We stayed over the new year, and during the January 1st earthquake. This was our first time visiting Japan and we speak zero Japanese. We are so thankful to have stayed at this hotel with such an excellent team. We have done a lot of travel and we mean it when we say the staff at this hotel were the kindest and most supportive we have ever experienced. They had portable devices to translate and allow us to communicate, as well as a great staff member that spoke English! We had many questions with our ski and snowboard gear delivery, ordering taxis, and helping identify a new route to get to our next destination with travel disrupted due to the earthquake that the team enthusiastically helped with.
On our departure day we missed our shuttle pick up from the hotel, and Kenji kindly drove us 15 minutes to the Hakuba Valley station himself just in time to make our transport to Nagano! He was a hero to us, and this was just one of the great experiences we had with this accommodation. Also the restaurant and Onsen are excellent!