Hakuba Hotel Paipu no Kemuri

The hotel provides a spacious area for storing ski equipment, and the drying zone for ski boots is quite warm, ensuring that skiers can wear dry boots the next day. Both breakfast and dinner are served as buffets. Although the variety of dishes isn’t particularly extensive, it’s sufficient to satisfy people with different tastes. Interestingly, the free self-serve ice cream and drink stations are always crowded. Watching the cheerful children and elderly people sharing the same space, each enjoying themselves in their own way, made me forget I was in Japan. Before going to bed at night, you can relax in the hot spring, washing away the fatigue of the day — a truly comforting experience. The hotel is conveniently located between two lifts, just a few minutes' walk to hop on a lift and head up the mountain for skiing. About five minutes from the hotel is the Evergreen Ski School, making it incredibly convenient for those who want to learn or improve their skiing skills.

First time in Hakuba, went there for a family snowboarding trip. While the property is a little bit dated in terms of decor, it was simple and clean. Rooms were spacious. Common area were large and the common baths were easily accessible. No shortage of storage space as well. We ended up having breakfast on the property everyday as it was simple but tasty with good service.

This unassuming hotel just works. It’s walking distance to one of the key skiing schools where we send our kids to every morning. It has a nice public bath with an outdoor area where my kids had so much fun bathing in the snow. It has a restaurant that serves buffet with free flow alcohol for very affordable prices. It has a drying room so we basically park all our wet and cold gears in there and next morning they are dry and warm. Staff were always polite, friendly and helpful. This is the Honda of hotels - it’s no luxury, but it has everything you need and gets job done.

Great place to stay if you want a Japanese experience. Old hotel but has everything you need for a ski holiday. Traditional Onsen was wonderful after a day on the slopes. Large area dedicated to ski lockers and drying room. Short walk into the centre of Happo but a bit hard up the hill coming back.

Great proximity to the Happo-One chair lifts, excellent onsen (both indoor and outdoor), and the dinner buffet was very reasonably priced!