Haven Niseko — Hotel in Kutchan

Perfectly devine!! Quality furnishings and appliances. Amazing view. Down hill from Hirafu intersection (if you know the area) but only abt a 5 min walk up a very manageable hill to get to the couple of food shops. Plenty of restaurants & bars nearby without going up. An onsen around the corner. Nice quiet area.||Ski Japan manage this complex & are top rate. Staff greeted us at Sapporo airport & saw us onto our shuttle bus. Another staff member was waiting for us at The Welcome Centre and loaded our luggage into a van and drove us to the apartment. We were lucky & it was ready for us at 1pm to check in straight away. We were shown around the unit and had everything explained to us. Each afternoon/evening we would phone & request a time for the morning shuttle van to take us to the chair lifts. Skis stored at rental store so only had to carry boots & helmet. Easy walk back to unit each day.||We had a 2 bdrm 2 bath room apartment (number 201) (1 room with a large tub + shower; the other shower only). Living, dining, kitchen are was extremely spacious. Set up for 10 guests. Even the crockery & cutlery etc reflected this. We had an extra (very small) room with bunks in it that we didn't use. If wanting this unit for 6 adults, 2 will be drawing the short straw! We referred to this little room as the "maid's quarters"! Be okay for just sleeping. It appeared that the adjoining single room studio apartment could be used as a connecting room if you required more space. ||The view from our unit was first class. This exact view is only available in the 2 bdrm units on each level. The single bdrm units face a different way. The Haven website has very clear floor plans of each unit so you know what you will get as far as layout etc goes.||We couldn't fault the unit or the service ( Luxe Nomad & Ski Japan). Highly recommenced. We were lucky as we had a rather last minute trip and received a discounted rate for the 6 nights we were there. My new 'go to' accommodation in Niseko/Hirafu area. ||Hope any new developments in the area don't take away the feeling of being out in the mountains away from the crowds that this unit has. It's so peaceful...

Few rooms in this small hotel but by goodness are they good. This was by far our favourite Japanese ski accommodation to date and it was a pleasure to come back to after a long day on the hill. The room was spacious, the bed was comfortable (at least a queen) and the bathroom facilities were superb. To top it off all of the staff we had contact with couldn't do enough for us. Shout out to Tall/Kind Rob for the friendly greetings every morning you were on and your enthusiastic waving when you spotted us on the hill. Also Shortcut Megan for telling me about the shortcut that links the parallel streets, so handy if you're dining half way down the hill! Hint: As your walking up the hill take the right hander just before you hit Bar Gyu+. You'll have to climb a snow embankment but it was usually pretty trodden unless you're up early after a big fall. Lastly to Ayumi for sorting us out for our day trip to Rusutsu, legend.||The hotel had a day spa and a coffee shop on site which was handy. Private ski lockers were also provided but other than that it was the room and the staff. We didn't see any other visitors although we had guests on our floor during our entire stay. The hotel was very new when we stayed and was still getting some of the heating connected. It was whisper quiet during all hours which was ideal and unlike other ski accommodation in Japan around this price we found there was quite a bit of storage room. There was an area where you're to remove your shoes before entering the apartment and that was more than enough space for luggage. There was also a tiled hallway if you had long ski bags.||Location-wise, you're about 500m from the family pair. For us that was easily doable even though it's up a hill. My partner did it in her ski boots every day no problems. Do I wish it was up near the main road? Yes. Is that a deal breaker? Absolutely not. This was a big step up quality-wise from our last stay and I think we both really enjoyed the extra luxury. ||All in all a brilliant addition to the Niseko accommodation options and I can't wait to get back there because this would definitely be on the radar again after such a...

Room was modern and clean as it's newly opened in Jan 2017, located about 5 mins walk from Hirafu intersection where Seico mart ,ski buses stop and most restaurants are located. Location is good, a short 2 min walk up the road will bring you to Gyu+ bar. Was not noisy although it was located in front of another bar/restaurant. Booked with Ski Japan and you can arrange for a pick up with from the welcome center and they do sending offs too. It's possible to walk from welcome center(about 15mins?) although snow does make it difficult if you're dragging suitcases. ||||Accommodation itself is very clean, I was on the 2nd floor with a good view of Mt Yotei. Had a microwave oven, rice cooker, kettle in the room. Ski Japan prepared some food items such as bread, fruits, ham, milk which I found really nice and handy. Non carpeted floor and the bathroom floor was heated which I found was another nice perk to staying here. There are only individual 3 bedrooms on our whole floor which I belief could be converted to a single 3 bedroom apartment for one larger group because my room had 2 connecting doors. ||||Reception is not 24/7 manned and it's opening hours are something like 8am-10am and 4pm-6pm so please do let them know in advance when you check in. This was not a problem during stay as there was a landline in the room which allows for free local calls so you could call ski japan front desk to arrange for transfers, tours. They provide transfers to the ace family lifts and hirafu gondola. There is a locker on the ground level for ski and boards which I found too small to keep 2 boards. ||||Ayumi at the front desk was really helpful to our needs and helped us quite a fair bit. Niseko Spa and there was a physio located downstairs. Had a sports massage downstairs at the spa which I found to be very good although a little expensive(about 11,000yen if not wrong).||||I would return...