Name: Hotel Kodama
Address: Ichinose, Yamanouchi, Yamanouchi, Yamanouchi, 381-0401, Japan
Rating: 6

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sure it's not 5 star but if you are in shiga kogen to ski (which is probably the only reason anyone would be there) it is perfect.  location is perfect.  right in the middle of the ski fields and next to the ticket counters.  hotel has own ski gear for rental though limited.  but there is a big ski rental just across the road anyway if needed.  a little dated but comfortable and clean.  dinner was excellent.  no choice of food ie fixed menu but good food.  breakfast was not as elaborate and slightly disappointing compared to dinner

Second visit and booked directly with Hotel Kodama. Great value for money for 3 adults in 1 room with ensuite facility. Breakfast and dinner included. Dinner was particularly good with a rotating menu every 4 days. Very Japanese and traditional, and lots of it! Staff were very friendly and helpful, and appreciated out attempts at Japanese conversation. Hotel would have been a happenind place in its heyday, unfortunately it does look run down and seats in the rooms could do with replacement. Otherwise, it was clean and tidy, well located with the Nagaden bus stop just outside, and a ski rental hire place opposite. There is a convenience store 10mins walk away which was useful (open til 9pm), however there was no bar fridge in the room, which made us improvise on using the window sill as the fridge (worked a treat given how cold it was!). There were lockers provided for your skis/board, there was an ice maker/fridge on our floor, as were the clothes washer and dryer (coin operated). All in all, a very comfortable stay, close to amenities and ski ticket office, and ski runs (both at front and back) - so pretty much ski in/out.

We don't need 5 star, only warm & clean room, close to lifts, good meals dinner was great (though breakfast did run out of food when busy) and helpful staff. Kodama Hotel delivered adequately.
Will return. 

Stayed here with my Scottish fussy family, with food allergies, and the hotel did everything to cater for us. Staff are friendly and helpful. As per many of the hotels in this resort, the hotel and rooms dated and lack storage but clean. And occasionally visited my monkeys. 

Great area to ski but lift system is vary dated compared to what we're used to in Europe.

We stayed here for six nights Feb 2019. The Nagaden bus stops right outside the door unfortunately we got off one stop early and had a ten minute walk. Our fault we were told to get off at the Inchinose ski field but we got off at the Inchinose town stop. 

We had sent our bag full of ski gear direct from the airport with the Black Cat company and it was there waiting for us. The staff organised the reverse for us on the way home.

Kodak’s is a very relaxed older hotel. The rooms are large the Onsen clean and the food is just amazing. Take the breakfast and dinner option you won’t be disappointed. Every night is different with a huge traditional Japanese meal.

The people here are very focussed on making sure you are looked after. Poppa SAN Sugo is a great guy and works hard at keeping standards high. 

We did a day trip to see the snow monkeys. The front desk staff arranged the return bus tickets for us and made sure we New where we were going. In true Japanese fashion it all worked perfectly. 

We would definitely stay here again as it just happens to be located so it’s ski in and out an added bonus !

Staff were excellent especially Shugo Kodama. Food was sensational and varied to suit westerners and japanese.
Highly recommend and wouls definately stay here again.
Close to lifts and bus stop across the road.

We have stayed at Hotel kodama maybe 10 times over the last 15 years for family ski holidays...
It is very familiar for us and is slightly higher standard of room sizes and comfort to many hotels in the area..
The dining experience is terrific with a set menu every evening of traditional Japanese cuisine.
We fine that this hotel gives very good value for money and is ski in ski out which complements all of the above .
This local area peaked as a ski resort area 20 years ago and has not had significant investment due to declining support from the Japanese ...together with the numerous options available to skies in the Nagano prefecture...
Shiga Kogan is one of the largest fields with a great variety of runs for all level of skiers..
Lack of bars and street dining doesn’t concern us ,at the end of a big day out and an excellent meal all we want to sleep in our comfy beds ready for another great day of skiing....



Thanks to previous TripAdvisor reviews we were able to get off at the right bus stop at Ichinose Ski Field_ the hotel is right infront of the bus stop.
The ski rental shop and the Diamond ski field is just infront of the hotel.
That takes the stress out of skiing here.
Lots of snow here and a cold spell to boot.
Check-in is at 3pm_ unfortunately we had to lug our heavy bags up the stairs from the 4th floor as the locker room is on the 5th floor which is not served by elevtors. May be a better idea to leave them at the lobby!
The room is spacious with adequate amenities.
Breakfast is actually at 7am_ important for us as we need to catch the Nagaden bus at 8am to Nagano on our day of departure. The bus stop is just to the left of our hotel. Have to drags bags over the thick snow though.
Dinner was included in the price we paid_ it was massively full on Sunday 11th Feb 2018 but less the following 2 nights.
Excellent food and different every night. Love the food. Alot given everynight.
The onsen was small but okay I guess.
Would definitely reccommend this hotel to everybody.

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Second time around...still enjoyed it!

Good Located Hotel

Great People Made it a Great Stay

Comfortable and convenient

pleasant and comfortable

excellent for ski

Ticked all our boxes, will return 

Excellent Location

Liked · Breakfast was a buffet with selection of meats, salads, sausages, scrambled eggs, soup, fruit, buns + spreads. Drip filter coffee, green/black teabags. Served from 7.30am though you have to be quick if there is a school group as the food goes very quickly and they do not refill. Dinner was good with a large selection of japanese food (sashimi, fish, soup, salad, dessert) on a 4-day cycle menu. Selection of sake and wine (only ok in quality) you can get from the bar for dinner. Seated tables for service. Location is by far the highlight - ski in/out - opposite the ski lifts/ticket office and also another ski lift at back of hotel. Room comes with a ski locker (very small and quite a challenge to fit 2 skis in) and hotel does have small ski hire facility - we decided to hire elsewhere (opposite hotel at SnowCan which was better) as the condition of the skis was poor and the person fitting the boots didn't check the DIN settings. Hotel has laundry facility (coin operated) on each floor with an ice machine on 3rd Floor which was handy.

Disliked · There wasn't an apres ski area to relax - you basically spend time in your room if conditions didn't allow you to ski. There was a lounge area but it wasn't heated so was pretty cold. Room did not have a bar fridge so we couldn't keep drinks cold and had to improvise using the balcony railing. The hair dryer provided was a mini dryer and didn't do much. Heating of hot water pipes came on about 7am and was very loud and noisy. No real tea/coffee facilities in the room.

Overall quite enjoyable and would have been great if hotel was upgraded with a better lounge area

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