Hotel Oak Forest

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Hotel Oak Forest

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Hotel Oak Forest4.5 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
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Hotel Oak Forest

Hotel Oak Forest

Hotel Oak Forest in Echoland Hakuba is a Japanese hotel with an onsen onsite (including rotenburo) and Japanese and western style rooms; many with ensuite bathroom or private toilet.

Where is Hotel Oak Forest?

The Hotel Oak Forest is located in a quite secluded spot in Echoland of Hakuba Japan, about 10 minutes walk from the busy main street of Echoland and 1.8km from the Happo One Ski Resort. Bus stops are out the front of the hotel for shuttles to the ski resorts of Goryu, Hakuba 47, Iwatake and Happo One.

The hotel runs shuttles at 6pm and 6:30pm into central Echoland and to Happo, and it’s easy enough to get a taxi or walk home.

The hotel provides arrival/departure transfers to/from the bus terminal or the train station.

Rooms

Hotel Oak Forest has a range of room types:
  • Japanese tatami rooms for up to 3 futons, ensuite
  • Japanese tatami rooms for up to 3 futons with private toilet (use onsen for bathing)
  • Western twin room with ensuite
  • Western twin room with tatami area and private toilet (use onsen for bathing)
  • Western triple room with ensuite
  • Western 5-share room with ensuite
All rooms have an LCD TV, a fridge and a safe, and rooms are non-smoking.

Facilities & Services

  • Onsen – indoor & outdoor baths
  • Large ski/snowboard lockers
  • Drying area
  • Laundry facilities
  • Discounted lift tickets for Happo and Hakuba 47/Goryu
  • Gift shop with a small selection of snacks
  • Vending machines
  • Front desk staff speak some English
  • Free wifi
  • Free parking
  • Ski/snowboard rentals
  • Massage services
  • Guest lounge

Dining

A breakfast buffet is provided that includes a mix of Japanese and western items.

The restaurant is open for dinner with a choice of a special Japanese kaiseki multi-course meal, or a more westernised set menu.

The Echoland village is within easy walking distance, where there is a raft of different dining and drinking options.

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Hotel Oak Forest Packages

This property currently has no lifts & lodging packages available.

Hotel Oak Forest Features, Amenities & Services

Property

  • Communal area(s)
  • Convenience store
  • Drying room
  • Hot springs/Onsen
  • Laundry facilities
  • Parking
  • Restaurant
  • Ski lockers
  • WiFi

Rooms

  • Bath
  • Breakfast available
  • Fridge
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Private bathroom
  • TV
  • WiFi

Services

  • English speaking staff
  • Lift tickets vendor
  • Massage Services
  • Ski rentals

Hotel Oak Forest Location

Hotel Oak Forest Reviews

A Nice Japanese Experience

30/06/2018

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  • Recommend
  • Would Revisit
  • Guest Type
    Family
  • Guest Age
    36-50

A Nice Japanese Experience

30/06/2018
In a sea of westernised properties in Hakuba, the Hotel Oak Forest was a refreshingly typical Japanese hotel. Firstly it was nice that all the staff were Japanese, and that only some of them spoke English (and provided typical friendly Japanese service).

Having an onsen onsite was a huge pro. It wasn’t the most aesthetically beautiful onsen, but it more than did the trick for weary muscles, and having an outdoor onsen is always lovely.

We stayed in a spacious tatami room with ensuite which was fantastic. The room was very well insulated and incredibly quiet. The only minor inadequacy was that there were no hooks to hang jackets or the like, but this is typical of all Japanese tatami rooms. The wifi in the room was also rather intermittent which is difficult when you’re dying to post Facebook photos of deep powder to annoy your friends!

The breakfast buffet was satisfactory and included western and Japanese items such as noodles, miso, yoghurt, fruit, rolls and coffee. It was OK but it was exactly the same everyday – no variations. Luckily we weren’t staying for too long or it might have got rather tedious.

Whilst it was delightfully quiet, the location wasn’t amazing for ready access for the ski resorts unless you had a car. It was a plus that there was a bus stop out the front, but the bus schedules weren’t incredibly frequent. We caught the hotel shuttle into central Echoland in the evenings (Echoland is a smorgasbord of restaurants and bars) and it was very easy to walk home, but the location might not suit families with small children (as the onsite restaurant doesn’t provide a lot of variety).

The upside was that we didn’t have to pay a small fortune for a hotel with proximity to the lifts.
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