Rusutsu Grand Cabin Reviews

Exceptional ☺ Hot pot and yakiniku are delicious 😋 shuttle to ski resort and convenient store near by ☹ Doesn't separate male and female in the bunk beds room,

Exceptional ☺ The staff is amazing for the hospitality! They always put a smile on face no matter what a request before you asking. I love them and place is quite and clean. They did good job 👍👍👍 Only surrounded area not much thing like restaurants etc.

Good ☺ Great on site restaurant. Friendly and helpful staff. Great drying room and common area. Relatively frequent shuttle service to the resort during winter. ☹ On site restaurant aromas can enter the rooms at times. Shuttles to the resort must be booked the night before, though there is some flexibility in getting on an earlier shuttle if it is running. Shower room can become a bit stuffy.

Excellent budget accomodation, safe, clean and friendly ☺ Japan is one of a very small number of countries where I consider hostel-style accommodations. The Grand Cabin Rusutsu did not disappoint. I stayed in their shared room, in the style of a simple capsule hotel, with shared bathrooms and other facilities (there are also 'private' rooms but I believe they all share the common facilities). The capsule is quite private, with your own individual blind, a light, one 110V and one USB (A) socket; see attached photo. Shared facilties are impeccably clean (no idea how they do that). Surprisingly, although I was in a room with 19 other people, everybody was extremely polite and considerate. Most of the time you barely heard that there were other people around. The staff is very nice and friendly. Shuttle goes 3 times in the morning to Rusutsu resort (8,9,10am) and back 3 times back (I always took the first one, at 4pm, not sure about the other times). The Lawson conbini 2 minutes away is super convenient for food etc. There is a restaurant on the first floor which is open to the public. This is the 'grill your own meat' style. I tried it once and it was OK. I was the oldest guest (by quite a margin) but I did not feel out of place. Had nice conversations with some of the others, about half from Asia (various countries) and the other half Westerners (Aussies, Canadians and a single American). Costwise, it is an enormous bargain compared to the Resort itself. In particular of course for solo travelers. If I come back to Rusutsu I will for sure stay there again!

Exceptional ☺ It was clean and cozy. The staff was really nice and helpful. There’s a fridge, microwave to bring your own food. The common space was nice, a good place to hang out after a big day riding. The shuttles to the mountain work out really well and very handy. There’s all the convini walking distance. Was very lucky to have a great crew solo travelers as well and end up riding and having lots of fun ☹ They close the common area at 10 and there’s no wifi.

All in all, a wonderful hostel stay. We usually stay at hotels but the accommodations are ridiculously expensive at the ☺ Really well organized with fantastic staff. The place is clean and the restaurant attached was great. The toilets are upstairs but there are no sinks. Sinks are in the shower room downstairs. We stayed in the 2 bedroom suite. You definitely need ear plugs as it can get a bit loud when the hostel is full. But once we had ear plugs in, we slept really well. The beds are very comfortable. You have to reserve the shuttle in advance and the times are limited, but with a little planning, it wasn’t a problem for us. We took the 8 AM and 4 PM shuttle almost daily and ate at the restaurant here. We visited Rusutsu for the riding, not to party or dine out extravagantly, so it worked perfectly for us. The staff are all wonderful. Kou, Ota, Katsuki, and Chiho took great care of us during our entire stay. The dry room for our gear was perfect and hot so we woke up to dry gear every morning. If they had sinks attached to the upstairs toilets, we would have given them a perfect rating! ☹ Wish there were sinks upstairs with the toilets!

Great location if you just want to do ski in Rusutsu ☺ Great location. Helpful staff ☹ Smoke of the bbq place invades into the sleeping area

Very Good ☺ Friendly and helpful staff. Great facilities for snowboarding and skiing. Daily shuttle to Rusutsu and back. On site restaurant and bar. Quick walk to the Lawson. Pods were acceptable for what you paid. ☹ Sound proofing from neighbours not great. Was a bit crowded and hence a bit cramped for when we stayed. Bit of a walk to the main town for more eating options.