Hotels near Jigokudani Monkey Park, Yamanouchi

This place is exceptional. Staff, food, room everything. Please disregard any other reviews!

The staff was absolutely amazing, they were very kind and the perfect hosts.

Easy access from the train station. Great lobby facilities.

AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!!! LOCATION: Literally next to the Ichinose Family Ski Area, so once you put on your gear, it's a short walk across the road to the nearest lift. GEAR: There is a branch of Snowcan on the 1st floor of the hotel, so if you book through their website - you can pick up your gear there instead of walking to the main Snowcan Ichinose branch a short walk down the road. PRIVATE CLASSES: You can book private lessons from the Bianca Ski School through the hotel front counter, which costs JPY18,000 (2 hour inc tax). Our instructor was Mr Takeshi Iida who's super helpful and friendly - and patiently took our entire family for 2 very worthwhile sessions. He even took the trouble to check our ski boot sizes before the 1st lesson, and phoned the Snowcan staff to come in and open up the branch (it was closed during lunch time) so we could get better fitting boots! FOOD: As Muslims, we were very concerned about getting halal food - especially at the top of a ski mountain - so we were very happy that each item in the buffet breakfast and dinner had a list of ingredients (in English) next to them! Sometimes broths were made with chicken / pork - so it was really helpful that those were included in the ingredient list. We ate our fill of seafood-based dishes and rice. The dining area was styled like a canteen - which makes sense since it was used to house athletes during the 1998 Winter Olympics - and has amazing views of the surrounding snow-covered areas. The hotel doesn't have lunch except instant ramen (non-halal) - so we relied on the bread and instant noodles (prepared using the in-room kettle) that we brought ourselves. GETTING THERE: There are scheduled Nagaden Express buses from Nagano Station to the Ichinose bus stop (about a 100m walk from the hotel). Be sure to check the schedule. At Nagano Station, there was a temporary counter next to the bus stop itself (Stop no.

Everything! Front desk, breakfast, rental shop, rooms, onsen, cleanliness….all top notch.

The food here is amazing. So fresh and delicious. Staff are very friendly and helpful.