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How to Book LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota: Reservation Release Day, Phone and Rules (2026)

ラ・カーサ・ディ・テツオ オオタ · Hotchi, Karuizawa, Nagano · Innovative

How to book this house

Phone only; bookings run years ahead (Tabelog: in 2025 the restaurant took bookings for 2027). The next intake date is not announced.

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Six seats in a Karuizawa house.

This house books only by phone, in Japanese. Our Tokyo desk can make the call on release day: ¥12,000 per seat, only if we secure it. Ask the desk →

Where bookings are taken
Phone only
Phone line
0267-41-0059 (Japanese)
If a seat comes back

This house takes bookings only by phone, so there is no online vacancy alert.

About this house

The Tabelog Award 2026 Bronze. A six-seat restaurant in a freestanding house at Hotchi, Karuizawa (Lake Town area), 3 minutes on foot from the Newtown-Iriguchi stop of the town loop bus; parking available; cards accepted.

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Tabelog Creative & Innovative 100 (2025).

Booking details

How the book opens

Reservations only, by phone. Tabelog states that bookings for 2027 were taken in 2025, so the book is full well ahead; the date of the next intake is not announced.

Exceptions and seasons

Six seats in a freestanding house; opened September 2019. Opening hours and closing days are not published.

Allergies or dietary needs? Make a Japanese dining card →

Next release days

Rule not published — we confirm per date

Last verified October 18, 2026

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

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When does LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota open its reservation book?

Phone only; bookings run years ahead (Tabelog: in 2025 the restaurant took bookings for 2027). The next intake date is not announced. Six seats in a Karuizawa house. All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

How do I book LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota from abroad?

LA CASA DI Tetsuo Ota takes reservations by phone in Japanese only. Phone line: 0267-41-0059 (Japanese). From abroad, either call at those hours or have a Japanese speaker call for you. If you would rather not, our Tokyo desk can request it for you: ¥12,000 per seat, charged only if the table is secured. A free release-date alert emails you the day before, on the morning of release day (08:00 JST) and about 30 minutes before when the opening time is known; houses that open a little every day come in a weekly summary.

What time zone is the release time?

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9). Release days are computed from the house's published rule and re-checked monthly.

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