Always Niseko

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Always Niseko

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Always Niseko4.5 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Always Niseko

Always Niseko

Always Niseko Hotel is a stylish hotel near Hirafu that offers great value for money.

Where is Always Niseko?

Always Niseko Hotel is located in the Kabayama neighbourhood of Niseko Japan, a 10 minute walk from Hirafu Village & the nearest lift. Always Niseko provides a free shuttle service in winter for guests that goes to the Family chair lift, the Hirafu Welcome Centre, and Hirafu Gondola (some schedules) and it runs every half hour until 9:30pm.

There is also limited on-site parking if you have your own vehicle.

See the Niseko bus and travel page for information on how to get to Niseko.

Hotel Rooms

Always Niseko has 104 guest rooms, most of which cater for 1 or 2 guests with 2 single beds or a king bed, and there are suites for up to 4 guests. All rooms have a private en-suite bathroom with shower, LCD TV (inc Netflix) & free wifi.

Zen Room

  • Twin singles or king bed
  • For 1-2 guests
  • Size: 22 m²
  • View: Alpine view towards Mt Yotei
  • Ground Floor

Standard Niseko Room

  • Twin singles or king bed
  • For 1-2 guests
  • Size: 22 m²
  • View: Alpine view with glimpses of Grand Hirafu Resort
  • Level 2

Superior Niseko Room

  • Twin singles or king bed
  • For 1-2 guests
  • Size: 22 m²
  • View: Alpine view with glimpses of Grand Hirafu Resort
  • Level 3 to 4

Yotei Suite

  • 2 queen beds
  • Up to 4 guests
  • Sitting area
  • Size: 43 m²
  • View: Alpine view with glimpses of Mt Yotei
  • Level 3 and 4

Facilities & Services

  • Free guest shuttle service in winter
  • 24 hour reception on-site with English speaking staff
  • Free wifi
  • Ski and snowboard storage
  • Coin operated laundry
  • Free parking

Dining & Bar

A breakfast buffet is available which incorporates Asian and western fare, including some hot cooked items.

For lunch and dinner the in-house restaurant and bar (Elements), serves wholesome fusion style food from Japanese chefs.

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Always Niseko Packages

This property currently has no lifts & lodging packages available.

Always Niseko Features, Amenities & Services

Property

  • Bar
  • Communal area(s)
  • Drying room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Non-smoking property
  • Parking
  • Restaurant
  • Ski lockers
  • WiFi

Rooms

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

Services

  • 24 hour reception
  • English speaking staff
  • Shuttle to lifts

Always Niseko Location

Always Niseko Reviews

Delightfully Functional

13/02/2024

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  • Guest Type
    Couple
  • Guest Age
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  • Admin Rating
    5

Delightfully Functional

13/02/2024
View from our room
This was our second stay at Always Niseko and it was a great pick again for a very well priced hotel in the Niseko market.

We were impressed again with our room. It was modern and whilst it was not a huge room, it was very well thought out with respect to storage and airing/drying of items. There was underbed storage, lots of shelves next to the bathroom, other shelves associated with the hanging space, hooks on the wall, and even the TV was boxed in so that we could store items on top of the TV box. At so many ski hotels in Japan, you have to sprawl things out on the floor because there’s nowhere else to hang or put them, yet they could learn a lot from Always Niseko with respect to functional space that skiers and snowboarders need, considering the amount of gear.

The bathroom had adequate space and was modern in its design. The only downside of the room was the painfully slow internet and the data on our phones didn’t work very well either.

Breakfast was very adequate and had a mix of western and Asian fare, but the food items, coffee and crockery were very slow to be replenished.

The reception staff were amazing. Our check-in was very comprehensive and whenever we wandered through reception, they were very patiently assisting guests with a range of queries about Niseko.

Whilst not right in the thick of Hirafu, the location worked fine for those using the shuttle to the slopes, whilst we had a car and drove to different parts of the hill and to Rusutsu. In the early evenings we caught the hotel shuttle into central Hirafu and the stroll down the hill to get back to the hotel was very easy.

Always Niseko is our sort of hotel – modern and really, really functional – highly recommended.
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Always Niseko, Always Awesome

08/11/2020

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  • Guest Type
    Boys Group
  • Guest Age
    18-35
  • Admin Rating
    5

Always Niseko, Always Awesome

08/11/2020
Coffee from the on-site coffee shop
Convenient board storage room
From the bottom of Hirafu you can ski the sidewalk all the way home
Always Niseko took care of us from the very beginning. We arrived early and our room wasn't quite ready for us. Hotel staff let us change into our snowboard gear and held our bags for us so we could get out on the mountain for our first taste of Japow. Our beds were pretty stiff and the room felt small, however it was actually pretty large compared to most japanese hotels. We booked the 2 queen standard room. Service was great, they helped us with the bus schedule and restaurant recommendations. The ski / snowboard storage room is a nice feature and i had no problem trusting my board there. We didn't have any issue with cleanliness during the trip. The location was perfect. A bus took you to town and to the lifts or you can walk and it was less than a mile. It's also all downhill on the way back so if theres snow on the ground you can ski / ride the sidewalk all the way back to the hotel which was a lot of fun. I found that Always Niseko was a great value for the location and the price being on the lower end of hotels in the hirafu area. We scheduled 2 cat-skiing days and neither of the companies van drivers had any problem finding our hotel. Theres a coffee shop with the on the first floor and we ended up having breakfast there
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Good value hotel rooms

03/02/2018

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  • Guest Type
    Couple
  • Guest Age
    51-70

Good value hotel rooms

03/02/2018
We really enjoyed our stay at Always Niseko and would more than happily stay there again.

Our room was not particularly large however it was very cleverly designed with ample storage space, hanging space and hooks, and plenty of plugs for charging things including USB ports next to the bed side. And the huge TV with Netflix was a bonus!

The hotel was new and modern and the corridors were very industrial with bare pipes and concrete floors which was pretty funky but it facilitate noise transmission a little.

Whilst the location wasn't perfect, it was only 10 minutes walk to Hirafu Village (down hill on the way home) and the hotel shuttle runs every half hour. And we knew that to have a more convenient location would have cost us three times the price.

The restaurant/bar was nicely decked out and had lovely tables and a nice ambience. The buffet breakfast was pretty decent to get fuelled for a big day out, and it included mostly western friendly fare and a few Japanese items. Good happy hour specials were on offer and we also had dinner there one night which wasn’t that great. The service was close to absent (we had to keep chasing down a waitress) and we had a pizza that was very undercooked.

The hotel service was OK but not fantastic, and probably in line with what you’d expect for the price of the hotel.
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