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Reviews of Pension Locomotion

3 out of 5
Pension Locomotion
179-33 Yamada, Kutchan, Hokkaido

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 26 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 26 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Charlotta L

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pension located in Hirafu
Beautiful pension located only an eight minute walk from the main street- walking distance to the Hirafu gondola and chairlifts. Room was small but clean and comfortable beds. Breakfast provided every morning between 7.30-8.30am. Would stay again!
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The host is kind and helpful. Room is spacious (compare to normal Japanese room) and very clean.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A+
Friendly staff, clean room and good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good experience
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice lodge close to lifts and restaurants
Stayed for 8 nights with my son from the 18th January. Had a room with 2 single beds and a loft. Loft came in handy to store luggage and clothes. Breakfast was fine and hit the spot every morning. Easy walking distance to restaurants and bus stop which dropped you off to gondola. 3 min trip. The only improvement would be a better drying room. Would recommend for those on a budget and looking for a quite place to relax.

4/10 Poor

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness
Budget priced small room
Budget priced rooms. Very small room with very limited space for your clothes and bags. There were 5 coat hangers only and no cupboards/drawers. There was a kids study desk. We ended up storing our suitcases and most of our clothes upstairs in the loft area. When we found extra coat hangers in the kitchen , we ending up hanging our clothes off the stairs & anywhere else we could attach a coat hanger. The WIFI was very slow and sometimes you could not connect at all. The shared kitchen area had a microwave, small fridge & toaster oven (but no standard toaster) - it did have a washing machine & dryer. No cutting knives, we had to ask for one each day to cut bread, there was a coffee table acting as a dining table - We weren't sure if we prepared our own meals that we could use the official dining room downstairs - or if that was for guests who paid for prepared meals. The owner's English language skills made it difficult to even ask basic questions like this. Catching the bus to the ski Gondola etc proved difficult if you wanted to get 1st lifts (8:30am) as the 1st bus only arrived around 8:30 and it did a long loop. We ended up walking each day just so we could get to the ski lifts on time (15 mins carrying skis and walking in ski boots not a lot of fun).

8/10 Good

Ka Yee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pension Locomotion is definitely value for the money in Hirafu area.

10/10 Excellent

Laura and Dean, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome little B&B
Fantastic place to stay for a ski holiday, the owners are super friendly and will pick you up and drop you off at the Welcome Centre for free when you arrive and leave. The place only has a few rooms so it's very cosy and quiet. In terms of cleanliness everything was spotless including the common kitchen. For breakfast you get a set meal which mostly includes eggs and some type of meat and salad plus unlimited cereal, bread, coffee, tea and juice. It is slightly different each day. The only negative I am pointing out is that for someone who is used to a very soft bed at home the mattress was quite hard. However I would definitely stay there again if we're lucky enough to make it back to Niseko one day. It's only a 10 min walk from the lifts and there is also a shuttle bus available from about a 100m away.

10/10 Excellent

Anita, Perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Niseko Pension
Great sized room for Niseko, the owners were lovely, the common areas clean and the other guests friendly. There is a shuttle down the street to the lifts or its not to far to walk.

10/10 Excellent

Wai Kin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable place to stay and for skiing
Not too far from the main streets. I sometimes go to hirafu ski area on foot. Free shuttle buses at lawson (4minutes on foot), 1 stop to hirafu gondola. Almost perfect for skiing and budget stay.
Stayed 9 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Chosei

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

SAORI

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

sahrang

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

HIKARI

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

10/10 Excellent

Naokatsu

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
店主が気さくで居心地良かった
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
大きな蚊が居た。ロフト付きで楽しかった。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

SHINICHI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ロケーション最高、コスパも最高
直前の予約でしたが、親切に対応してもらいました。部屋にはロフトもあり一人には贅沢すぎる空間を満喫できました。また利用したいと思います。 唯一、WiFiがやや不安定だったところだけが気になりました。
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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ニセコではあり得ない超ハイコスパ!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

David, HK

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cozy and convenient. Although it’s small, it’s enough for a ski trip just to put the luggage and stay outside most of the day. Not far from ski lifts, and the host provides transport to Welcome Centre if required. Easy to hit your head when going downstairs from outside to the ski room.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

sbyamato, osaka

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ホテルの人がとても親切な方でした。 最終日はスキー場まで荷物と一緒に車で送ってくださり、チェックイン時間が23時を過ぎても受け付けてくださり、とても助かりました。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

りさ, 東京

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
オーナーの対応も親切でした お風呂が石で作られてて素敵でした 部屋も清潔でしたし、タオルなどもちゃんと完備されてました
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
おもてなしの 心や、配慮を頂きました^_^ とても、ウエルカムが、伝わってきて心地よく過ごせることができました ニセコに行くときは又、お世話になりたいとおもいます。ありがとうございました。
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from ロコモーション スタッフ一同 on 8 May 2019
ニセコの数ある宿泊施設の中からロコモーションをお選び下さいまして誠にありがとうございます。お客様からのお言葉に大変嬉しく思います。また機会がございましたらよろしくお願いいたします。ありがとうございました。

10/10 Excellent

Alex, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Accommodation in Hirafu
It was my second time here. The maintenance of the pension is good. The owner is nice and I will come again.

10/10 Excellent

KAI HIN, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
方便,整潔,店主可以英语溝通
這是個不錯的住宿地方,車程3分鐘就可從住所到 gondola,步行亦可。穿梭巴士有站在路口。日式房屋。1000日圆的早餐在雪場開放前已提供7:30a.m.,超值的早餐。店主同時提供到達及離䦕時的接送。(welcome centre).