Terrace House "Opening New Doors": The 12 Karuizawa filming locations you should visit
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Terrace House fans! Komban wa! If you're anything like me, you're hanging out for the latest season of Terrace House to drop on Netflix Australia. What's Terrace House? It's the Japanese reality show that's slowly gathered a global cult following. Each season features three men and three women - all strangers and usually single - living in a house together. Unlike Big Brother, they continue to live their lives and go to work or school while filming takes place. Even weirder, they can watch themselves on episodes while filming continues - some seasons run for as long as 14 months.
Terrace House offers outsiders a glimpse into modern Japanese society and the trials and tribulations of life. Some of it seems so familiar - the angst of unrequited love and the horror when oblivious housemates eat the special gifted food you'd been saving in the fridge - but other times it's a fascinating revelation into the Japanese psyche, like housemates' consistently diplomatic approach to bunk bed assignment (ask everyone's preference first and if there's an overlap, settle it with rock, paper, scissors) and the ongoing obsession for every new housemate to be asked 1. Are you single, followed by 2. What's your type (taipu)?
What makes Terrace House stand apart from other reality shows is the commentating team. As each episode unfolds, you get to watch them dissecting and analysing the developing relationships with equal parts invested intensity and wisecracking humour. Trust me. It's addictive.
So it goes without saying that a trip to Japan could conceivably incorporate a detour to the filming location of the latest (and hitherto best!) season, Opening New Doors. The fifth season was filmed in Karuizawa, a ski resort town of 20,000 people located about a 90-minute shinkansen ride from Tokyo. Yep, you bet I made that detour.
If you haven't watched Terrace House: Opening New Doors, disclaimer: the post below does include spoilers. If you have, read on and plan your next trip. ITADAKIMASU!
1. SASA Japanese Cuisine and Soba
If there's one place you have to visit in Karuizawa it's Sasa, the soba restaurant owned and run by Tsubasa's Dad. Karuizawa, and Nagano, is famous for its buckwheat, and Sasa prides itself on its soba noodles.![Entrance to Sasa soba restaurant in Karuizawa featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors Entrance to Sasa soba restaurant in Karuizawa featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48257412432_7fa1a5488b_b.jpg)
Entrance to Sasa
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Local diners at Sasa
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Tsubasa's dad, Tomio, with Tsubasa and Shion at Sasa
(featured in episodes 3, 18, 19, 21 and 49 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
Tomio, Tsubasa's dad, steals the show in almost every scene he's in. How could we not love the single dad who brought up two daughters on his own, and then named a soba restaurant after them?
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Sasa soba combination set 1700yen (~AU$22.50)
We order the Sasa soba combination set that's served with tempura, miso soup, konnyaku jelly and pickles.
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Cold soba with assorted tempura, rice, konnyaku, pickled vegetables and miso soup
The tempura is textbook perfect, coated in a batter that's so light it's ethereal. The battered shiso leaf is a highlight. Seaweed salt and a dipping sauce made from katsuobushi (shaved dried skipjack tuna) and kombu seaweed add umami.
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Karuizawa local soba (100% buckwheat) 1100 yen (~AU$15)
with ayu shioyaki grilled sweet fish in salt 800 yen (~AU$11)
We also order the specialty soba made from 100% local Karuizawa buckwheat and grilled sweet fish.
![Tsukemonomori pickled vegetables at Sasa soba restaurant in Karuizawa featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors Tsukemonomori pickled vegetables at Sasa soba restaurant in Karuizawa featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48257413457_7c3d1d1f7e_b.jpg)
Tsukemonomori pickled vegetables 400 yen (~AU$5.50)
Of course we order the pickled vegetables too, a dish of impressive crunch that we enjoy just as much as Shion did. Maybe more.
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Soba noodles dipped in tsuyu soy-based sauce
Cold soba noodles dipped in tsuyu sauce is just the kind of refreshment you need in summer. The noodles are chewy with a firm springy bite. Finely chopped shallots provide a counterbalance to the sweet and salty tsuyu soy-based sauce.
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Karuizawa local soba (100% buckwheat) dipped in tsuyu sauce
The 100% buckwheat soba noodles is a treat too, noticeably firmer in texture with a nuttier flavour.
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Our brush with fame! Tomio Sato, Tsubasa's dad and owner of Sasa
And yes, we got to meet Tomio Sato himself. And get a photo with him! TRIP HIGHLIGHT.
2. Konnyaku Park
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Entrance to the Konnyaku Park factory tour
You'll need a car to visit one of the most talked-about date venues of Opening New Doors - Konnyaku Park, a visitor centre for konnyaku, the high fibre and low calorie plant starch. And why wouldn't you visit? It's free entry to tour the factory as well as enjoy the free and unlimited buffet of all the konnyaku dishes you can eat!
