Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court
Karuizawa has been where Tokyo goes to escape the summer since the Meiji era, and the Hoshino area at its centre is a forest resort with two churches in it, which is why so many Japanese weddings happen here.
Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court is a resort destination wedding venue in Karuizawa, Japan, hosting up to 210 guests (Aisle estimate), where a wedding for 80 guests costs about JP¥4,420,000 (our estimate), reached from Tokyo Haneda (HND), ~3 hours via Tokyo Station.
About Karuizawa Hotel Bleston Court
Karuizawa has been where Tokyo goes to escape the summer since the Meiji era, and the Hoshino area at its centre is a forest resort with two churches in it, which is why so many Japanese weddings happen here.
Bleston Court is the hotel at the middle of that complex, a set of cottages and terrace villas among the trees with a free shuttle running hourly from Karuizawa station.
The two ceremony buildings are the point.
Karuizawa Kogen Church is a wooden hall from the resort’s early days.
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Capacity, rooms and facilities
Money
- A wedding for 80 guests
- About JP¥4,420,000, rooms extraAisle estimate
- Price
- JP¥3,500,000 to JP¥6,000,000 as a packageAisle estimate
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- HND, 180 min by carAisle estimate
Venue highlights
- Stone Church built for Uchimura Kanzo, stone arches with glass and water
- Karuizawa Kogen Church, a wooden hall from the resort’s early years
- Blooming Colonnade banquet room takes 210
- Cottages and terrace villas in forest, hourly shuttle from the station
A sample wedding weekend
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- 16:00Guests up on the Shinkansen, shuttle into the forest, onsen
- 19:00Welcome dinner at the hotel restaurant
- 14:00Ceremony in the Stone Church
- 15:30Drinks among the trees, photographs at the Kogen Church
- 18:00Dinner and speeches in the Blooming Colonnade
- 10:00Forest walk, then the 70-minute train back to Tokyo
Costs and booking details
- Getting there
- HND · about 3 h by carAisle estimate
Guests fly into Tokyo Haneda.
Questions about the venue
How many guests can Bleston Court hold?+
The Blooming Colonnade banquet room takes 210, which sets the practical ceiling for a reception. The two churches are smaller, so the ceremony rather than the dinner is what usually caps a guest list here.
What is the Stone Church?+
It is a chapel built in memory of Uchimura Kanzo, a Meiji-era Christian thinker, made of alternating stone arches and glass with water running through it and set into the hillside. It is a working wedding chapel, not a museum, and it is why most couples come.
How do guests get to Karuizawa?+
The Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo Station takes about 70 minutes, and the resort runs a free shuttle from the south side of Karuizawa station every hour. That makes it the easiest mountain venue in Japan to bring a Tokyo guest list to.
What is the best season?+
Late spring and autumn. Karuizawa is a highland resort, so summers are cool by Japanese standards and that is exactly why Tokyo empties into it in August. Winter is cold and quiet, and snow is normal from December to March.
Is there English-language support?+
Hoshino Resorts operates in English across its properties and the area site is published in English, but confirm before you book that the wedding office itself will run your planning in English rather than only the hotel front desk.
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