Cafe&Stay Castana

One of the best homestay(or cafe?) we stayed throughout the whole Nagoya Trip. Everything is well equipped and even with coffee (not just instant coffee, there’s a small coffee machine and drip coffee available tgt with take away cups & ice just like how a cafe should be 😲), the whole stay is super comfy and squeaky clean with friendly and helpful staff/host! Recommend x10000!!

I had a wonderful experience here at Cafe&Stay Castana. The room was clean and comfortable, a great find at this price! The location is great with a free parking lot available, and with a huge supermarket conveniently located beside. However, I have to especially commend the staff, they were so friendly and accommodating to our needs! As you know, sometimes travellers are disoriented and stressed, and their willingness to help is deeply appreciated. I also had to ask for directions to a doctor as I fell sick, and they went above and beyond to take care of me. I could have only experienced this humanity at a small enterprise like this, and am very grateful.

We spent one night while passing through the area. The room was very clean and super well equipped including a safe, toaster oven, microwave and large mini-fridge. Our host was also very helpful and really went out of her way to help us find a nice place to have dinner. As we were arriving the day after a national holiday many places were closed and she was able to call around to find us a great restaurant. There is an amazing grocery store right across the street which was very handy for grabbing some snacks. The place also has a really nice coffee shop that is part of it. Overall the place had a very pleasant vib. Would stay again.

It’s our first trip to Nagano and we wanted to stay at some place convenient. Chanced upon Cafe & Stay CASTANA and what a gem it was ! It’s very easy to locate and right next to a huge Tsuruya Supermarket and walking distance to restaurants, shops etc. Everything was right at our doorstep! The Awaji room we booked had 3 single beds and it’s very clean and almost brand new since it just opened in 2019 and right after was the pandemic. There is a small fridge, microwave oven, kettle, cutleries and bowls, plates and everything you need for a comfortable stay. The room also has a small dining table so we can easily buy food from Tsuruya to reheat and eat if we feel too tired to explore out. The in-house Cafe is also cozy and tastefully decorated and there are a huge range of magazines on traveling etc. The coffee was fantastic as well. Kaneda San, Sachie San and the entire Castana team are very friendly and helpful with recommendations and great restaurant reservations! Kaneda San also spoke perfect English too. We had a great stay in Castana and a wonderful time in Nagano ! With this price point and very convenient location, it’s really hard to beat! We will happily recommend to anyone and will not hesitate to be back the next time we travel to Nagano again :) Thank you for everything, Team Castana !