![Yui and Noah at the free all-you-can-eat konnyaku buffet at Konnyaku Park in Terrace House Opening New Doors Yui and Noah at the free all-you-can-eat konnyaku buffet at Konnyaku Park in Terrace House Opening New Doors](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48257366116_3f00bf9e1f_o.jpg)
Yui and Noah at the free all-you-can-eat konnyaku buffet at Konnyaku Park
(episode 24 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
I mean if it's good enough for Yui and Noah...!
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Inside the konnyaku factory
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Outdoor foot bath
After touring the factory, you can take a load off and relax in one of the many outdoor foot baths.
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Outdoor foot bath space for everyone
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Pack as much konnyaku into a bag as you can for 500 yen!
And don't forget to take up Yui's challenge at the konnyaku gift shop - how much konnyaku can you fit into your 500 yen bag?
3. Prince Shopping Plaza
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Prince Shopping Plaza map
Need to buy a few things but don't have cash? Don't worry. Prince Shopping Plaza takes credit card. Even your Dad's!
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Some of the 230+ shops at Prince Shopping Plaza
There are over 230 outlet shops at Prince Shopping Plaza, conveniently located right behind Karuizawa JR train station.
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Shion, Ami and Yuudai on their visit to Prince Shopping Plaza
(episode 4 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
It's during the housemates' car ride to Prince Shopping Plaza that we start to realise how sheltered Yuudai really is - yes he only brought $20 to go shopping at luxury outlets, and yes he did bring his Dad's credit card.
Prince Shopping Plaza is also where Takayuki and Shohei buy decorations and birthday party supplies for Ami and Shion (episode 14) and where Masao takes Risako (episode 49) to look at the Christmas lights (and hopefully at him).
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Mountains and pretty flowers at Prince Shopping Plaza
4. Tennentei Cafe
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Tennentei Cafe
Coffee stop? Head to Tennentei, a cute cafe with internal fireplace that would be oh-so-perfect in winter.
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Masao and Risako having coffee at Tennentei Cafe
(episode 44 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
Masao takes Risako to Tennentei Cafe after their Shiraito Waterfall date (and awkward Dad-and daughter-like selfie photo together). It's here that Masao reaches peak gushiness when he says he won't say he's drunk on Risako, but inadvertently does so anyway.
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Locals having coffee
The cafe is just as Risako describes, so "retro" with heavy wooden chairs that are lower than you'd expect. The linoleum flooring has been worn down to the cement floor from decades of footsteps and the speakers blare out a non-stop 60s soundtrack, everything from The Seeker singing Georgy Girl to the original Locomotion by Little Eva.
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Millefeuille with coffee 1100yen (about AU$15) or 650yen (AUD$9) cake only
We skip the brandy with lemonade (Masao's preferred "buzz") and settle for cake and coffee instead. The cakes are light and not too sweet. The coffee is on the more expensive side - almost AU$10 for a cup! - so get it with a slice of cake and pay AU$15 altogether.
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Pumpkin cake with coffee 1100yen (about AU$15) or 650yen (AUD$9) cake only
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American coffee included with coffee set
otherwise about 700yen (about AU$9.50) on its own
5. Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Ice Arena
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We arrive at the rink to find an ice hockey coaching session underway. Sugoi! The kids are young but already so athletic as they perform repeated drills.
Karuizawa Kazakoshi Park Ice Arena was the official venue for the curling competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. In doing so, Karuizawa became the first place in the world to host both winter and summer Olympic sports. The town also hosted equestrian events for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
6. Ishokuan Enishiya
![Entrance to Ishokuan Enishiya in Karuizawa that featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors Entrance to Ishokuan Enishiya in Karuizawa that featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48257434137_37b333a922_o.jpg)
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(episode 7 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
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Ishokuan Enishiya is popular for its unlimited drinks packages - the table of young men beside us were definitely there for the beer, not the food. We find the menu wide and varied and very affordable. While most izakaya tend to offer cheap dishes to supplement your drinks, the food here is simple but delicious, like the fresh and firm tuna sashimi with ripe avocado chunks, toasted sesame seeds and nori strips.
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We're also intrigued enough to order the soba pizza. The base is made using soba noodle dough, topped with local vegetables, miso and cheese. It sounds a lot more exciting than the actual result with the local vegetables tasting like sauteed choy sum. We do enjoy the light crispness of the soba pizza dough but it doesn't have the hearty satisfaction of a traditional woodfired pizza dough with its spongy but charred base and blistered bubbles around the edges.
7. Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street
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Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street lined with souvenir shops
Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street is the town's take on the Ginza strip of Tokyo. It's a pretty street lined with small eateries and souvenir shops. You'll remember this street as the one where a very merry Seina links arms with Takayuki and Shohei after a big drinking session and together they skip to the next bar in the middle of the night (episode 16).
![French Bakery in Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street loved by John Lennon and mentioned in Terrace House Opening New Doors French Bakery in Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street loved by John Lennon and mentioned in Terrace House Opening New Doors](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48257351361_89d8226512_o.jpg)
(episode 48 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
The French Bakery on this street is famous for being a favourite breakfast stop for John Lennon whenever he stayed in Karuizawa. And while the bakery isn't specifically shown in Opening New Doors (the shop itself has a strict no photography rule inside), it's from this bakery that Masao buys a baguette to make breakfast for Risako.
