Shizukuishi Prince Hotel — Hotel in Shizukuishi

shizukuishi prince hotel|- Second visit, first time was 7-8 years ago.|- Good hopsitality of the staff, very responsive to any requests. Very considerate to the clients throughout, even after checking out when we arranged luggage delivery.|- As we were a group of one couple and one single, the hotel arranged interlink rooms for us without even making the request. |- Some rooms, including ours, were refurbished to better meet the needs of customers. |- The main reason we come back was the onsen, and the Koi (a kind of fish) living in a pond right outside the onsen.|- Relatively wide variety of food was available for the buffet dinner and breakfast, with average quality. We found the food was down graded compared to years ago, probably due to cost cutting, and the popularity of the site with low-priced tour groups.|- For the French restaurant, there was no more a la carte dish as in the past, probably due to wastage reduction. Only 2 options of set dinner were available, quality was high and taste was delicious. (reservation required, beef as the main course for both dinner sets)||- The skiing condition was great genuinely. If there was snowing, the snow was quite dry and built up fast for easy powder skiing. The ski patrol was very responsible. Once snowing started to be heavy, they patrolled on the piste to make sure skiers/snowboarders were safe (the resort is very popular for beginners and intermediate).| |- There were quite a few tour groups at the time we stayed, most were taiwanese groups. Sadly, many of them had totally ignored the required etiquette (it was obvious that they ignored instead of not knowing). Extremely noisy even in the onsen, no matter children or adults. Some tried to touch/grap (!) the Koi (fish), and some even put their whole arms from the shoulder to the hand into the Koi pond. My male friend said some boys did not take shower and just jumped into the onsen. At night time, some kids played and shouted loudly at the outer area of the hotel making a lot of noise even after 9 pm till we lodged a complaint to the hotel staff (and we stayed at the 8th floor).|- The poor manner and lack of courtesy and consideration of others of these people was not the fault of the hotel, but the experience of our stay was...

shizukuishi prince hotel Second visit, first time was 7-8 years ago. Good hopsitality of the staff, very responsive to any requests. Very considerate to the clients throughout, even after checking out when we arranged luggage delivery. As we were a group of one couple and one single, the hotel arranged interlink rooms for us without even making the request. Some rooms, including ours, were refurbished to better meet the needs of customers. The main reason we come back was the onsen, and the Koi (a kind of fish) living in a pond right outside the onsen. Relatively wide variety of food was available for the buffet dinner and breakfast, with average quality. We found the food was down graded compared to years ago, probably due to cost cutting, and the popularity of the site with low-priced tour groups. For the French restaurant, there was no more a la carte dish as in the past, probably due to wastage reduction. Only 2 options of set dinner were available, quality was high and taste was delicious. (reservation required, beef as the main course for both dinner sets)

The skiing condition was great genuinely. If there was snowing, the snow was quite dry and built up fast for easy powder skiing. The ski patrol was very responsible. Once snowing started to be heavy, they patrolled on the piste to make sure skiers/snowboarders were safe (the resort is very popular for beginners and intermediate).

There were quite a few tour groups at the time we stayed, most were taiwanese groups. Sadly, many of them had totally ignored the required etiquette (it was obvious that they ignored instead of not knowing). Extremely noisy even in the onsen, no matter children or adults. Some tried to touch/grap (!) the Koi (fish), and some even put their whole arms from the shoulder to the hand into the Koi pond. My male friend said some boys did not take shower and just jumped into the onsen. At night time, some kids played and shouted loudly at the outer area of the hotel making a lot of noise even after 9 pm till we lodged a complaint to the hotel staff (and we stayed at the 8th floor). The poor manner and lack of courtesy and consideration of others of these people was not the fault of the hotel, but the experience of our stay was...

i stayed in late Feb/early March 2019, the price of room is surprisingly affordable (28200 per room for 3 nights, room only)| everyday, in the hotel there are 2 restaurants opened, one is the room hall for buffet breakfast and dinner ( reasonably wide variety of food, around 5 dishes of western style, 5-8 dishes of local special, 8 of other typical Japanese food, every night there will be roast/pan fried beef, crab legs, around 4500yen per head)| the western restaurant on the ground floor (1/f in japan style) is a very high quality one in terms of both food and service. they serve 2 sets (no a la carte in my stay), one have more food than another, price is 6400 to 8400yen which is extremely money for value and a must try.| there is 2 small restaurants in ticket counter and the hill, so food have a bit more variety than similar stalls in other japanese ski resorts and the food are very delicious.| in weekends and holiday, the bistro which is next to the carpark (a metal hut) would open. we have not tried as we left in weekend, but that provide one more choice.| in weekend there is japanese style sobert served free of charge at the rental area.| the toilet paper is much thinker than the normal thin paper-felt toilet paper, which reflect the basic quality of the hotel| i stayed in the most basic room, space is just made for two person with luggages and ski bags| a real ski in ski out hotel, one only have to walk 10 steps to the ropeway/ticket station| shuttle bus schedule is not very frequent but sufficient for those without car (just like us)| the gorcery/gift stalls has a LOT of stuff and food to buy| one can book cat ski tour for ungroomed skiing in weekends on the slope previoudly hosting FIS race (3000yen)| sees also has night tour by cat car to watch stars|~ a 500yen cash coupon for no clean up service per 2 days, which csn be used even to pay in...