Niseko Moiwa Ski Resort — Attraction in Niseko

My family and I booked a private ski lesson with Moiwa ski resort. We were taught by Miss Maki, Mr Shin and the boss whom we didn’t get the name. We had a blast and they took really great care of us. All the three of them were fantastic and they were the saving grace for this review. It gets downhill from here.

We were totally unimpressed with the main counter staff. One of our family member had an accident while skiing on his own. The counter staff managed to get a medic to check on him and recommended for him to make a trip to a hospital for a detailed checkup. Not only did they refuse to assist us to make a call for taxi to send him to the hospital, THEY GAVE US TOTALLY WRONG INFORMATION! They told us that the nearest hospital is closed for the day and could not offer us alternatives and left us on our own.

In the end, we had to make own back to our lodge slowly. Moiwa Lodge’s staff was totally different and they were a gem!! They assessed the situation and assisted us to call an ambulance to send my family member to the hospital promptly. We were also told that the hospital was indeed closed on weekends, but they do accept accident emergencies via ambulance. What puzzled was that the local staff at Moiwa Ski Resort did not know such simple, yet important information, and it did give us the impression that it would give them bad publicity if an ambulance were to appear at their premise. TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED to...

Moiwa sucks - tell your friends.

IMO Moiwa is Niseko's hidden gem - but only if you prioritize fewer quality laps to a lot of vertical. If you want to ski a lot then stay away - you will get frustrated.

It's a small area with a single slow quad lift that won't run on windy days. That puts you on an even slower double that climbs only half of the already short hilltop.

If you adventure much you will be hiking a bit to get back to the lifts, and on one side you may have to navigate a quite treacherous creek gully.

No IKON Pass here and the route getting to/from Annupuri is essentially unmarked. You have to figure it out for yourself - definitely not for the inexperienced or unguided. Getting a taxi to come get you from Moiwa is tricky - if you can get one to come they will charge you an out of service area fee (it's just far enough outside Niseko United).

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I'll be honest, the conditions weren't really great the day I went to Moiwa. Earlier we tried to get to Hanazono but found the driving conditions too dangerous so we headed to Moiwa. That was a blessing because I found Moiwa's greens perfectly suited to working on my basics, getting my confidence up and linking my turns properly.

It's pretty flat in some places but that was good for me because it forced me to build up speed on the hills so that I could make it through the flats without coming to a stop.

My day at Moiwa was fun and led to a lot of solid...