What other travelers are saying about Niseko HANAZONO Resort
The staff took us for the tour is super friendly with lot of smile. Apart from the tour itself is fun, the guide took great pictures and being patient waiting us to taking photos all along.
We visited hanazono for Snowmobile trip of family with group of 5. The instructors are well trained with well detailed describe how to operate the Snowmobile. So it was very easy to ride it. The scenery during the trip of 1 hours seemed a little to short for me since it was so beautiful and enjoyable. After the trip was finished, we were back to the ski resort where me and my son enjoyed snowboarding on hanazono trails with fresh powder snow while my wife and daughter enjoyed hot chocolate and taking tube sled with fun.
Probably has the best food options out of the 4 ski resorts - they even have crab ramen.
The ski area is relatively small, with two main lifts and mostly red runs.
It’s looks nice , new area. It’s however really busy and a bottle neck, there is only one lift out of this resort base; otherwise you are stuck.
So today … that one lift which is a high tech six seater chair , looks new; doesn’t actually function reliably. Been stuck in this resort for over 4 hours with this chair lift malfunctioning. There is an excruciating long line for the buses back out of the resort , some people waiting over an hour . A contingency plan was not really in place.
A wasted day skiing , very disappointed.
Please make lift lines with rope and alternating merges at the Hana 1 lift. It is absolute chaos as it funnels from 12 people wide to 8 people wide for a 6 person lift. There were repeatedly empty seats during a long wait time because you can’t tell if there are open spots until it’s too late. This is an easy fix that needs to be implemented.
