SKI INN HAKUBA

great little inn with spacious room.

Location is great for skiers, rooms are clean and very spacious for a family of 3. Hotel staffs speaks English and were friendly and helpful. Breakfast is basic but good enough.

The only downside to our room was the shower water temperature - it was too hot.

Staff are incredibly friendly, accommodating and dedicated. Nick, Windy, Takashi and team were really helpful when we had not planned properly with transportation. We are very grateful for their tips and help during our stay to make it feel like home. The rooms are well designed and comfortable - especially with the 2 BR with living room and kitchenette. The Inn is right next to the slope, so extremely easy to jump in and out. The Inn is also equipped with a storage room with drying area for your equipment. Breakfast is simple, but simple enough to get energy for the slopes. We had the best Ski experience ever thanks to this new Inn.

Lights aren't always on in the shoe area or hallways - making it a little dark

For the first time ever, we chose our stay at a brand new hotel before it received any reviews. The proximity of the slopes was, as promised, just a few steps from a very big and wide family-friendly piste which is perfect for kids and beginners. Speed demons would appreciate the 4-5 red & blacks above mid-station. The ski-in ski-out hotel is situated 10-15 min drive from other resorts in the Valley. We drove out for dinner 3 of 4 nights to explore the affordable (as low as 2000 yen) local food for the adventure. If you’re lazy the in-house chef can whip up a very nice private dinner for your group upon advanced request. We had dinner in one of evenings and were pleasantly surprised that the chef had prepared a few baby-friendly dishes for Asher even though we didn’t request for it. The barista (not me) is awesome. We recommend their ice-long black or military latte (perfectly balanced matcha, white chocolate, and espresso). In my opinion, a car is not a necessity if you’re planning only to ski on Tsugaike Kogen. Our vehicle served us well on our 5-15-minute mini-dinner adventures and getting to and from the hotel from Hakuba JR Station - taxis are hard to get here. If you intend to ski any of the other 6 nearby resorts, then a car would be a necessity. We shipped our ski bags to the airport direct using Yamato straight from the hotel with the help of the staff. This is one of those originally traditional Japanese houses where you remove your dirty shoes in a central area and switch to communal slippers. For us Asians, this is a dream because it keeps the premises immaculately clean and adds to the charm of the location. There is a games room with retro arcade games and a pool table that we didn’t have time to use. There’s a very thoughtful ski-storage room that can be accessed directly from a separate door with a combination lock from the outside, and another stairwell from the lobby.

Ski trips for us are about family so the two spacious bedrooms, the roomy hall (Yass!), and the mini kitchenette (for baby food prep) worked well for us. The only thing that we felt could be better was the size of the 1 bathroom shared by 3.5 people in a 2-bedroom apartment. That being said, we managed, and this was not to be unexpected in Japan. Perhaps the charm?

This is a newly renovated Japanese style hotel. It is a ski-in ski-out hotel near one of the Tsugaike Kogen slopes, you can literally slide to the door of the hotel. Rooms are big enough and clean with good facilities. They do have a big ski gear room to leave and dry your ski gear after a long day. Foods are awesome, especially its bakery, you have to try them!! Their hotel manager Nick is a super helpful guy who provides answers timely to my many many questions related to ski or others. Other hotel staff are nice too who all speak fluent English. I stayed there for more than a week and I will definitely come back again.

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ski in/out location was fantastic. apartment located next to a wide green run- you put skis on in their ski room, walk up the steps to get outside, and ski right down to the ticket booth to get your lift ticket; couldn't be better. Car parking was just behind the building. Spacious rooms, excellent/ very comfortable bedding with thick doonas. Great stovetop induction cooking (with a fab little rice cooker pot). Excellent wifi. Netflix on the huge TV. Accommodating and friendly staff members: helped fix heater; brought us breakfast on a tray into the apartment because we did not want to eat in the common area (to reduce risk of covid); gave us big rubbish bags to avoid them going into our apartment daily; microwaved food for us; and incredibly, hosed/ cleared the snow off our car. Staff were very hospitable without being intrusive.

Being right next to the ski run meant there was noise from snow grooming machine as early as 5am, (which we expected), and on one night, it was loud between 1am and 5.30am (which was bearable because of the comfort of the bed). The couch was uncomfortable to sit on. There was no mirror other than the one in the bathroom, no toaster or microwave in apartment.

location easy for ski in ski out

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The room was large and comfortable - everything was clean and newly renovated. The staff were super friendly, helpful and hospitable.

The hotel is located fairly far up the hill, but still has ski in/out access. Breakfast could have been more substantial.