Hotel Metropolitan Nagano (235) - Zen Gateway over the Bullet-Train Tracks

Directly above Nagano Station: 12 rooms inc. 1,000 m² ballroom with LED wall. Railway caterer NRE supplies charter “soba bento” for in-hall lunches. 75 min from Tokyo & 15 min by taxi to Olympic bobsleigh track—perfect city-style congress HQ.

From arrival gate to bed in four minutes, yet temple bells echo each dawn from 7th-century Zenko-ji. Delegates taste Shinshu soba, sip apple cidre and watch taiko drummers open plenary sessions—compact urban logistics wrapped in mountain-temple atmosphere.