Behind the beds in every room, an ink-wash landscape covers the wall edge to edge and gives the room its name — so you stay in Lanterns or Snow Monkey, not Room 4. The two colours under each are the room's accents, drawn from its painting.
Konamori
Loft · sleeps 5 · a king and two twins, or four twins, plus a loft twin
A snow-covered cedar forest in soft grey mist. The room that carries the lodge's own name, and the painting that explains it.
Bamboo
Loft · sleeps 4 · a king and a twin, or three twins, plus a loft twin
Stone steps rising through a misty bamboo grove. The one that feels like a walk you have already taken.
Lanterns
Loft · sleeps 4 · a king and a twin, or three twins, plus a loft twin
A mossy forest path with stone lanterns. Warm light in a wet green wood.
Lone Pine
Loft · sleeps 4 · a king and a twin, or three twins, plus a loft twin
A windswept pine over misty ridges. The most solitary of the nine, and the one people ask for twice.
Snow Monkey
Loft · sleeps 4 · a king and a twin, or three twins, plus a loft twin
Macaques bathing in a steaming onsen pool. Nagano's own, an hour and a half away, and the only room in the lodge that will make you laugh.
Pagoda
Loft · sleeps 4 · a king and a twin, or three twins, plus a loft twin
A pagoda rising out of pine-covered peaks. The quietest painting of the nine.
Waterfall
Lower floor · sleeps 3 · a king and a twin, or three twins
Water pouring over a stone gorge. Movement on the wall, stillness in the room.
Alpine Lake
Lower floor · sleeps 3 · a king and a twin, or three twins
A calm lake holding the reflection of mountains and pines. Lake Nojiri, fifteen minutes down the hill.
River
Upper floor · sleeps 2 · king bed
A rocky river running through pine forest below snowy peaks. The couples' room.