About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Villa Alpen in Yamanouchi offers family rooms with air-conditioning, work desks, and free WiFi. Each room includes a private bathroom with a walk-in shower and free toiletries. Dining and Leisure: The family-friendly restaurant serves Japanese and pizza cuisines, offering brunch, dinner, high tea, and cocktails. Guests can also enjoy a bar, hot tub, and children's playground. Convenient Facilities: The guest house provides ski-to-door access, a lounge, public bath, lift, and ski equipment hire. Additional amenities include a coffee shop, ski storage, and free parking. Local Attractions: Located 115 km from Matsumoto Airport, Villa Alpen is near Jigokudani Monkey Park (13 km), Ryuoo Ski Park (22 km), and Mt. Kusatsu Shirane (19 km).

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 10 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

    • Perfect for a 3-night stay!

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.1)

    • Top pick by families with children

    • Breakfast info

    • Continental

    • FREE parking!

    • Ski-to-door

    • Public Bath


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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Alexandre
    Singapore Singapore
    The host Captain Nubuo went out of his way to make us feel welcome. My daughter and I had a great time at Villa Alpen
  • Martin
    Australia Australia
    Excellent family run hotel where you were made to feel like part of the family.
  • Josemalene
    Australia Australia
    The provided continental breakfast and varied Japanese dinner is excellent. The hotel facilities are well kept and serviced all our needs. Having an onsen-style bathhouse on site to relax in was a great way to unwind at the end of the day. The...
  • Oxana
    Canada Canada
    I really enjoyed staying at Villa Alpen! This ski in ski out hotel is quiet old but the atmosphere there is so peaceful. Onsen works 24 hours! It is a great bonus. The continental breakfast and Japanese style dinner served. All good! The staff is...
  • Xi
    United States United States
    Family run resort comfortable room next to a ski lift, warm friendly host and excellent service, dinner was varied and delicious
  • Jacqueline
    Singapore Singapore
    Great location next to ski lift. The owners were very helpful and went out of their way to make sure we had a great time. Dinners were delicious
  • Lisa
    Australia Australia
    Loved this traditional Japanese Villa, the onsen was awesome and food was great.
  • Carolyn
    Australia Australia
    The staff at Villa Alpen are exceptional and go out of their way to accommodate your every need. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the family that owns the hotel and can understand why families return every year.
  • Jean-luc
    Singapore Singapore
    First time skiing in Japan (few times in other locations) so we didn't know what to expect. We found this family hotel where the staff is incredibly friendly! We had some basic ski gear but we needed skis, boots, helmets, etc and Ken (son of...
  • Chen
    Taiwan Taiwan
    老闆很友善而且因為老闆也滑雪所以對附近雪場跟雪具資訊都很了解。 老闆的英文很好溝通無礙。另外也推薦他們的早餐晚餐跟晚上的bar。CP值很高而且很好吃。早餐的吐司外酥內軟,炒蛋軟嫩,還有特殊品種的蘋果。晚餐的話則是很溫暖的家庭料理,不過每一項都很精緻。肉也看的出來是很好的肉。晚上的bar氣氛很好。 就算不滑雪,家庭一起來的話他們也有免費借用的雪橇跟雪夾可以去門口雪道底玩。 真的很舒適!

Managed by Villa Alpen

Company review score: 9.8Based on 41 reviews from 1 property
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Company information

■The owner is qualified as a ski instructor in France, Italy and Japan, and the son is qualified as an American instructor. ■English is spoken at Villa Alpen. ■ski lodge that significantly reduces CO2 by geothermal heat pump system assisted by geothermal hot springs for heating. ■Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in collaborating with us or have any unclear points. Waiting for your contact,Captain Nobuo villa-alpen.

Property information

■Japanese ski lodge aiming to be CO2-free.TRY OUR EARTH-FRIENDLY SKI LODGE. ■About VILLA ALPEN 1)Ski in &Ski out,Only 30seconds to ski lift. 2)A small ski lodge run by mom, dad and son. 3) Very popular home-cooked meals: a mix of Japanese and Western styles that offers you to enjoy the variety even during your long stay of two weeks. 4) After ski: drop in and enjoy your evening time at our stunning Bar Salon with a fireplace. 5) Rental skis are also available at Villa Alpen. 6) We'll challenge Reduce CO2 about 60 tons. No fossil fuel is used for main heating. We are continuing to invest so that the next generation of our valued customers can enjoy the powder snow. ■About Meals We are unable to accommodate gluten-free meals. Guests with gluten restrictions are kindly asked to prepare their own food as much as possible. Please contact us in advance for more details. We can accommodate vegetarian meals only if requested at the time of reservation. While we will do our best to meet your needs, please note that an additional charge of 1,200 JPY per meal will apply. ■Airport Shuttle Service(I will introduce Chuo taxi.) The taxi will transport you and your luggage from the airport to Villa Alpen without any transfers. Of course, you can also leave it to us to transport you from Villa Alpen to the airport on your return journey.

Neighbourhood information

The average length of stay at villa Alpen is 5.6 days. Shiga Kogen is the largest ski station in Asia with 6 gondolas and over 50 ski lifts. We are just ski-in ski-out, a great bar and Delicious home cooking. We offer for more than 5 nights stay. Activity Snow Monkey, Cherry Blossom, Snow Sledding, Snow shoes hiking. The world-famous snow monkeys. Villa Alpen is the closest to snow monkeys in Shiga Kogen, and groups of wild monkeys often appear around Villa Alpen. 20munites by bus than 25munites on foot watch monkey 1hour then back, all total 205hour. Cherry Blossom, From early March to early May, the cherry blossoms move up a little each week from the lower elevations to Shiga Kogen at an altitude of 1,500m. At the beginning of May, they reach an altitude of 1,500m, but you can still enjoy skiing at Shiga Kogen. Where are the cherry blossoms blooming? We have the information for you. Snow Sledding, Infront of Villa Alpen. You can enjoy sledding very easily. free charge for sleds. Snow shoes hiking. Even if you come from a place without snow, you can enjoy the snow right from the start. Walking slowly through the snowy fields, you may occasionally see the footprints of foxes, martens, or rabbits. 1-3hours hiking around Villa Alpen. We have Snow shoes rental in Villa Alpen. shuttle bus short sight seeing Shiga kogen. Free sight seeing bus shuttle bus it talks about 2hours., from 8:30 to 16:00hour free charge. Mt yokote ,kumanoyu ,okushiga ,yakebi etc.

Languages spoken

English,Japanese

Property surroundings

Restaurants

1 restaurant on site
  • レストラン&バー サロン・モンルポ
    • Cuisine
      Japanese • Pizza
    • Open for
      Breakfast • Brunch • Dinner • High tea • Cocktail hour
    • Ambiance
      Family friendly

House rules

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Check-in
From 15:00 to 18:00
Check-out
Until 10:00
Cancellation/ prepayment
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please check what conditions may apply to each option when making your selection.
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Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

Children 3 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Guests without a meal plan who want to eat dinner at the property must make a reservation at least 1 day in advance.

You must inform the hotel in advance what time you plan to check in. If your check-in time changes, please update the hotel.

Ski rentals are available upon request at time of booking.

Guests with tattoos may not be permitted to use the property’s public bathing areas or other facilities where the tattoos might be visible to other guests.

License number: 中野保健所指令13-51