Offering a garden, Pension Puutaro offers accommodations in Zaō Onsen.
Navapon
Thailand
Excellent service! The staff at Pension Puutaro were incredibly friendly and attentive, going above and beyond to make my stay comfortable. Highly recommend for their exceptional hospitality!
Featuring mountain views, Lodge Christmas Rose Zao in Zaō Onsen provides accommodations, a garden, and a terrace. This guest house is a 11-minute walk from Zao Hotsprings Ski Resort.
magdalena
Japan
The location is naturally beautiful & the staff is so nice
Offering a terrace, Yamagata Zao Pension Aplon Stage features accommodations in Kaminoyama. It offers free Wifi, ski-to-door access, a garden, and a restaurant.
Elizabeth
United States of America
This is a great pension run by a lovely family. The husband picked us up at the bus station and drove us to the pension and also took us to the slopes in the morning. They gave us a coupon for renting gear and a map explaining the different onsen options around town. Their English is pretty limited, but they are happy to use Google translate. Also, it was not a big deal, but I think it is important for foreign guests to be aware that ski culture in Japan sort of assumes you are eating dinner at your accommodation. We did not know this and did not book dinner at the hotel. Most restaurants in town were fully booked with reservations (although there is a convenience store with good takeaway food), so try to book dinner at the hotel or make a dinner reservation somewhere well in advance. We were very luck and managed to make a reservation at the Mongolian lamb place Kasheru for the second night and that was amazing. But we saw restaurants turning people away repeatedly because everywhere in town was full. Also, the family will not pick you up by car any later that 6:45 pm (perfectly reasonable) and the public ski shuttles don't run on weekdays, so you need to pre-book a taxi if dinner will end later than that (which it probably will since most restaurants open at 6 pm). And there are not a lot of taxis and no Uber. I wish I had realized all of this up front, but that was our own ignorance and our stay was great regardless. Again, this is just the local ski culture and not the hotel's fault. It's just helpful information for future guests.
Providing a garden, Snowfall Meteor 飛雪流星 provides accommodations in Kaminoyama. Free Wifi is available throughout the property, and Zao Hotsprings Ski Resort is 1.4 miles away.
Zao Base スキー場から徒歩1分 is a recently renovated guest house in Yamagata near Zao Hotsprings Ski Resort. This guest house features free private parking, full-day security, and free Wifi.
A recently renovated guest house, 半芸ハウス offers accommodations in Yunohara. This property offers access to table tennis, free private parking, and free Wifi.
Phet
Thailand
Everything, the facilities, the decoration just everything. The owner was also very nice and helpful, staying at the place make me feel like home
Guesthouse Mintaro Hut offers accommodations in Yamagata, 11 miles from Zao Hotsprings Ski Resort. This 1-star guest house offers a shared kitchen and luggage storage space.
Warm and welcoming guest houses are ideal for travelers who prefer laid-back accommodations with a personal touch. Usually family run, these hosts will provide local recommendations and even optional meals. Guest houses sometimes feature a cozy living room or a garden – and are still cheaper than most regular hotels.
Great location, just 1 min walk to the cable car station and 30s walk to ski-rental shop. The hotel provided the rental discount coupon, only 2500 yen per day!
Hosts were extremely helpful and friendly.
They made sure we were comfortable with an extra futon, recommended vegetarian places, and showed us the onsen and where to rent equipment. It has a communal vibe, so extroverted people would love it.
Great location, 5 mins by foot to the ski lift, great sauna, staff removed snow from my car, good breakfast, clean and quiet room, great view of the forest
Great place to stay Taka, Oraphin and Yui are great hosts and we really enjoyed our time in Zao. The location is perfect easy access to #3 and restaurants in the village.
Lovely hosts, great location, clean spacious traditional rooms, electric heater available, nice view from the window, well appointed kitchen, and friendly dining room.
This is a fairly simple guest house, but the host is absolutely wonderful. We could not have been looked after better, and this made it our favourite place to stay during a 2 week trip through Japan. We didn't dine there in the evening (we had only booked for 1 night) but wished we had, as the breakfast we had was incredible, and I've no doubt the dinner would have been just as good. Highly recommended. In addition, the property is well located, within easy walking distance of everything in the village.
Our hosts were lovely! Fabulous drying room and great location. Japanese breakfast was delightful. Loved the collection of music equipment and eclectic wall hangings
Rosanne
Young couple
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