Facilities & Services
The facilities across the
Hakuba Valley ski areas aren’t particularly modern, but they are reasonably well developed. Most facilities are centred around the Happo One ski area, the village of Happo, the Hakuba 47/Goryu ski areas and the town of Hakuba.
Eating On Mountain There are 10 on-mountain eating facilities at the Hakuba 47/Goryu ski area.
Similarly Happo-One ski area has many on-mountain eating facilities, but our favourite is the Western style Virgin Café. In the village of Happo, not far from the Adam gondola there are a good selection of restaurants and bars that offer Japanese or international cuisine.
Ski School Evergreen Outdoor Center offers bilingual instructors for ski or snowboard lessons at Happo for children (aged 3+) and adults. A half day group lesson costs approximately ¥5,250 and a full day lesson costs ¥8,450.
The Hakuba 47 Ski Academy also offer lessons in English, but only if they are private. The cost for this is about ¥15,000 for 2 hours for 1-3 persons. (Rates are for the 2008-09 season.
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Facilities for Children In addition to the ski lessons provided for children,
Evergreen also offer child care.
The Hakuba 47 School Centre offers child care. As an indication of prices, 4 hours costs about ¥6,000. Happo One and Hakuba 47/Goryu ski areas have children specific ski and snow play areas.
Hakuba Ski Rental There are various ski and snowboard hire shops located at or near the ski area that can provide you with most of your rental requirements. Examples near the Happo gondola base are Spicy Rental Happo and Village Box Rental.
Many of the hotels have rental available, and there are also hire shops in the Wadano and the Echoland areas. At the Wadanomori visitor centre, Evergreen Outdoor Centre is another option and they’ll also be able to help you with backcountry rental gear.
Hakuba 47 has a ski and snowboard rental shop at the base, and the base of Goryu Toomi has a shop in the Escaru Plaza.
Banking Facilities You will need to budget well prior to visiting Hakuba as credit cards are commonly not accepted and this includes lift tickets. When we visited in 2007 there were no ATMs that accepted international cards near the slopes. There’s an ATM at the post office in the town of Hakuba which is a significant inconvenience if that’s the only reason for travelling there.
Many 7-Eleven stores across Japan installed ATMs in mid-2007, so you might be able to get cash at the 7-Eleven in the Echoland area.
Hakuba Facilities & Services Listings
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Evergreen Kids Camp
If the kids are too young to hit the big slopes or you just want some time to yourself, Evergreen Kids Camp is a professional English speaking child minding service in Hakuba.
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