APA Hotel Karuizawa-Ekimae Karuizawaso

APA Hotel Karuizawa Ekimae Karuizawasou is operated by APA Group Co., Ltd., a well-known nationwide hotel chain. As you’d expect from a large chain, amenities and guest support are well provided. Karuizawasou consists of a Main Building and a New Building next to each other, with a total of 122 rooms. One key difference from many other hotels is that it does not have an onsen (hot spring). Guests mainly use the in-room baths, but in exchange, you can often stay at very reasonable rates. If your main focus is sightseeing, if you want to keep lodging costs low, or if you prefer to use day-use hot springs at higher-end hotels/ryokan (even if staying there is out of budget) and just use this hotel for sleeping, this can be a smart option. For business use, there is rental PC service (1,000 yen/day), Wi-Fi, and wired LAN. Parking: there are 22 free spaces across both buildings, plus an affiliated Times parking lot with 184 spaces reserved with priority for APA guests. Both are first-come, first-served and cannot be reserved. If you use the Times lot, the parking fee becomes free only if you present your parking ticket at the front desk—so don’t forget the ticket.