On a hill in the Kurohime Highlands, where cool breezes drift through, the luxury resort Lomä Central Peaks will begin serving a special summer afternoon tea from July 2026. The 10-room retreat, which opened in February 2026, overlooks the highland scenery of Shinano-machi in Nagano Prefecture.
The afternoon tea brings together the rich produce of the Shinshu region and fresh seasonal ingredients, arranged through the sensibility and craft of chef Kawaguchi. Guests can enjoy it surrounded by the deep summer greenery and quiet beyond the windows.
The "Immersed in Deep Green" Afternoon Tea
Designed in soft, pale colors that echo the vivid, deep green enveloping Mount Kurohime, this afternoon tea features seasonal apricots and white peaches. The apricots come from Chikuma in Nagano, which boasts the largest apricot production in Japan, paired with sweet, melt-in-the-mouth white peach that complements their tartness. The savory items also make generous use of Shinshu ingredients.
It is the first afternoon tea from "Pâtisserie Lomä," created by chef Kawaguchi.
Upper tier:
- Apricot and white peach tatin
- Apricot and mango shortcake
- Apricot and milk ganache bonbon
- Mango pudding
Middle tier:
- Apricot cream puff
- White peach and apricot mousse
- Apricot and apricot-kernel (annin) verrine
Lower tier:
- Bagna cauda with Shinshu vegetables
- Baguette sandwich with shiomaru-ika (salted squid)
- Baguette sandwich with Shinshu salmon
- Prosciutto and carrot tartlet
- Scones (plain and chocolate)
- Apricot and red peach confit, served as a condiment
The course is served with coffee and tea.
Price: 8,800 yen (tax included) per person
Please note that serving may end depending on the supply of ingredients; this will be announced on the resort's official website and Instagram.
Reservations: https://www.tablecheck.com/shops/loma-hotels-loma/reserve
The Clear Air and Deepening Greenery of Kurohime
Surrounded by Mount Kurohime, Mount Myoko, and Mount Madarao, the Kurohime area of Shinano-machi is home to the Kurohime Highlands and Lake Nojiri, a place filled with soothing nature. At the height of summer, the clear air and deepening greenery create moments that can be experienced only here.
Lomä Central Peaks sits on a hill in the Kurohime highlands, a quiet retreat with just 10 rooms.
About Lomä Central Peaks
The resort's concept is "immersing in the luxury of time."
With Mount Myoko — likened to the sacred Mount Sumeru (Shumisen) — rising in front, its 10 guest rooms form a quiet space that attunes guests to the passing of time.
The moment guests step into the entrance, the warmth of a fireplace and the sound of a Steinway & Sons piano announce the beginning of refined time.
The resort offers the seasonal joys particular to Kurohime through dining and cultural experiences, therapeutic bathing in its rock bath (iwaburo), and contact with nature.
The Origin of the Name and Logo
The Shinshu region, stretching from Kurohime — home to Lake Nojiri — across to Suwa and Yatsugatake, has been a living area and a crossroads of culture since the Jomon period, set within its vast and fertile nature. The Hokushin Gogaku (the Five Peaks of Northern Shinano), centered on Mount Kurohime — also called "Shinano Fuji" — have long held special meaning for the people who live there. Because an oral tradition referred to the Kurohime–Myoko area as the "Central Peaks," the hotel's logo bears "Central Peaks" alongside its name "Lomä," a Finnish word meaning a long vacation.
