Shiga Kogen Prince Hotel

Hotel was good, but the neighbourhood is inferior to surrounding hotels, e.g. Okushiga and Ichinose, where there's better food at slightly cheaper prices.

Average room and hotel, but very good location for skiing and snowboarding.

Great no frills. Dining options rather limited butgreat ski in ski out access.

Large ski area. However, transportation may be difficult if you depend public transport.

I must say the staff are as helpful as possible however have limited English. The slops the hotel is situated on are definetly not for beginners as was labbled and we only found out on our last day another mountain had a beginners course even after asking multiple times. You only have one option for food at the hotel which is WELL overpriced. We weren't told of other restaurants which were a quick bus ride away. Unfortunately I wouldn't recommend this hotel to others.

The hotel was comfortable and super convenient to a lift and gondola. However a major negative was the lack of a bar that opened before 8:30pm and the fact that the hotel is stand alone, meaning transport to get anywhere was needed. Complete lack of Apres Ski atmosphere.

Great ski in ski out location. Rooms in the East Wing are spacious and comfortable. Breakfast at 2200 yen is expensive for the limited choice given. After one breakfast, our group opted for breadrolls and hot drinks from the lobbg shop for breakfast. There is no wireless facility available in the rooms. The wireless worked reasonably well in the hotel lobby area at all times when we used it but the hotel was fairly empty during the period of our stay. We avoided dinner in the East Wing restaurant as we heard it was expensive. Took the hotel shuttle to the West Wing and then walked into Ichinose to a Japanese restaurant which had decent food, but was crowded and slow. The shuttle back from West Wing to East Wing stopped at 8.30 pm but our Japanese friends managed to persuade the hotel to provide a shuttle back at 9.45 pm one evening. Otherwise, it is a good 20-25 mins walk back to the East Wing. Had dinner in the Chinese restaurant in the West Wing one evening. The service was excellent and the food tasty but extremely oily.

The hotel itself is fine, perfectly clean. The decor is out of date and shabby. The real issue with this hotel is that it is not near anything. The nearest shops/bars/restaurants are at least a half an hour walk away (in ice, snow and freezing conditions). This also means that you have to eat in the hotel. There are very limited food options, and expect to pay over $80 per head just for food. There are no double beds available.

Inconvenient location - 2h ride by bus from Nagano station if you don't have a car, and the bus costs JPY 1,900 per person one way. Hotel - very old hotel with moldy smell. East wing has nicer rooms but the entrance hall was like an old community centre. Shower in the room was a unit bath and very uncomfortable with dark lights. Bed/furnishings were okay. Breakfast was okay too. West wing has bigger facilities but the rooms (4ppl) were terrible. It was like as an youth hostel for students with folding beds. Restaurant was also very bad with same food from breakfast to dinner. JPY 3,600 for buffet at that quality is definitely too expensive. Bath (Roten buro) was small and the changing area was old and dirty. It was not a hote spring but just normal big bath. Skiing - Mountains were very nice and wide range of slopes available. Gondolas/lifts were also speedy and did not feel any stress for the queue. Overall, it was a great experience for ski/snow boarding in Shiga kogen but never try this hotel. The quality is very bad for the price.

We stayed in the East Wing for four nights.The view from the rooms is spectacular, even from the dining room. However we were there in early January and the place was very quiet. We took the breakfast deal, luckily because this was the only place to eat. We had our lunches at the West Wing as there were cheaper lunch options available. There was a lack of eating places at night, the only places being the East Restaurant, West Restaurant and the Chinese Restaurant. We ate at the Chinese Restaurant as it was far cheaper. The service was great but there is nothing to do at night, especially when there are few other guests to mingle with. The hotel does run a free shuttle to the West Wing, however I think next time I would much rather stay in the West Wing. If you're after a view however, you won't beat the East Wing rooms.