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Lower Wadano Accommodation

Pros: reasonably easy access to international ski school & child care; good bus connections.
Cons: moderate number of dining options.

Lower Wadano is very well suited to beginners who want to utilise the Evergreen ski school and also those that need daytime child care; both services are located at the Kokusai base of Happo One Ski Resort. Most accommodation is at least 5 minutes walk from the Kokusai base or there are lots of buses going past.

Lower Wadano is located closer to the Happo Village than Upper Wadano, and it finds a happy medium between good access to the slopes of Happo One and proximity to the restaurants and bars of Happo. In Lower Wadano itself, there are several restaurants, some of which are located inside hotels. Near the Mominoki Hotel is the large Rhythm Snowsports shop which rents out quality skis and snowboards.

There are various bus stops in Lower Wadano that service bus routes to Happo One Ski Resort (and Happo village), Goryu, Hakuba 47, Iwatake and Tsugaike. To get to other ski resorts such as Cortina/Norikura, you’ll need to change buses at the Happo bus terminal.