(episode 32 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
You know what else happened on this street? Only the raciest scene in Opening New Doors! FOG Bar & Burger, down a little side alley, is where Noah and Seina make out like nobody's business. Of course we happened to be in Karuizawa on the one day of the week they close, so no photos of THAT lounge, alas.
8. Trick Art Museum
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Where would you take a hot date you've had your eye on for some time? The Trick Art Museum of course!
(episode 40 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
Maya and Kaito head to the Trick Art Museum for a date and seem to have way too much fun taking optical illusion photos. The Museum is located on Ginza Street but we were running out of time so couldn't head inside. From what we could glean, it's quite a small museum that would take an hour at most to complete. Entry fee is 1200JPY or about AU$17.
9. Suwa Shrine
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(episode 12 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
The Terrace House housemates appreciate the importance of shrines, making it a point to visit Suwa Shrina (only a short walk from Ginza Street) to say New Year prayers.
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Suwa Shrine is much smaller than we expect, especially since we remember it featured in the Omatsuri festival where Maya and Yui dress up in yukata and come to watch the fireworks. Yui also shows off her goldfish catching prowess here.
10. Kumanokoutai Jinja Shrine
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Kumanokoutai Jinja Shrine is a much bigger shrine but a lot more difficult to get to, located at the top of Usui Pass which is 1200m above sea level. We drove past a few people walking up the winding road up the mountain.
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It's here you'll find also find an enormous Japanese lime tree that's reputed to be over 850 years old.
11. Delicia
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12. Kyu-Karuizawa Chapel
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But look. If Sasa is the first place you must visit in Karuizawa, Kyu-Karuizawa Chapel has to be the second.
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What lies behind the impressive doors to Kyu-Karuizawa Chapel?
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Inside Kyu-Karuizawa Chapel
We all know this scene...
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Shohei's all-or-nothing "proposal" to Seina
(episode 29 of Terrace House Opening New Doors)
OH YES.
THE BEST SCENE IN ALL OF TERRACE HOUSE OPENING NEW DOORS.
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/Wipes a tear
MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
Delicia Karuizawa
Kitasaku District, Karuizawa, Nozawahara, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
Open daily 9am-11pm
Ishokuan Enishiya
18-11 Nakakaruizawa, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0112, Japan
Open Monday to Saturday 11.30am-11.30pm
Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza
Karuizawa, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
Open daily 10am-7pm
Kazakoshi Park Ice Arena
182-3 Nagakura, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0111, Japan
Konnyaku Park
204-1 Obata, Kanra, Kanra District, Gunma 370-2202, Japan
Open daily 9am-6pm
Entrance is free
Kumanokoutai Jinja Shrine
Kitasaku-gun, Karuizawamachi Tougemachi 2, Nagano, Japan
Kyu-Karuizawa Chapel (attached to Hotel Otowa no Mori)
1323-980 Karuizawa, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
Kyu-Karuizawa Ginza Street
541 Karuizawa, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
SASA Japanese Cuisine and Soba
1058-16, Karuizawa, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
Open Thursday to Tuesday 11.30am-3pm and 5.30pm-9pm
Suwa Shrine
865 Kyukaruizawa, Karuizawa, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0102, Japan
Tennentei Key Coffee House
4-2 Karuizawahigashi, Karuizawa-machi, Kitasaku District, Nagano 389-0104, Japan
Open daily 8am-7pm
Trick Art Museum
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We only managed to visit a small number of filming locations featured in Terrace House Opening New Doors. If you have more time than we did, you can use this episode-by-episode guide and this filterable map to plan your fangirling tour.
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posted by Helen (Grab Your Fork) on 8/08/2019 12:39:00 am
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5 Comments:
At 8/08/2019 10:01 am,
chocolatesuze said…
KONBANWA THIS POST IS EVERYTHING!!! So much detail! So many moments only a true TH fan would know! I DEMAND A PHOTO OF YOU SMELLING AN ONION! ARGH I want to eat soba and meet Tsubasa's dad!!!
At 8/08/2019 10:54 am,
Ramen Raff said…
LOL Yuudai’s smelling onion scene was hilarious! I was like “wtf?” haha. OMG how awesome is Sasa especially the soba and tempura so damn good! Tomio is super nice. Going back to Karuizawa soon actually and will have to check out Enishiya next time.
At 8/08/2019 10:55 am,
Vivian - vxdollface said…
Hahaha omg this post is amazing!!!! So many wonderful moments from the show :')
At 8/09/2019 11:10 pm,
pigflyin said…
still cracks me up when I see the onion sniffing scene!
this is such an epic pilgrimage to open doors! being able to be a Sasa is just sensational.
At 9/03/2019 11:10 pm,
Phil said…
Lost this post! Questions: 1) where did you stay, and 2) do you have to have a car to great around the area?
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