¥9,900 at kokyuu.

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. 3 of these 9 take bookings online.

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  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    Benkei Bashi Seki弁慶橋 せき

    Kaiseki, Comoro & Tomi, 10 min walk from Komoro Station

    • Online booking
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Wheelchair access
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥16,500 16,500" Course: Elegant Cours…
    • ¥22,000 22,000 JPY Course" A Gorgeous…
    • ¥33,000 Course: A Luxurious Course Us…
    • per person, tax incl. · 20% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.61

  3. 3

    Sushi Atago寿し あたご

    Sushi, Karuizawa, 5 min walk from Karuizawa Station

    • UnionPay
    • English menu
    • Counter seats
    • ¥22,000 Course for Business Meetings…
    • ¥22,000 Course for Business Meetings…
    • ¥33,000 Omakase Course for Special Oc…
    • +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 20% below the list median

    Tabelog 3.08

  4. 4

    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. · 139% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.00

  5. 5

    Tempura Sen no Ne天麩羅 千の音

    Tempura, Matsumoto, 13 min walk from Matsumoto Station

    • Cash only
    • Private rooms
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Thursdays
    • ¥22,000 Omakase
    • ¥22,000 Omakase (Friday Dinner / )
    • ¥22,000 Omakase - For Families with C…
    • +9 more · per person, tax incl.

    Lunch ¥4,000–4,999

    Tabelog 3.06

  6. 6

    kokyuu古汲

    Kaiseki, Nagano & Nakajo, 9 min walk from Shiyakushomae Station

    • Cards accepted
    • Private rooms
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥9,900 Dinner course
    • ¥13,200 Dinner course
    • ¥18,150 Dinner course
    • per person, tax incl. · 28% below the list median

    Tabelog 3.06

  7. 7

    Sushi Aji鮨 あじ

    Sushi, Karuizawa, 3 min walk from Karuizawa Station

    • UnionPay
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Mondays

    ¥30,000–39,999

    dinner per person, about $200–270

    Tabelog 3.05

  8. 8

    Wagyu Teppanyaki Okini和牛 鉄板焼 おきに

    Teppanyaki, Karuizawa, 8 min walk from Naka-Karuizawa Station

    • UnionPay
    • English-speaking staff
    • Private rooms
    • Counter seats
    • Children welcome
    • Closed Mondays
    • ¥11,000 Okini's "Yakiniku
    • ¥19,800 Okini "Mountain Steak" (Avail…
    • ¥22,000 Okini ◆ Luxurious 7-Dish Kobe…
    • +4 more · per person, tax incl. · 20% below the list median

    Lunch ¥10,000–14,999

    Tabelog 3.00

  9. 9

    Sushi Okumura鮨 おくむら

    Sushi, Matsumoto, 4 min walk from Matsumoto Station

    • UnionPay
    • Counter seats
    • Closed Sundays
    • ¥16,500 Omakase Course ◆ Starting wit…
    • per person, tax incl. · 20% above the list median

    Tabelog 3.03

How to book these 9, and what they charge

6 of these 9 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 3 can be booked online in English, 3 online in Japanese only and 3 by phone only. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (4, in Japanese), TableCheck (2), Pocket Concierge (1).

BookingLanguageRestaurantsLeast expensive dinner course
TableCheckEnglish2¥33,000 · Aokimura U
Pocket ConciergeEnglish1¥16,500 · Benkei Bashi Seki
Ikyu RestaurantJapanese only4¥9,900 · kokyuu
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 late-night fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano

The highest rated on Tabelog are Heliotrope, Benkei Bashi Seki, and Sushi Atago.

3 of the 9 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 8 accept credit cards. 1 do not admit young children, while 3 say children are welcome. 3 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

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

Dinner at the 9 restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥39,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥26,000: 2 at ¥15,000–19,999, 5 at ¥20,000–29,999, and 2 at ¥30,000–39,999, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 6 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥13,800.

Which restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano have won awards?

Heliotrope has won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.

Can I book fine dining in Karuizawa & Nagano online?

Yes for 3 of the 9: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (2) and Pocket Concierge (1). 3 more take 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 fine dining restaurants in Karuizawa & Nagano?

It depends on the restaurant: 3 say children are welcome and 1 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.