Uchihan

Great location, very clean, and nice Onsen. It met all of our needs and we enjoyed our stay.

There was nothing we didnt like, all was good. We knew to expect traditional style with mats on the floor and shared shower room so we were fine.

Never loud. Spacious room. Very friendly reception.

Slightly dated. Corners of room were dusty.

-Location is great, very short distance walk to Karasawa lift -Staff are nice - Many useful information handouts/signs at the accommodation -Breakfast and dinner are great! -Very good value for money

- Their futon beds are much harder than normal futon we have experienced in Japan - There are some area with dusts in the room but it is understandable as it seems to be family-run business and not many staff

Suuuper sweet and helpful owners, clean and comfortable rooms, cute bathhouse, an easy 4-min walk to Karasawa ski area (even in your ski boots), and good Wifi. It's a bit removed from all the hustle and bustle of the town centre (which we very much prefer) but still close enough to many restaurants, bars and cafes. The room came with yukatas (cotton kimono-style robe) for each of us, which was pretty novel. The lodge also had the most spacious and well-organized basement/dry room I've ever seen in a Japanese ski lodge, with separate racks for skis and snowboards, a large dry room for jackets, gloves, boots, helmets, etc, and several washing machines. There was even a dedicated place for waxing your boards and skis.

Property does not have a parking lot. Guests can park at the 'Carpark P2 Karasawa area' lot, which is a 5-min walk from the lodge (first night ¥1,500, ¥500 per night after that). It is what it is, and we knew that before booking. But the super sweet owners, spacious dry room and the proximity to ski slopes made up for it.