As everyone knows, godsent genius John Lennon chose a Japanes for his second wife, Yoko Ono. While John was busy as house husband for his son, Sean, Yoko Ono and John Lennon came to Japan with Sean.

In Japan, John and Yoko visited Karuizawa, a city of resort, each year from 1976 to 1979 before John was shot to death.  Then the hotel they stayed was always MAMPEI HOTEL.

Actually each summer, some often reported with huge surprise that they saw John Lennon in JAPAN!!!!  Often, the first time they see John, they don’t understand who it is, but beside the tall cool guy, they see the one and only unforgettable face of Yoko Ono. Then, they notice it’s John.  Of course, real fans recognized John with jumping joy to the moon. 

One of my friends told me with unbelievable excitement that he saw John at a coffee shop in Karuizawa smoking cigarettte with Yoko.  He was a crazy fan but he could not say anything because something bound all of his body. He just saw the unbelievable scene, and after they two left the coffee shop, he approached to the table and picked up John’s cigarette butt from the ashtray.  As a fact, it became his life time treasure ! 

MAMPEI HOTEL is a traditional & semi modern accommodation in KARUIZAWA. Its old but mixed culture sense of building impresses us with Meiji era atomosphere, when long time of closed country ends and started importing Western cultural influence.

If the video is still available, you can see the foot prints of John Lennon at  MAMPEI HOTEL.

Here in this video, bakery and coffer shop where John used to use, and a hut where John used to sleep are shown. Also beautiful photos of KARUIZAWA and MAMPEI HOTEL will invite you to the real beauty of Japanese resort place.

If you are a fan of John Lennon, without hesitation, we can recommend this hotel and Karuizawa for you to visit.  Even if you are not, this place is a very nice place to choose for your memorial trip.