Ing Tomamu Lodge — Hotel in Shimukappu

If there was a Pension Ing at every Japan resort, I'd have a much easier time organising my tour of snow resorts in Hokkaido. ||||The pension is about a 5 minute drive (if that) from the Resource Centre / Towers, and you don't have to worry about walking, Tadayuki-san will give you a lift there and back. Drop-Offs and Picks-Ups are scheduled at 9am and 4pm. And unless you are going to be buying hourly tickets, don't even think about buying your day pass with cash on the mountain, Takayuki-san will give you a coupon which you can redeem for a ticket. In exchange for this magical coupon, you will pay a few hundred yen less then the prices listed at the ticket counter. (Using 2 coupons were cheaper then buying a discounted two day ticket). ||||Now, back to the Pension. It is homey and cute. ||||The breakfasts were filling, consisting of the creamiest scrambled eggs, some protein (ham, etc), maybe a yogurt, croissant, or warmed up buns. ||||The dinner, oh my god the DINNER. It's better then going to most restaurants. It consisted of 4 houses: appetiser (we had some smoked salmon and pork roulettes while we stayed), soup, mains with a salad and plate of rice, followed by dessert. Each course was delicious and presented beautifully. ||||The room I stayed in was in the area by the stairs which appear to be slightly larger rooms. It was warm and comfortable. The beds were pretty firm though, but after a day of riding, I slept well. ||||And now to the bathrooms - they are public bathrooms split for men and women - which were new to me. I wasn't too excited about this part, but when I did go shower and there were 3 others there, it did not feel awkward at all. And the best part about the bathrooms, is that they have an indoor onsen. So don't worry about spending any extra money unless you want to go to some fancy outdoor place. ||||Pension Ing was a wonderful two night stay, which was just enough time to run all around the resort if the powder area is closed. IF the powder area is open, a few more days at Pension Ing would have definitely been called for.||||So just to recap - for the price you pay at the pension you get: ||a room, ||a full blown first rate restaurant feeding you, ||an onsen, ||better discount on the lift tickets that you pay to Pension Ing when you check out, ||a pick up form the Train or the Tower, AND||the most loveable hosts.||||Couldn't recommend staying here more! For get Towers, you want...

If there was a Pension Ing at every Japan resort, I'd have a much easier time organising my tour of snow resorts in Hokkaido. ||||The pension is about a 5 minute drive (if that) from the Resource Centre / Towers, and you don't have to worry about walking, Tadayuki-san will give you a lift there and back. Drop-Offs and Picks-Ups are scheduled at 9am and 4pm. And unless you are going to be buying hourly tickets, don't even think about buying your day pass with cash on the mountain, Takayuki-san will give you a coupon which you can redeem for a ticket. In exchange for this magical coupon, you will pay a few hundred yen less then the prices listed at the ticket counter. (Using 2 coupons were cheaper then buying a discounted two day ticket). ||||Now, back to the Pension. It is homey and cute. ||||The breakfasts were filling, consisting of the creamiest scrambled eggs, some protein (ham, etc), maybe a yogurt, croissant, or warmed up buns. ||||The dinner, oh my god the DINNER. It's better then going to most restaurants. It consisted of 4 houses: appetiser (we had some smoked salmon and pork roulettes while we stayed), soup, mains with a salad and plate of rice, followed by dessert. Each course was delicious and presented beautifully. ||||The room I stayed in was in the area by the stairs which appear to be slightly larger rooms. It was warm and comfortable. The beds were pretty firm though, but after a day of riding, I slept well. ||||And now to the bathrooms - they are public bathrooms split for men and women - which were new to me. I wasn't too excited about this part, but when I did go shower and there were 3 others there, it did not feel awkward at all. And the best part about the bathrooms, is that they have an indoor onsen. So don't worry about spending any extra money unless you want to go to some fancy outdoor place. ||||Pension Ing was a wonderful two night stay, which was just enough time to run all around the resort if the powder area is closed. IF the powder area is open, a few more days at Pension Ing would have definitely been called for.||||So just to recap - for the price you pay at the pension you get: ||a room, ||a full blown first rate restaurant feeding you, ||an onsen, ||better discount on the lift tickets that you pay to Pension Ing when you check out, ||a pick up form the Train or the Tower, AND||the most loveable hosts.||||Couldn't recommend staying here more! For get Towers, you want...

Our group of five spent one night here during the first week of July. At their price, it was mostly a disappointment based compared to the other pensions/b&b which we stayed in other parts of Hokkaido during our stay. ||||Public bath and toilet areas were quite clean. We stayed in the only room downstairs as it was the biggest. It was quite aged and was JUST enough to fit 5 futons. We couldn't even open any of our luggages! In fact, when any one of us had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, we basically had to step over some sleepy bodies! They had some vacant rooms but wouldn't split us up. There was no in-room electric water kettle and they didn't provide any hot drinking water in the public area.||||Other public area was basically the foyer/reception and the restaurant - both of which showed its age. Food quality and taste was very mediocre compared to similarly priced pensions/hotels which we stayed in other parts of Hokkaido. I am really sorry to say so ~ I don't cook often but do feel that I can probably cook up something of similar standard.||||The owner was very friendly and enthusiastic. The wife and the son were all right. It was mostly their price that I was expecting something better. If it was priced cheaper, I would have had lower expectations and wouldn't have minded being crammed into a room barely...