Villa Rusutsu
Location: Rusutsu-mura Izumikawa 55, Rusutsu, jp
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Property Type: Lodges
About this Property
Luxurious Accommodation with Stunning Garden Views
Exquisite Dining and 24-Hour Service
Indulge in delicious meals at our restaurant and enjoy round-the-clock assistance from our attentive staff at the 24-hour front desk.
Convenient Amenities for Outdoor Enthusiasts
Embark on exciting hiking and skiing adventures in the nearby area, with the convenience of a car rental service, ski pass sales point, and ski storage available on-site.
Experience the beauty of Rusutsu from Villa Rusutsu. Book now for an unforgettable stay amidst nature's splendor.
Important Information
Please inform of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.
Policies
Check-in: 03:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Free beach shuttle
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Parking
- Non-smoking rooms
- Air conditioning
- Restaurant
- Terrace
- BBQ facilities
- Luggage storage
- Tour desk
- Car hire
- Ski storage
- Non-smoking throughout
- Concierge service
- Staff adhere to local safety protocols
- Guest rooms disinfected between stays
- Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
- Physical distancing rules followed
- Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
- Cashless payment available
- First aid kit available
- Key access
- Process in place to check health of guests
- Ski storage
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free wired internet
- Golfing on site
- Ski lessons on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Free beach shuttle
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Wine release events
- Reception hall
- Japanese garden
- Secured parking
- Fishing nearby
- Horse riding nearby
- Ski lift privileges
- Snow sports gear
- Vegetarian menu options available
- Paddle boating nearby
- Accessible shuttle
- No accessible shuttle
- Accessible train station shuttle
- No accessible train station shuttle
Rooms Available
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Superior Villa
The unit offers 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)
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Basic Room
2 Twin Beds and 1 Queen Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator and electric kettle
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Desk, phone, and wardrobe or closet; free cribs/infant beds available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and heated floors
Need to Know - Weekly housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Bidet
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free Local calls
- Free WiFi
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Heated floor
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
- Mobile key entry
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Deluxe Room
2 Twin Beds and 1 Queen Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator and electric kettle
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower/tub combination, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Desk, phone, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Air conditioning and heated floors
Need to Know - Weekly housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Bidet
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free Local calls
- Free WiFi
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Bedsheets provided
- Heated floor
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
- Mobile key entry
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Premium Villa
1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds
Layout - 2 bedrooms and living room
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator and electric kettle
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shower/tub combination, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Desk, phone, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Air conditioning and heated floors
Need to Know - Weekly housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Bidet
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free Local calls
- Free WiFi
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Bedsheets provided
- Heated floor
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
- Mobile key entry
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Family Cabin
4 Twin Beds and 2 Queen Beds
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - Flat-screen TV
Food & Drink - Refrigerator and electric kettle
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shower/tub combination, free toiletries, and a hair dryer
Practical - Desk, phone, and wardrobe or closet
Comfort - Air conditioning and heated floors
Need to Know - Weekly housekeeping, toothbrush and toothpaste not available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
- TV
- Telephone
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Desk
- Electric kettle
- Wardrobe or closet
- Bidet
- Toilet paper
- Shampoo
- Free Local calls
- Free WiFi
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- Bedsheets provided
- Heated floor
- Toothbrush and toothpaste available
- Toothbrush and toothpaste not available
- Mobile key entry
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Villa
The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 4 (4 Adults)
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One-Bedroom Villa
The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
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Deluxe Villa
The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 5 (5 Adults)
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Standard Villa
The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
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Guest Reviews
- Lowe (10/5): - Excellent breakfast staff lobby accommodations. Bedroom on 2nd floor with steep stairs. Arrange rides to skiing and back (4 minutes?) With staff. Easy! Very english staff.
- Sally (10/5): Excellent holiday; shame about the poor quality snow but had great fun! - Proximity to ski slopes & other resort amenities. Excellent staff, so helpful, kind & obliging. Generous breakfast.
- van Heyst (9/5): Trees, snow, amongst nature in log cabins was stunning. - Location, snowed in amongst pine trees & nature was gorgeous. Staff friendly & helpful driving us around. So spacious, views of snow & trees outside window & lounge room was comfy. Bathroom spacious, excellent big bath for hot tub after skiing. Our villa needed a toilet on the same level as the bedroom! Could add one easily with all the atrium space above the entrance room. Going downstairs every time needed bathroom was inconvenient.
