Gakuto Villas — Hotel in Hakuba

We loved Gakuta. |The staff have been wonderful. Guin has answered so many emails for us pre trip. Using Whats App is the best way to communicate with them during your stay. They have booked restaurants and ordered taxis’s for us. It’s been so easy. |Tips. | Even villas look over the forest. Odd villas look over a snow filled car park. |Spicy Wadano is a 5 min walk for rentals and they drop and pick up gear to Gakuto |The free shuttle bus stops is the car park next door in both directions so it’s easy to get to the slopes. Bus 1 to Sakka and Bus 2 to Happo Gondola. So easy and no walking with gear. They run every 30 min. |Compared to our last visit most places (including supermarkets) now use cards instead of cash only |Eat at Hybrid - awesome service and amazing food. I mean amazing and fresh local produce. Highly recommend|The Pub is a 5 min walk and easy for a casual dinner and the hotel attached Moninoki has an all you can eat buffet (nice) as well as a beautiful outdoor onsen (walk ins only) and 1,000 Yen and highly recommend. |The villas are very clean and basic kitchen with some tea and coffee provided. (If you want to cook bring some salt and pepper) |Gakuto will also happily recommend restaurants and I suggest you book as they fill up very quickly. |Would definitely stay here again and it’s great value....

Gakuto villas are a short walk from Happo ski field and Sakko (beginners ski field), there are quite a few restaurants also in walking distance too. It is almost opposite Spicy's ski rental which is really handy.|The 11 villas are spacious, open and warm. The even numbers look out onto the mountain and the odd numbers onto a car park. We had an odd number but didn't mind at all, as we could see the kids playing with the snow from our large lounge window.|The staff are amazing. All speak great English (or are Aussie/English) and nothing is a problem for them. They will take you to the supermarket, restaurants, ski-field if you ask nicely, and one day even took us back to villas when we randomly bumped into a staff member in Echoland (thank you Jacob!). They will book things for you (Onsen, restaurants, buses), which makes the language barrier much easier to navigate.|The villa has a washer/dryer and plenty of room for ski equipment. It is serviced...

These villas suited our family of 5 perfectly. 1 bed room upstairs and one downstairs. 2 bathrooms with toilets and showers, 1 with bath. Fridge,freezer, toaster, kettle, rice cooker, washing machine and drying rack. (could dry in machine, but I didn't). Very warm underfloor heating. Skype phone with free local calls. Staff helpful with booking dinners. Villa shuttle service was very obliging - drop and pick up from dinner (until 8pm). Dropped us at ski slope on the first day when we missed the bus and were running late. Rescued me and kids when we got lost and ended up on a roadside a long walk from the lifts. Shuttle service to supermarket every evening. Can walk to Kokasai lift (where Evergreen international ski school is) in about 5min. Could also walk to Sakka lift - further but downhill on the way home. Snowball makers and sleds available to use for free. No onsen, but can walk 2min to Momoniki hotel and use theirs...