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Karuizawa

Chez Kusama

Restaurant · French

Why we point you here

French cooking in the mountain resort town, charted internationally and worth the detour.

Karuizawa's alpine air makes an unlikely but compelling stage for serious French cooking. Chez Kusama has charted on OAD's global list, a signal that the craft here repays the journey into the mountains—worth building a night around if you roam this way.

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Worth the detour.

Charted by OAD Top Restaurants· Last verified 2026-07-11