- Wayne (8/5): Amazing must do experience. Relax & soak in the SNOW VIEWS. - Amazing setup away from the resort. Visually couldn't ask for more. Staff were amazing & very accommodating. Breakfast buffet although limited was quality and couldn't expect more for limited people capacity. Reception area is just beautiful. Cabins are roomy & fulfilled all our needs. Wifi was very average. In & out the entire time. Oh & the exit light on the sliding door. Not sure how anyone could sleep with that in your face !! Had to cover it up which is obviously not an ideal thing to do.
- CAMERON (9/5): It was a comfortable retreat - Loved the service and all of the staff were incredibly helpful going above and beyond
- Jufen (7/5): -
- Baswa (8/5): -
- Anne-Sophie (10/5): Parfait ! Nous reviendrons avec plaisir ! - Les chalets sont jolis, agréables et bien équipés. L’emplacement est parfait : à deux pas du rusutsu resort en voiture. Un système de navette sur demande permets de faire les trajets entre les deux matin et soir mais aussi pour le dîner. Le personnel est au petit soin. Les petits déjeuners sont également top. Les dîners proposés dépannent mais ne sont pas incroyables. Nous n’avons pas eu la chance de tester le Shabu shabu car il fallait réserver à l’avance, qui lui est peut être très bon.
- Luciano (6/5): - Ok
- Charles (10/5): Exceptional -
- Sarah (8/5): Loved the cosy chalet, wood-burning stove lit at breakfast. Beautiful setting for a rustic snowy mountain stay. -
- Marta (10/5): Rusutsu Villa - Quiet, neat, clean, private with approachable and friendly staff and hearty buffet breakfasts. Reliable snow shuttle service. Great service and location.
- Luke (9/5): A thoroughly enjoyable stay - high recommend Villa Rusutsu! - Great room with excellent facilities - clean and comfortable! Staff are accommodating and welcoming. Breakfast included was great and highly recommend the dinner option (not included). Slightly overpriced - location isn’t great if you aren’t skiing (although they do provide shuttles occasionally throughout the day)
- Kathleen (8/5): Great location to ski runs, friendly staff, good breakfast buffet - Location to the ski resort. Staff were helpful and friendly with meal reservations, daily breakfast and pickup/dropoff from the ski run. Cabin did not have separate bedrooms. Entrance very tight for four people to unbolt st day end. Acoustic between duplex villa was not great - you could clearly hear your neighbours snore!
- Garland (9/5): Superb -
- Jong Woo (8/5): - Villa was good enough and the young staff was very kind but to find a restaurant for dinner was very hard.
- Ben (10/5): Exceptional -
- Amber (10/5): Wonderful time here. If you’re looking for a more intimate boutique stay in Rusutsu away from the crowds but close enoug - Wonderfully private cabin with a very boutique and comfortable feel. The staff were outstanding, particularly Brittney and Anton. Breakfast every morning was included and just awesome. The central lodge was an awesome gathering ground for small groups to hang out comfortably by the fire enjoying cocktails and great conversation. The beds were rather hard.
- Leama (10/5): - Very spacious, amazing staff who help shuttle you around! Only feedback is the beds could be muuuuch more comfortable
- Shaun (9/5): Superb - Beautiful accom with friendly staff, always happy to oblige with shuttles in to town
- Sophie (9/5): Superb -
- Deb (10/5): Very enjoyable for snowboarding 🏂 holiday - Position , great customer service and lovely breaky Nothing
- Sara (8/5): - Close to the resort but also felt isolated enough to be private. Would stay again!
- ZONGZE (10/5): - very good
- Gabriela (10/5): - The staff at Villa Rusutsu was very welcoming and accommodating. They drove us around, gave us recommendations, and helped us have a terrific stay. Thank you, Maria and Valentina!
- Uros (6/5): Other than the unfortunate smell in our room we enjoyed our stay. The staff was amazing. - Breakfast was good. Location a little outside the village but the amazing staff more than made up for it - whenever we needed a lift anywhere there were more than happy to take us or pick us up. Unfortunately we had an unpleasant smell in our room which might've been sewage/toilet or similar. The staff tried to help but unfortunately the smell stayed for the duration of our stay.
