Akazora

This hotel has a very good location - it’s a ~10-15min walk to the closest ski lift and plenty of restaurants, food trucks, and convenience stores nearby. The staff was extremely kind and helpful. They are english speaking which made the whole experience much easier. They provided us with recommendations of the area and also helped us coordinate the ski lift passes beforehand, so we were able to receive it upon check-in. They also helped us book the shuttle to the airport for our check out day which made transportation less stressful. The hotel is fully equipped with all your skiing needs. There is a locker space in the basement and the room itself has a laundry with plenty of space to hang your gear. We had the 2bedroom unit for 3 people and it was very spacious to allow for all our luggage. One downside for us - you can hear people outside on the street pretty clearly until around 11pm or 12am. The surrounding area gets pretty busy.

Had a great week's stay at Akazora. Really convenient location to dining, bars. Green line ski shuttle stops on same road for travel to King and Ace Gondalas.

We stayed in a 2 bedroom apartment and found it to be very comfortable. The rooms were a good size, especially considering this is Japan (where rooms are typically very small), the beds comfortable and it was great to have a kitchenette and laundry in the apt. Also, location is great - very close to the main drag, to the food trucks and to the free shuttle to get us to/from the main Hirafu lift/gondola. Staff all very friendly and helpful too! However, note that there was just 2 of us. If you were more people, or with kids, then the living room was a little small.

This would be the worst place to stay in Hirafu in 20 years of coming to Japan We stayed in a studio apartment It’s dark and dreary our out look is a concrete wall lighting is very poor and not a comfortable seat in the room It’s noisy at night A very depressing room and there photos on line are very deceiving