Toyoko Inn Nagano-eki Higashi-guchi

About this stay

The Hokuriku Shinkansen pulls into Nagano Station roughly eighty minutes out of Tokyo, and this Toyoko Inn sits a five-minute walk from the east exit, which matters more than any brochure line once a suitcase is involved. Rooms are compact and functional, the Toyoko Inn chain formula, but the mountain-view rooms here actually deliver: the Japan Alps rim the skyline north of the station and catch the evening light well. Beds are Western-style, no tatami on offer, which suits a traveller moving fast between cities rather than settling in for a ryokan-style stay. The buffet breakfast downstairs runs early enough for a Shinkansen connection, and the 24-hour front desk handles late check-ins without fuss. Zenkoji Temple, Nagano's thousand-year pilgrimage site, is a fifteen-minute walk or a short bus ride from the door.

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