- Jun (9/5): Superb -
- Zeyu (6/5): Pleasant -
- David (10/5): A great experience - Quality everywhere. Great service and outstanding breakfast. Very generous space. Thanks Nothing
- Brigitte (7/5): Good - The hosts were very friendly, the rooms/villas were clean and spaceous. For our personal taste, the mattress was too hard.
- Tomo (9/5): Superb -
- Wooseok (10/5): - 조용하고 넓고 여유있는 풍경입니다. 도야호수를 지나 오타루로 가기 전에 숙박하였습니다. 통나무집은 좋은 경험이었어요
- haruyo (10/5): - 親切丁寧衛生的とても良かったです
- Andrzej (7/5): Good -
- Leon (9/5): Superb -
- Callum (7/5): excellent staff and breakfast - location to snow fields hard beds
- Anonymous (10/5): Exceptional -
- Sonya (8/5): Very good - Location great. Breakfast great. Restaurant reservations difficult there. Need to double check this before people arrive I think.
- Matthew (9/5): Superb -
- Niels (10/5): Exceptional -
- Ipen (9/5): wonderful place to stay for ski holiday at Rusutsu - very friendly helpful staff, they all fluent in Eng so makes things a lot easier. they were helpful in booking restaurants for you and giving general info. very close to ski resort, spacious rooms for our family of 4. nice breakfast and warm atmosphere. I find Japanese beds generally a bit firmer. but there is really not much to complain about, we had a lovely stay!
- Charles (6/5): Pleasant - Enjoyed the pleasant staff and the cabins were picturesque. Organisation and communication from the staff around shuttle’s to and from the Villa. Felt I had to squeeze information out of them rather than being told freely.
- Greg (10/5): Exceptional - The staff were fantastic very friendly and made our stay like a week at a health retreat. The chef who made breakfast went above and beyond to help with my wife's food intolerances The fact that the bar was closed still because of covid
- Michelle (8/5): The staff were friendly and very helpful. - cabins warm and cosy. Japanese breakfast very good. Shuttle service into town & pick up. servicing of units limited to towel change and emptying of bins. We stayed a week so the vanity could use a wipe over and a quick vacuum mid stay.
- Doris (10/5): Exceptional -
- Dominique (10/5): perfect - it was an awesome cottage. very warm and comfortable. perfect for a family of four or two couples. spa bath with a view of the falling snow. massage chair. fire place with staff replacing wood whenever needed. the cottage needed a microwave oven so that you could hear your own meals if wanted
- Jason (8/5): Very good - Western breakfast not really western but delicious. Staff were super accommodating and attentive. We’ll done Esther and Kyle! The beds were super hard
- Francois (9/5): Superb - Wonderful place especially in snow season: fantastic atmosphere ! The emergency exit sign is too bright at night
- Greg (9/5): Great place for a family. - it feels like a postcard. Great staff and amazing Villa. We will be back. Not much.
- Arinah (8/5): Very good - Very cosy cabin, very clean, nice dining area, quiet location Wish the breakfast spread changed every few days or daily
- Michelle (10/5): The best ski accommodation in rusutsu! - The staff were very friendly and attentive to our needs. The villa itself is very comfortable, warm and cosy in a picturesque location which is a very short drive from the rusutsu ski lifts. The main resort hotels were busier and felt a bit odd to me, with a shopping centre vibe, escalators and multi storey buildings… slippery tiled floors etc. This was great for some after skiing enjoyment, the kids played games in the arcade are a lot, but we were always happy to come home to the villa. The breakfast was delicious with tasty hot western and Japanese options, plus a buffet too ( I thought that the buffet on its own was great) I will happily stay at Villa rusutsu when I return here!
