Kutchan Hotels

I know this place rents for 4x higher in winter so it was worth seeing what it's like. really good one bedroom spacious and nice amenities. shower had strong water pressure no tub. one complaint the hallway smelled like garbage due to cleaning staff leaving trash in hall for hours during cleaning which grossed me out.

Overall this hotel was a great stay, extremely close to the slopes, great rooms, excellent breakfast but we had two issues with our stay that I wanted to share: #1 the card I used to reserve the hotel on Expedia was charged 10 days before I arrived at the hotel and not at checkout, which I expected to be the case. Unfortunately that caused some banking issues for me and a refund from Japan to the USA seems to take 2 months to process (still TBD on exact timing). So make sure to use a card you actually want to use to pay when making your reservation. #2 we had plans to catch a train around 6:30am on our departure and notified the staff that we'll need a taxi to drive us to the train station in the morning as their shuttle service only begins at 7am. We were promised this wouldn't be a problem but on our departure we were told at the front desk that none of the taxi companies had a cab available. This ruined our travel plans but the staff was helpful enough to call ahead to our next hotel and was able to cancel our first night there for free so I'll give them points for effort and I suppose they can't do anything about the taxi but if I'm paying this kind of money for a hotel I just expect those things to just work out.

I stayed 5 nights. The room and bathroom were tiny, one queen bed instead of 2 king singles would have left more space to move. Not sure what can be done with the bathrooms, very basic albeit well maintained and cleaned. Breakfast was quite good.

Excellent onsen and near to kiddie lift. Would go again. Was pricy but room was nice and onsen.

Nice studio/apt alternative to hotels, very clean and central location in Hirafu. Australian-owned HT Holidays employs English-speaking staff, useful for Western tourists. Staff is friendly and helpful (though taxi reservation they made for me ended up going to wrong location and I missed my train--always double-check!); front desk hours are limited. Use the Niseko passport they provide for discounts, including on NAC rafting in summer--HT booked and it was great (not rough at all, fun Japanese guides, and beautiful scenery--be sure to wear the drysuit so you can jump in the cold water!). If you like the option of more living space and occasionally eating in, this is better than a hotel.

Stayed here for three nights in December 2014. Excellent staff- they organised all of our ski hire for us and took us to and from the welcome centre which was lovely. Located a short walk from the main street close to all of the restaurants and bars. The free shuttle bus that takes you around Niseko stops at the end of the street (like 3 mins walk away). Only downsides were that it was quite noisy with the wooden floors- could hear other guests moving around the place quite loudly. Also, the beds are quite old and dated but fine if you're just using the rooms as a base to explore the mountain and not spending lots of time in there. Shared bathrooms were clean

A 10 min walk to lift and 10 min walk to town. Beautiful scenery. Cozy and clean condo. We had two adults, 3 teenagers, and one kid and al slept comfortably.