We stayed for three nights just before Christmas. The hotel is very well positioned on the slope and so it is a very genuine ski-in and ski-out place. The hotel look after everything for you, from a pick-up at Echigo Yuzawa station, a porter to take all you luggage from the bus, lift tickets, ski rental, boot rental if necessary... More

They just painted and renovated some of the rooms.. the room smells of paint and glue...they even had three air filters in the room cos' the smell was that bad...so the question was WHY!! Would they put us up there? Very toxic rooms and we had to change rooms to a very average standard one as we could not stand... More

The kids had a ski break in school, and my husband wanted to coordinate some skiing with his Japanese colleagues. So we hit a compromise - we went up on a Sunday, and returned on Tuesday. This ended up being a great idea! Upon arrival, we were in a snow storm and weren't fully prepared for the walk down the... More

Im currently writting this from the lounge in the hotel. Im waiting for the shuttle to take me back to Echigo Yuzawa before I start my journey back to Sydney via Tokyo. As a Brit (currently living in Australia), used to skiing in the Alps I have to say I am very impressed with this property. The views alone are... More

So last weekend we stayed at the Sierra Resort at Yuzawa. After spending the weekend before at the Sierra Resort in Hakuba we were expecting the same thing but on the slopes, so ski in ski out. However, this hotel failed to meet the standard set by it’s sister hotel. The hotel from the outside is very New England style,... More