Reviews of Pension Hakuba 70

Great location, friendly staff, Upgraded me to a better room on a second night. All the people complaining about the cleanliness are a bunch of pansies. if your coming here for snowboarding, you’ll love it

Jim

Location

Very cold. Poor breakfast

The location is great, about 100m from Rhythm and 400m from a lift station. Unfortunately, this is the only positive thing to say about this property.

Beds were very old and hard, though the bedding was clean. There’s a constant smell of sewerage coming in through the plumbing in the room ensuite. The heater in the room did not work, the owner provided a portable unit that was barely satisfactory and unflued. Breakfast??? Seriously toast, some jams, and an assortment of instant coffees is not breakfast.

The owners

Size of room

We really loved the owners

Everything but the owners Bugs

Super close to Happo One and the ski rental. It’s in an old condición, but we had the best time there. Lovely old couple that runs it. It’s cold in the common area, probably due to saving electricity. We knew this ahead after reading the ratings, but just wear an extra sweater.

Not very clean

Comfy beds and good location for happy one town and for skiing, free breakfast, good heating in the room

No water for the first day, no windows, smelt of sewage everywhere the whole time we stayed, owners let themselves into our room while we were sleeping two hours before allocated check out time, no reception or wifi in our room

Location, friendliness of staff.

Found at least 7 bugs in the room, water was temporarily not working.

The rooms were great. The couple who run the place are lovely. Was 10m from shuttle stop or a 5min walk to the nearest ski lift, so easy to get around.

If you are very tall note the shower is very short. Also the dry room is just a basement that has a gas heater which gets turned off each night.

The owners are the loveliest people and make your stay a special one

The location was outstanding and we were able to ship our gear directly to the location from the Narita airport. We did not eat at the restaurant, but heard great things. Mostly what we liked was the location, and that it wasn't expensive compared to other options.

The management was difficult to work with. The rooms were not very clean and the bathrooms and showers are mostly separate. There are a lot of cobwebs and dust. The hallways and common areas are frigid cold--we could see our breath in the hallways.

Great location very close to ski slopes. Very good service from the hosts. They even drove us to where we needed to go when we missed out bus. Very good food at the restaurant. Room was very nice and warm with own bathroom and clean. Very impressed.

I get this isn’t luxury nor is it a 3 star hotel (or any hotel for that matter). That being said, hygiene, cleanliness and keeping the property updated are the bare minimum that I would expect from any establishment charging guests to stay. The bedding has brown stains on, there’s cobwebs hanging from the ceiling, random things under the beds, bugs in the light fittings, no heating other than gas burners in room (with no ventilation or monoxide alarms). Plus… booking.com got the price wrong so we were forced to pay 50% more by the owners on arrival and looked at as though we were criminals trying to rip them off. The 1970 stands for when it opened and it hasn’t been touched since then. Avoid like the plague.

The location is excellent, easy walking distance to the chairlift at Happo, next door to Rhythm ski shop and the bus stop. The couple who run this place are adorable which is what makes it difficult to rate it appropriately.

It is quite cold, could be a tad cleaner however, the lady does her best to do everything herself including running the restaurant which is admirable considering her age. Rooms do have heaters though. We had both an ensuite room and a non ensuite room during our stay due to having to move rooms as ours was a last minute booking, I would recommend booking an ensuite room as the shared facilities may not suit everyone’s expectations. The restaurant though is lovely, authentic, home made Japanese cuisine, always delicious! We had been to the restaurant many times before, but this was our first time staying in the accommodation.

The couple running Pension Hakuba 70 are wonderful and incredibly hospitable. They were very clear with the arrangements and put on an exceptional dinner one evening for us. They also helped us with organising taxis when we needed to get back to town and were overall a delight to meet.

New mattresses and duvets would be a worthy investment.