- Ken (9/5): Superb -
- Bochan (9/5): Superb -
- Anonymous (4/5): Disappointing -
- Verified traveler (10/5): 周りを気にせず過ごせるログハウス - 率直な感想としましてはとても快適に過ごせました。大自然の中にログハウスが数棟、他の宿泊者はおらず私達1組であったこともありとても静かで自然の音も楽しめました。ルスツ豚等のお肉から季節のお野菜を楽しめるBBQ、持ち込みした手持ちの花火を満喫し一夜を明けた後には美味しい朝食もいただきました。 なによりチェックインからチェックアウトまで対応して下さったスタッフの方の愛想の良さに打たれました。 ログハウス内は、洗面台の照明が付かず少し暗かったですがベッドはとても清潔で寝心地もよく疲れも取れました。 少し残念だった点を申しますと、事前に拝見していた写真とは違うお部屋（1番大きい部屋の写真しか無かった（？））であったため少しだけ戸惑ったこと、ソファの横に蜂のような蛾のようなよく分からない奇妙な虫の死骸があったことです。 しかし、マイナス面を考慮しても10点満点中9点の楽しみを味わう事が出来ました。 また機会があれば利用させて頂きます。 ありがとうございました。
- MAMAMI (10/5): - 清潔でオシャレな空間で感動しました！ 朝食も美味しくて、暖炉の火であたたまり 海外みたいでした！ スタッフさんもとても親切でまた 泊まりたいです！
- Saki (8/5): - スタッフはとても親切ですし、ルスツリゾートにも非常に近いので、車があれば、とても便利なところです。
- Verified traveler (6/5): 夏のゲレンデ - よくあることですが、画像が奇麗なので期待が高すぎました。ロマンチックな雰囲気ではないので、カップルよりも家族でワイワイが似合うと思います。
- Verified traveler (10/5): 最高でした - 久しぶりの彼女との旅行でした！ 本当にゆっくりまったり過ごせてとても良かったです！
- MIYA (10/5): 多忙中の夫婦の息抜きに利用させて頂きました。 - お互いに仕事で忙しい中、ゆっくりした夫婦2人の時間を、と、食事の時間や内容に縛られたくないので、着替えのみ持参で利用しました。 この時期のBBQ、気温も低く、雨でしたが、パラソルを用意して頂き、BBQ1式用意して頂き、1人3千円ちょっと。。2泊なので、14000円ちょっとでしたが、 1日めは15時の到着してすぐ用意して頂き、ダラダラとビールを飲みながら楽しめました。 2泊目もBBQ希望で、朝食時に、15時には始めたいとお伝えしておいたので、近くの道の駅や商店でドライブがてら、魚介を購入し、楽しみました。 夕食のBBQ食材が前日と同じ食材内容だったのと、道の駅で同じ食材が売っていたのが残念でしたが、ジップロックにて持ち帰り、カレーにしました。 夜は静かで、 動物達の鳴き声をハラハラしながら堪能出来ます。 月明かりと星を楽しみにしてましたが、外灯が明るく、期待通りでは無かったですが、この時期ならではの空気感と、紅葉と朝晩の寒暖差、景色、とても良かったです。 ホテルの方の対応は、良い距離感で、とても良かったです！ 近くにコンビニもあり、便利です。 また来年も利用させて頂きたく思います。 私達のような夫婦にはピッタリな宿でした。。 朝ごはんは、嬉しいテイクアウト風で、 本当に美味しかったです。😊 また来年まで、楽しみに頑張れます。😊
- Verified traveler (8/5): - 事前の予定より早く到着してしまいましたが 気さくな対応でありがたかったです 非日常の緩やかな時間が過ごせて楽しかったです サウナと浴場が使えなかったのが残念でした
- Larissa (10/5): - The people are incredibly nice and made our stay really special.
- Helen (10/5): Villa Rusutsu - Villa Rusutsu was probably the best lodging we ever had. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. We couldn’t wish for anything more. Always help with transfer to the skiing slopes and also help with suggestions, booking and transfer to restaurants at night. We would definitely recommend this place to anyone who asks and if we ever go back to Hokkaido we will no doubt try to stay at villa rusutsu.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - ログハウスの雰囲気も素晴らしいですし、朝ごはんのクロワッサンがとても美味しかったです。
- Verified traveler (8/5): - お風呂のお湯の消毒の匂いがちょっときつかった。 朝食の会場の窓（ドア）のガラスの虫がすごかったから掃除したほうが良いと両親が言ってました。
- Verified traveler (8/5): - この度は有難うございました。 不便に思ったのは部屋のコンセント。 テレビの裏以外にもう2、3ヶ所あると良かった。 あと、地上デジタル放送も観たい。 ニセコや洞爺などの中間地として利便性を感じました。 大人数で来てGolfやBQQなどの楽しみ方もありますね。
- Verified traveler (6/5): - Nice service and staff were very helpfull! Sento needs a bit of cleaning smells funny. Overall it was good very licky with the weather over our stay.
