Cafe&Stay Castana

I had a wonderful experience here at Cafe&Stay Castana. The room was clean and comfortable, a great find at this price! The location is great with a free parking lot available, and with a huge supermarket conveniently located beside. However, I have to especially commend the staff, they were so friendly and accommodating to our needs! As you know, sometimes travellers are disoriented and stressed, and their willingness to help is deeply appreciated. I also had to ask for directions to a doctor as I fell sick, and they went above and beyond to take care of me. I could have only experienced this humanity at a small enterprise like this, and am very grateful.

It’s our first trip to Nagano and we wanted to stay at some place convenient. Chanced upon Cafe & Stay CASTANA and what a gem it was ! It’s very easy to locate and right next to a huge Tsuruya Supermarket and walking distance to restaurants, shops etc. Everything was right at our doorstep! The Awaji room we booked had 3 single beds and it’s very clean and almost brand new since it just opened in 2019 and right after was the pandemic. There is a small fridge, microwave oven, kettle, cutleries and bowls, plates and everything you need for a comfortable stay. The room also has a small dining table so we can easily buy food from Tsuruya to reheat and eat if we feel too tired to explore out. The in-house Cafe is also cozy and tastefully decorated and there are a huge range of magazines on traveling etc. The coffee was fantastic as well. Kaneda San, Sachie San and the entire Castana team are very friendly and helpful with recommendations and great restaurant reservations! Kaneda San also spoke perfect English too. We had a great stay in Castana and a wonderful time in Nagano ! With this price point and very convenient location, it’s really hard to beat! We will happily recommend to anyone and will not hesitate to be back the next time we travel to Nagano again :) Thank you for everything, Team Castana !