Soratobu Usagi

“Ski in ski out. Full facilities of kitchen. But it’s better to buy groceries upfront as no walking distance mini/supermarket around. My Japanese housemate help me to buy groceries online via Aeon website and deliver within next day late afternoon. Proper western bed and comfortable bed. Sufficient heating system. Great hospitality from owner and family. Great discount for 1 and 2 days ski pass. Provided wax table for ski/snowboard. Love the in house onsen. I was onsen 2 times a day. Almost prefect facilities for ski resort with amazing reasonable price and snow and trail quality. Suginohara trail is for intermediate level with huge width and long trail for up skill.”

“The lodge was super clean and the food was amazing. They make every effort to help you enjoy your stay. We were given a beautiful sashimi and sushi dinner on our last night.”

“I stayed in the dorm, so that is a cabin down the hill from the main building. There are 3 floors to the cabin; 7 beds (or cots, rather) upstairs, and 3 cots in the basement floor. Common areas (kitchen, toilet and shower) is on the middle floor, where the main door is (see more below). Facilities in the cabin were fine; heater worked as expected. If you run hot, perhaps request a bed in the lower level or prepare to crack open a window xD Kitchen was quite well stocked; lots of different dishes, cutlery and pans. Rice cooker, kettle, microwave, and triple-stove is available. Refrigerator and freezer is full-sized. As other reviews have mentioned, you will have many stinkbug visitors; I ended up just catching them and tossing them out the window. Maybe 2-3 per day? Of course, there were more; they are attracted to the ceiling lights so you can find some strategic way of minimising them in your space xD There weren't *so* many that my bed (or food) had any in them. I used the shower/bath in the main building because the cabin one easily gets clogged with hair. The main building also has (coin) laundry and kitchen facilities, if you need. The drying room is really spacious. Wifi was decent (see more below). FYI, the local bus doesn't actually take you all the way to Suginohara Gondola; and even if it did, it's not like it's beside the gondola either. It's actually closer to the pair chairlift that takes you up to the green run that leads to the gondola. So the bus will actually take you to Suginosawa Onsen, which then you would have to walk uphill for ~10-min. OR, be really nice (and look pitiful) to the driver... I think he's used to it, he will drive you a bit closer (where you would then walk a few minutes downhill to the main building). ALSO, btw... it's ski-in/ski-out, but it's not SB-in/SB-out. You need to 1foot-out. Not a bit deal, but just FYI.”

“Loved the location, staff, breakfasts, and dinners were superb. They were totally Japanese cuisine and exceptional value for money.”

“Comfy bed in a warm and welcoming cabin. Amazing food every morning/night and wonderful, happy, helpful staff. Loved staying here.”