We stayed in a corner room in the main building which looked out at the pistes to the front and side of the hotel. We booked via an Australian travel operater as we couldn't find anywhere in the UK who dealt with the hotel and found the hotel's website to be not user friendly unless you can read and write Japanese. The hotel did not reply to any of our enquiry emails. The rooms in the new wing have mini onsens (hot tubs) on the balcony although these come at a price. The pool was a disappointment as it is appears from photos to be an outdoor infinity swimming pool but it is actually for decorative purposes only. The indoor pools are onsens (separate male and female) but there is a private onsen for couples or families which can be booked although we found we were the only ones who ever wanted to use it so availability wasn't a problem. There is free wi-fi. Breakfast was included and was more than adequate with soup, bread selection, juice, a tiny fruit salad, yoghurt and a choice of eggs with a small amount of bacon or ham. The hotel is spacious, frequented by Japanese, mainly middle aged couples and offers ski / boot hire and an informal all day cafe serving cakes and sandwiches. The Yen/£ was not favourable so a hot drink and snack cost in excess of £10 a time. The location is half way up the mountain so ski in - ski out is guaranteed once the plentiful dumping of powder starts in December onwards. It is isolated and offers nothing for the non skier other than the very expensive Clarins spa where a facial would set you back anything from £120 upwards. There is a shuttle service between the hotel and station at Myoko Kogen which has to be booked and ceases to operate around 6pm so taxis have to be used if you want to eat out in the evenings which adds £25 per round trip to the cost of going out. We used the hotel dining on two occasions, once in the Japanese restaurant (over priced and rather sterile) and once for room service from the French restaurant (again, expensive but good quality food albeit rather outdated in its idea of French food ....... prawns squirted with tomato ketchup in a glass sundae dish was a crevette cocktail!) The staff, like everywhere in Japan, were delightful and helpful although there were language problems as the hotel did not appear to be frequented by non-Japanese visitors. That added to the charm of the place as we wanted a true Japanese experience for a few days skiing while holidaying in Japan. The other options in the Myoko area did not offer the quality of the Akakura Kanko Resport & Spa so I would recommend it, despite it being rather old fashioned and expensive. The eateries in the Onsen village below were very rustique and enjoyable, we enjoyed them all and enjoyed mixing with locals and eating traditional food. The bathroom was tiny, very basic and rather dark. All in all, a traditional Japanese hotel with true ski in - ski out but isolated and rather dated in places.