La Montagne Furuhata — Hotel in Hakuba

It was a convenient location from Iwatake.

The check in clerk was very patient and attentive with our needs during our stay. Our door locked by itself twice and both times staff were able to help immediately.

In the lobby there is a microwave set eternally to 500V, a hot water dispenser, and a telephone to call a taxi. There are trash cans everywhere and only near the hot water dispenser is a designated CUP RAMEN trash bin. They are all clearly labeled and so you will have many chances to throw away trash correctly.

You can eat in the lounge area but they turn off the lights around 11pm. There are many tables and chairs. On the walls there are photographs of dramas that have been set and filmed in the area.

Our rooms were in the building directly opposite from the main building.

Behind two set of doors, we found that the rooms are old with a tiny box T.V. set for anyone interested in nostalgia. The bedding sometimes were spotted and looked stained.

Anyone who is unfamiliar with Japanese bedding may find that setting up for sleep can be a confusing ordeal.

The men's bathrooms are apparently only squat toilets and for the ladies, we had western style.

There are two troughs for washing your face and brushing your teeth, but the evening before we checked out, someone had tried to dump their cup ramen into it and it clogged the tiny drain.

There is onsite coin washers and dryers in the basement of the main building. The onsen in the main building is...

Close enough to walk to Iwatake resort (10-15 mins, slightly up hill). From there you can catch a bus to other resorts or to other bus stations. If you stay and are looking for restaurants in the area, there are a handful within a 15 min walk but you will need to make a reservation the day before, most don’t accept walk ins. The hotel is on a great little Main Street with a small river running down it. Note: I opted for a room with no beds, just “futons” (stated on Expedia) but there are plenty of mattress pads to lay down on the floor to sleep. Front desk manager spoke a little English (just enough to communicate slightly, use translate app if you have a longer questions/request). You will need to remove your shoes per Japanese traditions. Has a nice onsen. Has a ski/boot...

A pretty standard japanese “ryokan”- there are plenty of them near every ski place. However, this one is below average. I’d give it 2.5 stars.

Good: bldg itself looks kind of ok. Not very old. have parking next to the bldg

Bad: room is too plain. Even for Japanese “washitsu”. No any cops/glasses, no tea set. no bath towels. They offer to rent it for 200 yen. Not expensive, but the approach is strange. fixed time dinner and breakfast. In most of similar places they ask you to choose when to come. Here they simply set time (dinner is 6pm) and ask to be not late. but you actually don’t really need to come for breakfast. There is really nothing to eat. dry room doesn’t dry. It had all the dryers/heaters off all the time we...