Ratings based on 6 Verified Reviews
4.7 Room cleanliness
5.0 Service & staff
4.6 Room comfort
4.3 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Fantastic stay
Posted 7 Mar 2020 on HotelsWe had the best experience staying at Pension Hobby during our visit to Japan. The owners are very kind and they went out of their way to make our stay memorable.
Our room was simple and clean with a modern space heater.
Norikura itself is tiny and the number of restaurants is limited. This didn’t matter at all since we had fantastic dinners (set menu) at Pension Hobby every night during our stay. Breakfast always included homemade yoghurt, milk, jam, sausages, bacon and so on. All of he food was delicious!
The lift system is small but this is easily offset by smaller crowds on powder days and Cortina is easy to access without having to catch a bus. You can get a discount coupon from Pension Hobby for Norikura or Norikura+Cortina tickets.
The lifts are a short walk up the street away and the Onsen is short walk in the opposite direction. The shuttle bus connecting to the rest of Hakuba valley is located close to the lifts.
Thank you again for a great stay!
Comment from Hotel Management
8 Mar 2020 by HobbyHakubaNorikura in Nagano, Hotel Management
Thank you for your happy＆glad mail.
You always responded patiently and kindly with our poor English, Thank you.
There is little snow this season and the condition is bad.
The usual HkubaNorikura have a lot of snow.
When you go to Japan again,Please come and show us your cheerful face.
by A verified traveler
Great stay
Posted 8 Feb 2019 on HotelsCosy, family run hotel. Norikura/Cortina are pretty quiet but staying here made us feel at home. Definitely enjoy the home cooked meals if you get the chance to stay here!
Comment from Hotel Management
13 Feb 2019 by Hobby HakubaNorikura, Hotel Management
Thank you so much.Please come back again someday.
by A verified traveler
Posted 21 Jan 2019
Loved it here. Would come back, the host and family are the best! Great hospitality and amazing food.
Comment from Hotel Management
23 Jan 2019 by HobbyNorikura, Hotel Management
Thank you so much.
Recommended
for Everyoneby A verified traveler from centre qld. Australia
Close to ski fields. Owners are great
Posted 26 Jan 2018 on WotifGood location if you want away from the hustle and bustle yet close to ski fields. Great little in house restaurant. Rooms are quite big. Owners are fantastic, very helpful and nice. They have cheap lift passes. Overall has a great time.
by A verified traveler
Posted 9 Feb 2019
The elderly couple who run the Pension were incredibly friendly and helpful. They picked us up from the train station and dropped us off again when we left because we didn't have a car. The food they make there is all delicious and fresh (they have two cows so the milk, cheese, and jogurt were amazing, and we got to try milking the cows ourselves). Our room for 3 people was pretty small, and the WiFi was sometimes slow, but the warmth of our hosts and the fact that it's a 2 minute walk to the Norikura lifts and a 5 minute walk to the Cortina lifts easily made up for it. Highly recommended.
Comment from Hotel Management
13 Feb 2019 by Hobby, Hotel Management
Thank you.
I'm sorry for WiFi and your room.But we have not large room.So we proposed to use 2rooms. We will think other solution.
also we were surprised. It was the first time for foreign customers to milking.
We will study more in English.
by A verified traveler
Posted 25 Jan 2019
자동차로 가야 편리함. 늦게까지 체크인 가능한점이 강력한 장점. 엄청맛있는 귤인지 밀감인지가 제공됨. (그래도 양심상 두~세개만 먹읍시다) 화장실 목욕탕은 공용임. 난로 틀었다가 800엔 추가요금냄. (안내받지 못했음...) 스키장비 보관소 있음. 한밤중에 밖에 나가면 별이 쏟아지게 아름다움. 가성비는 지역특성을 고려하면 꽤 좋은 편임. 추가요금 내면 아침밥 제공되는듯.
Comment from Hotel Management
30 Jan 2019 by ホビー, Hotel Management
口コミ投稿をありがとうございます。
ご指摘の暖房費の件、記載漏れでした。申し訳ありません。訂正記載いたしました。
またお出かけください。
