What other travelers are saying about Niseko Village
This place is great! Be warned they do close down lifts for 25mph winds that gust to 50. And the beginning of the day lift lines can get kinda long ~45min -1hr. But the snowfall is unreal.
Their beginner coarse especially one that makes you go above the hill is not beginner level at all. Even though you do couple of easy coarse, the beginner coarse on the hill is extremely advance. I never seen so many people walking down the mountain and not many ski mobile rescues either. Not the best ski resort
Wonderful powder and great food. The sky resort could use some help controlling the lines at the lifts as it can get hectic. My kids 11 &13 loved the open powder and great terrain!
Road trip to Niseko yesterday. Arrived at Hanazono at about 9am. A warm weather spell meant the snow was pretty wet and choppy. But the crowds!!! Too many people and not enough lifts! Looks like lifts have been decommissioned on Hirafu as well as a couple weren’t going and the pizza box to the top was out of action I suspect due to high winds. There is a new gondola and a super fancy hooded 6 seater at Hanazono though. But just too crowded to be enjoyable. I get that it’s Chinese New Year and this was probably the busiest time of year, but lift lines were just too long! First skied here in 2002 and had been back a couple of times since then but the secret is now definitely out. It is now getting too overdeveloped for the size of skiable area. Too many people and crowds waiting for lifts. I don’t think I’d need to ski at Niseko again unless there are new lifts put up or replaced.
