We took Hana, grandma and great grandma on a 3 day trip to Nagano. We headed to Uead, where we had soba and wandered around Ueda Castle ( The first night we stayed in a forgotten onsen town called Kakeyuonsen between Ueda and Suwa. The hotel (kuroiwa) was modern, clean but lacked atmosphere. The food was good. The following day we drove over the snowy hills past a lake to Tateshina. We stopped off at a hidden Italian which was lovely and rustic in a European way. The hotel was on the Venus line at about 1,200m above sea level (a guess): Tateshina Kaoru Kaze. It was a lovely location and an amazing place to stay. We celebrated grandma's birthday that night over a wonderful kaiseki dinner. We had sunshine the whole 3 days. A nice trip.
TATESHINA Resort Hotel
Grand opening ceremony of TATESHINA Resort Hotel @ Nagano