Nomad Hakuba

Location, view and room size, bar and lounge all great 👍

Has the potential to be amazing just needs some fine tuning, especially for the price we paid. Air-conditioning sounded like a airplane so loud. They gave us a smelly heated instead. Door locks very heavy so you hear banging doors all night. Very basic continental breakfast

location+ room

The common room had a Scandinavian feel with hot water and TV for tea. Showers 24hrs. Receptionest friendly breakfast continental only. Huge place to store luggage, 3 minutes walk (5mins snow) to Ecoland's JaJa convenience store bus stop to catch free shuttle bus to bus terminal. Another stop for Happo Nakiyama Slope is at Sportscenter (am/pm not hourly). Spicy rental is 10mins walk in snow.

Someone was watching Squid Game on the common room TV but was also playing with his feet and peeling scabs. Although it was 9.pm over hours most skiers probabily getting ready for bed, a bit disgusted by the insanitary activity in a public area. Shared bath (ryokan) was OK but hours were limited to 2 to pm, not open in the morning. Room heater was too small to heat up entire room. The hotel is probabily older than it appears in the reception area and common room. Dimmed lighting, you had to make your own bed in the evening, very little hotel service, we had a hard time calling a cab and the short paths to main street was too snowy to pull luggages. Would say the hotel more like a top level youth hostel. Not ideal with kids under 6 years old without a car.

The communal areas were great, including the lounge/whiskey bar and onsen. The lodge is well located, only a short walk from the shuttle bus stop to Happo One, 47, Tsugaike and Iwatake. A few restaurants and cafes close by too. Staff were lovely.

Our room smelt musty, and the mattresses looked to be 30 years old - so old that springs were poking through them. This was disappointing given the price we were paying each night. Although the lodge is central in Echoland, we found the shuttle service inadequate - most days took us 1 hour minimum to go to the slopes. Some days it took us 1.5 hours to get home, even from Happo One! The shuttles are so complicated to figure out to do anything that doesn't involve skiing that not even the staff could help is plan simple transport to places in in Happo.

The location was excellent - right near skiing bus stops, convenience store, restaurants and ski hire places. Breakfast was cute, but no that filling for a full day's skiing (sugar cereal and white toast).

Our room was bigger than I expected so that was good but the carpet was wet all along the wall near the window which made the room smell a little mouldy.

The accommodation was fantastic, it was clean, we recieved fresh towels each day, the bath of an evening was perfect for sore muscles. Breakfast was very westwrn whic suited our kids, and that helped us iut.there is netflix and a massive tv to watch at the end of the day and the communalspace was well thought out and offered couches and spots for people to chat at. Board games were also availabe and the free hot drinks at anytime were very much appreciated. The staff worked so hard to help us out at every point and were very friendly. Location for us was important and nestled in Echoland meant we were near food sopts, restaurants and some shopping. We were also at the hub of bus stops so we could pick and choose which slope we would skii or board on each day. Very spoilt.

The downside of being well positioned meant outside passers by might be a bit noisy at night time, but this was no fault of Nomad's.

This is a charming and well-located hotel with fabulous staff who went above and beyond to ensure we had a great skiing holiday. We stayed in a traditional Japanese room which was very comfortable. My only advice would be to book somewhere for dinner every night as it’s hard to get into restaurants in high season.

This place is a gem! Great for a family close to everything with awesome facilities.

You get what you pick - traditional beds means mattresses on the floor but overall still very comfortable.

The location was great. Bath was excellent.

I didn’t like the tv being on in the main lounge. It was loud and annoying and took over the whole lounge space. Breakfast - not to my liking. I’d rather bring my own healthier version.