Lodge Brocken Hutte — Hotel in Hakuba

First the price. You can't beat Brocken Hutte's price for value and location.|Don't book this place if you're adverse to climbing. Its located on a small hill and the road's closed to vehicles during winter. |Hotel is meant for people who live to ski. You wake up and hit the slopes and come back to sleep. Everyone you meet only talks about the quality of the powder.|Next the meals. Breakfast at 700 Yen and dinner at 2,500 Yen is optional. I had breakfast every morning and dinner for the last night. Worth every cent. You need to negotiate with her if she's cooking Japanese or Western breakfast. But both are just great. The bread was freshly baked 20 min before breakfast time.|Spoken English is limited but enough to get by and make herself understood. |Do observe house rules as if you're staying in a Japanese home. A great experience if you haven't tried it before.|You get to choose western bedding or tatami rooms.|Toilet and shower facilities are shared but adequate.|After skiing, there is a room much for drying your clothes and boots. It was like living in your own mountain cabin. Quaint and unique for city dwellers.|Do manage your expectations. You usually get what you pay for. But in this case, I feel I'm getting an experience worth many fold what we...

First the price. You can't beat Brocken Hutte's price for value and location.|Don't book this place if you're adverse to climbing. Its located on a small hill and the road's closed to vehicles during winter. |Hotel is meant for people who live to ski. You wake up and hit the slopes and come back to sleep. Everyone you meet only talks about the quality of the powder.|Next the meals. Breakfast at 700 Yen and dinner at 2,500 Yen is optional. I had breakfast every morning and dinner for the last night. Worth every cent. You need to negotiate with her if she's cooking Japanese or Western breakfast. But both are just great. The bread was freshly baked 20 min before breakfast time.|Spoken English is limited but enough to get by and make herself understood. |Do observe house rules as if you're staying in a Japanese home. A great experience if you haven't tried it before.|You get to choose western bedding or tatami rooms.|Toilet and shower facilities are shared but adequate.|After skiing, there is a room much for drying your clothes and boots. It was like living in your own mountain cabin. Quaint and unique for city dwellers.|Do manage your expectations. You usually get what you pay for. But in this case, I feel I'm getting an experience worth many fold what we...

We loved this place and would definitely go back. It's a lovely, quiet and friendly family run place, just a few minutes walk from the town and two of the lifts. The breakfasts are so delicious, we had the Japanese style each morning, and I definitely agree that the dinner here is nicer than any we had in the town. ||The place is a little old, having been built in the 60`s, but spotlessly clean. Its not a luxury place to stay, but very comfortable and a bargain to be honest. Showers are not very powerful and only the evening, but the onsens are so good you should try them instead! The place was always very warm when we were there, and the fire was lit on several nights. The drying room for your skigear is fantastic, lovely warm boots in the morning makes all the difference.||Sanae the owner speaks enough English to get by, and was so helpful with discount lift passes, quite a good discount on ski gear and also on the onsen. She was also really helpful sorting out baggage forwarding to the airport.||Definitely recommended if you are looking for a quiet and friendly...