- Verified traveler (4/5): - Hotel was to far from facilities and the abilty to have to organise meals at resteraunt more than 24 hours in advance was frustrating, so we didn’t go. Pictures on the internet exaggerated the room size, beds were hard, towels were not changed once in 6 nights. I wouldn’t deifinitely not recommend this villa complex
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Absolutely magic. This place is divine. The cabins are dreamy. Located at literally 3 minutes from Rusutsu Snowpark.
- Ka In (10/5): Villa Rusutsu is a nice place! - Yoko is a nice person. She will recommend which is good place for dinner and also suggest the route for us. The villa had beautiful view. The house was big same with the photo. Also, we can have a spa in the villa. At last ,we forgot to bring something to leave,Yoko is really nice .She send us email and ask us which day we want to come to get back it. This 2days1night was really perfect .Thank you .
- iris (10/5): - 酒店設計很特別，全是由木材所建造的獨立屋，空間感大，舒適。 適合家庭遊，冬季及聖誕節假期入住更佳。 鄰近大型渡假村，食店選擇較多，價格可接受，另外附近有便利店，購買日常所需沒有難度。
- Verified traveler (8/5): Good - We took BBQ. It was good. The breakfast is in set and great.
- Verified traveler (6/5): 狭かった - 部屋が良く清掃されていて綺麗でした。ちょっと5人で利用するには狭かったです。
- CHING-YANG (10/5): 非常棒的住宿經驗 - 老闆英文非常好也很熱心的介紹北海道各個適合的景點, 下次有機會一要再次造訪
- red (10/5): - ルスツリゾートに遊園地に近くとても便利。 ラグジュアリーのお部屋だったので快適、豪華空間でとても思い出に残りました。
- Verified traveler (10/5): - スタッフの皆さんはとても好印象で、何よりもお部屋が広くて快適で、ホテルとはまた違う感覚で、とても良かったです。朝食も丁度いい量で、楽しく泊まることが出来ました。また利用してみたいです。
- Sandeep (10/5): Stay at Villa Rusutsu! - Villa Rusutsu was perfect for our stay. We were a group of 8 people and divided easily into two rooms of four (one cabin). The villa is comprised of several cabins situated next/close to each other in an idyllic and relaxing setting. We were there during summer so tourism was at a low given the town is a ski village. The rooms are large and perfect for four with one double upstairs and two singles below (these can be arranged to your group's specifications). The town itself is a quick <5 min drive away. There is an onsite bath open 24h (gender separate) with sauna which is really nice to relax in. Yoko, the onsite manager, was extremely helpful and very pleasant to talk with. She came and offered us suggestions for day trips for the surrounding areas without us asking, and actually gave us information on some coastal sites we were unaware of which changed our itinerary for the day! The breakfast was some of the best we've had using some local ingredients. Our family also decided to take a family photo at the villa given we hadn't taken one in over 12 years. Yoko and staff were extremely accommodating, even in helping move some of the dining room furniture around to frame the perfect picture. Overall, our stay was wonderful, and we would highly recommend Villa Rusutsu to anyone traveling through the area.
