This Peynet museum was designed by Antonin Raymond and is located in Karuizawa Tariasen. With its wooden, rustic appearance you can feel warmth and openness in the building.pp

This historical structure, designed by Antonin Raymond, has become known as the symbol of Karuizawa. It features a steep, triangular roof and a big steeple, with thick pillars assembled in a scissors shape towards the ceiling.pp

A church which was established in the Meiji Period (in 1898) by the design of W. M. Vories. Located behind Karuizawa tennis court, the beautiful architecture intertwines with the rustic woodland to add warmth to the trees surrounding it.pp

Designed by W. M. Vories and the villa of missionary Alexander Croft Shaw, this historical piece of architecture houses a number of Shaw’s favourite historical items.pp

Designed by the architect, Junzo Yoshimura, this rennovated shared house is spacious, atmospheric and surrounded by the richness of nature.pp

Ken Nobuhara translated “Sherlock Holmes” into Japanese in the post town of Oiwakejuku. This monument was built here to celebrate the hundred year anniversary of Holmes’ birthday.pp

This facility displays materials related to Nakasendo’s past using Ukiyo-e (a Japanese art). Images from Nihonbashi to Kyoto Sanjo Ohashi are compared with those from the present. In the garden of the museum, you can experience a quasi-experience of going around all the Sixty Nine Stations of Nakasendo.pp

Materials for preserving the culture of Oiwakejuku that flourished as a post town during the Edo Period are exhibited. Models are used to explain the history of Karuizawa in a fun and comperhensive manner.pp

A literature museum exhibiting materials relating to Hori Tatsuo, an author in the early Showa Period. Manuscripts and first edition books are displayed as well as the life, background and history of the writer himself.pp

This museum collects and displays wooden toys manufactured in the Erz region in Germany, such as the Nutcracker doll and the Christmas pyramid. It is a sister house of Seiffen village museum “The Erzgebirge Toy Museum of Seiffen” in Germany.pp