Hoshinoya Karuizawa is offering an exclusive ‘Terraced Rice Field Afternoon Tea – Winter’ for one group per day at its Rice Terrace Lounge until February 28, 2025.
The afternoon tea represents the winter scenery of the terraced rice fields and is served in a three-tiered server that changes its appearance between the exterior and interior, inspired by the terraced fields irrigated from the clear streams of Mount Asama. The menu captures the seasonal transition and the food culture of Shinshu (Nagano Prefecture), featuring items such as snow rabbit and camellia-shaped nerikiri (sweet bean paste), a macaron flavored with seven spices, wasabi, and miso, gâteau au chocolat made from buckwheat flour, carp cutlet and venison sandwiches, premium junmai sake flavored liver paste, etc. A soymilk cheese fondue made with Shinshu miso, Saikyo miso, and Camembert cheese is also available.
The drink selections include an original rosé cider ‘Premium Cider POMME ROSE’ created in collaboration with Nakagino Gakko Brewery, a specialty cider brewery in Shinshu, and a blend tea using the bark of the Daisen cherry trees, the material for the nested boxes’ wooden work, named ‘Sakura Birch Tea’. ‘Premium Cider POMME ROSE’ is a blend of three types of apples including the Shinshu-born red-fleshed apples Enbu and two others, IHR17 and Maypole, finished with a second fermentation in the bottle.
Available from noon to 3 PM. The price is 12,000 yen, tax and service charge included. The service is exclusively available to guests staying at the hotel, limited to one group of up to 4 people per day.