- Richie (10/5): 非常棒的環境與設施，老闆夫婦相當熱情，非常開心的住宿經驗 - 一定要去住過，才算是去過留壽都，一生必住的小木屋，我們一家四口入住，早餐由澳洲籍廚師掌廚，精緻美味早餐，大廳充滿歐式鄉村原木氣氛，感覺超棒。老闆娘是日本人，相當親切，沒有大飯店的營利氣息，只有像朋友般的熱情招待，謝謝他們。
- Verified traveler (10/5): 雰囲気がよい宿 - お部屋も綺麗で、大浴場はいつでも入れたので朝夕とゆったりと入れました。 レストランも雰囲気がよく、私たちはバーベキューをお願いしましたが、留寿都産のお野菜やお肉でとても美味しかったです。朝ごはんも美味しかったです。ホテルの方もとても親切で子供にもきさくに接していただいて、家族で楽しませていただきました。 また伺いたいです。
- Verified traveler (10/5): また泊まりたいホテル - 友人同士4名で1泊させて頂きました。非常に過ごし易く、また泊まりたいホテルです。 1.客室 / ホテルの清潔感 コテージタイプのお部屋で、建物は比較的新しく綺麗に清掃されていて快適に過ごせました。 2.サービスの質 オーナーの方が気さくに話しかけてくれます。周辺の観光についてアドバイスを貰い、助かりました。 3.ホテルの設備 大浴場にはサウナも完備されていました。 4.ホテルの場所 コンビニは車で10分以内の位置にありました。また、近くに牧場があり、立ち寄る価値ありです。 5.その他 夕飯のバーベキューは是非申し込むことをお勧めします。地元産の野菜やお肉を用意してくれます。 特に野菜が美味しく、友人と感動してました。
- ANGELA (10/5): We will visit again - Amazing atmosphere, great service, lovely vacation house, good breakfast, clean and comfortable. We’re definitely coming back and will recommend to friends.
- Verified traveler (8/5): Ski trip rusutsu - This was a ski trip with 4 adults. Our room was clean but there was a used soap in the bathroom. Rooms were not cleaned consistently during our stay nor tea and coffee filled up. The room was freezing when we arrived so it would help if staff turned the heaters on prior to check in as it took a full day to warm the room up (but afterwards it was toasty warm - only the bathroom was cold). We used a towel to block the draught under the front door. There were only 6 hangers for the entire place and outside shoe are is unheated so we had to bring all skiwear and boots inside into the small shared lounge space and hang jackets from bannisters, knobs, door handles etc etc. A hanging area inside for jackets would help to make this villa more ski friendly. Dinner dishes although tasty, were tiny for hungry skiers and came out very slowly, one at a time- we did not eat at the hotel again. Breakfast however was excellent and plentiful. western options only. Staff were very friendly and helpful. shuttle service is excellent- you need to book your shuttle times (for ski drop off and pick up). They also will drop and pick you up from any nearby restaurants/seicomart. 24 hour onsen was a treat after skiing. Note- twin beds are in the lounge area downstairs and other beds in open loft. there are only tea/coffee facilities- no kitchen. This place is really a hotel but not quite managed the same way. Overall a great stay because of rusutsu snow but a few practical things missing for skiers
- Scott (10/5): great villas and loved the Japanese bath - A great place to stay to ski Rusutsu and get away from the resorts being a kilometre down the road. The staff were very helpful with use of the free shuttle to get us to the resort and restaurants. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed for the week we were there due to the chef having a ski accident, but the staff were able to make dinner reservations and shuttle transport for dinner each night.
- Yui (10/5): Very nice private villa - Very cute private villa with beautiful surroundings in winter. Breakfast is very good and delicious. Room is very clean and comfortable. Highly recommended for family with children.
- ichiko (10/5): - 次回も利用したいです。 久しぶりにゆったりした時間をすごしました。 お世話になりありがとうございます。
- Verified traveler (10/5): A very special hotel - Enjoyed my 1 night stay on 16 Sep. Very friendly host keeping me posted on the typhoon. Breakfast is great. Don't miss the fresh milk from a local farm. Couple of minutes driving from the major resort so that you can enjoy some quiet away from the crowd.
- CM (10/5): Most enjoyable experience in Japan - The villa's manager Yoko and 健雄san make my stay even more enjoyable. The surroundings are extremely beautiful. Very relaxing. It looks exactly the same with the picture. Room is spacious and clean, bed is comfy , food and bath and everything are authentic. All staffs are being so nice and caring and make it like a second home to me. Not exactly ski in/out, unless ur doing backcountry. It takes around 15 mins for walk to the ski resort. But free shuttles are always available from the villa to the slope. So location is not a problem at all. There is a western restaurant inside the villa. And also several restaurants in a walkable distance. Great options and great quality of food. Highly recommended. I enjoy every moment of my stay.
- Courtney (10/5): Quaint, comfortable and luxurious - Great, friendly staff and amazing hot breakfast every morning.
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