Rice 0 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hi everyone! After much deliberation, i and three other friends have decided to spend the ski season at Hakuba to get some of the steep stuff everyones been talking about. We have sorted a car which is sweet. However next on the check list is accommodation. We are looking prefereably for self contained accommodation, rather than your backpacker or more costly hotel style. We have tried a few english friendly realestate sites however had no luck. We have had one quote however.... a small cabin ~ $125 each a week. not bad but very small. Past experiences? Could we sort accommodation when we are there from a real estate agency easily? Any help would be great. Cheap is better Cheers Flynn + here are a couple of photos from a Hokkaido trip last year Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted August 4, 2008 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hello Rice and welcome. I would recommend contacting some of the Places to stay listings on our site - there are more self-catering options available of late and if they are not able to help you directly then I am sure some of the friendlier ones will be able to help out. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index.html http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/hakuba-nagano-accommodation.html Just one comment regarding the "can you please tell us of some websites" request in a first post.... if you read the guidelines you agreed to when joining these forums you'll see that we (terrible, evil, etc spoilsports that we are) are not mad keen on that so please keep that in mind. (I'm not going to get into the discussion, but if you read all the guidelines you will get an idea of where we are coming from). Thanks and best of luck. Link to post Share on other sites
pmac 0 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Holy crap those are some nice pics... powder to drown in. I'm thinking of doing the same thing, but don't have the luxury of mates to share an apartment with. If you find something that has a spare room, give me a shout and maybe I can help keep the bills down for a month or two. What dates are you planning to go for? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Very hard to find long term cheap rentals in hakuba. You must pay certain fees that increase the cost. It is easier to rent for a week and make more than renting for a month. Good luck hunting Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Where's the last pic from? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 2,000 yen a day doesn't sound too bad if thats with bills. The longer you leave it, the higher the probability of others filling places up. Others includes lots of Japanese kids, of course. How have you sorted the car? Is one of your group in Japan already? Link to post Share on other sites
Rice 0 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Cheers for the replies! The place i mentioned we actually found through the accommodation listings on the site. The price doesn't include utilities- however i'm starting to think thats a good price. Just wanted to check around and see what was available and see if it was possible/easy to go through local real estate agent. Reform, we will be there from late december to end of the season. For sure i'll let you know if we find somewhere and we need more rent payers. M Wiggles, my aunty lived in Hiroshima and has just left and left her car for us. So we will swing through and pick it up. It should a good roadie. It took us ages to get the paper work sorted. The last photo is from Rusutsu... I was impressed so i took the pick. It was such a good trip. Cheers Flynn Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 Thought it was. Great pic. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 hi there, i'm also tought to do the dame things and go to hakuba this season, but it's seems that it to expensive to find a place for long term. i found a cheap place in naeba but i'm not sure i want to be there for the all season. well , if anyone have a nice place in hakuba and want's to share , please drop me a line see you Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Hakuba has become the next thing so... hint hint Look for the new lodges popping up that will give you a good rate for a month. I give 8 people max a good rate because I was a ski bum. Those slots were grabbed 3 months ago. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 do you have any names of them. i have been looking so much (also on snowjapan website) and all i found it's very expensive for me. i used to rent a room in sharing accomadation ( not sharing room) in whistler and it cost me 600$ for a month. i'm looking for something like this in hakuba. if you have any information, please let me know. thanks again Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 See the little "new" thingy on this page http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/hakuba-nagano-accommodation.html The reason it might be very expensive for you might be simply because... it's just very expensive for you. If a place is popular, they're not going to cut down to the bone for super long stays. I know I sure wouldn't. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 well , of course all this places are expensive because they are HOTLES. i'm looking to rent a room in a familly house or in share accomadation house (not in hotle/backpackers/pensions...) after all i'm not going for a week time . i was wondering to know if there is something like that in hakuba or that i can find there just hotles,pensions... thank again . Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 there are quite a few in there that due monthly rates for 40000 to 60000 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 thanks Fattwins do you have thier names? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 hello I own a lodge in hakuba so bare that in mind. I have closed my long term bookings for the season, I cap it at eight max. Pm me and I can give you info most of which you can get from this sight anyways. but maybe it can help you save time. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Hey Fattwins. Thanks again for the post and the help. i have tried to send you a PM, but for some reason the web doesn't let me send it. well, as i said , i have tried to find a long term accomadation, something that i can live and feel that it's my home for 3-4 months and not some place that i need to share room with people that come and go every 2 days, but i couldn't get any (unless i pay 2000$ for a month or something like that). well any help will be very welcome. sorry i can't send you a PM. ofer Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 You arent going to find much where you dont share. A house for rent goes for 500 dollars a night. Ask SJ to turn on your pms Link to post Share on other sites
pmac 0 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 Originally Posted By: Fattwins hello I own a lodge in hakuba so bare that in mind. I have closed my long term bookings for the season, I cap it at eight max. Pm me and I can give you info most of which you can get from this sight anyways. but maybe it can help you save time. Damn, I was about to write to the powder lodge then realised you were the owner... let me know if any of your prebookings pull out as I'm in the market for a long-term lodging ie 1 or 2 months from january. Link to post Share on other sites
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