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In Paradise Lost, Hisagi and Rinko, after a thunderous affair, drink poisoned wine in a forested villa in Karuizawa and go to sleep together, creating a shocking ending that has made the couple and the novel a household name. While many readers in China scoffed at the book's “twisted values,” I planted the seed in my heart to visit Karuizawa, and this year I was able to do so.
Karuizawa is located on a plateau on the border of Nagano and Gunma Prefectures, about 1,000 meters above sea level, with temperatures significantly lower than those of Tokyo all year round, and is known as Tokyo's backyard, a summer resort with churches, villas, and high-class Western-style restaurants, and where John Lennon and Yukio Mishima were once regulars. Karuizawa has no spectacular sights, but it is the perfect place to rest and recuperate.
Another reason why Karuizawa has become a favorite is the newly opened Fufu (or Fufu, as it's also known) this year. Karuizawa has opened two Fufu's this year, Sunshine Winds and Shizen Mori, the former focusing on a bright and airy style while the latter has a darker tone, which is more to my liking.
The communal area is small, with a lobby and bar in one, connected to a small enclosed courtyard, in typical Fufu refined and compact style. On the second floor is the restaurant, in addition to no other public facilities (each room has a private soup, no public bath), the room is only 20. The check-in attendant was a Taiwanese lady, and it was very interesting to hear the familiar delicate Taiwanese accent.
Through the rain-slicked courtyard to the reserved Premium Suite, home for the next two days.
Everything without words. Sit on the edge of your bed and look at the rainy forest to the sound of jazz, or strip down and forget about the day's troubles in a piping hot spa. That's it.
It's dinner time, and the duck-filled meals that Fufu is known for are so good you'll be eating them off the walls. The flavors are so good that you'll feel like you're getting your money's worth out of the exorbitant room rate. The same goes for breakfast, where the already hearty and complex breakfast of the Japanese people is transformed into a feast by Fufu, making you want to cancel your lunch reservation right away.
After breakfast, turn right out of the hotel and walk through a forested villa area to Karuizawa's famous Unba Pond, where you can take a stroll around the lake. If you visit in late autumn, you can see the reflection of the colorful red leaves.
Karuizawa is so beautiful that Fufu is only a small part of it, even if it's good.
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