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Reviews of Moiwa Lodge - Hostel

2 out of 5
Moiwa Lodge - Hostel
451-6 Aza Niseko, Abuta-Gun, Niseko, Hokkaido

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 14 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 33 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

9.6/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything is so awesome here. The owners and staff are so helpful with everything and genuinely awesome! Location is perfect and quiet and beautiful. I’m sure I’ll be back again

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful lodge and location. Staff were friendly and helpful. I would definitely stay here again and recommend it to others.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for skiing; unreliable taxi access
Friendly and helpful staff. Comfortable lodge. The bed was a bit dusty near the pillow and I have allergies. One suggestion I’d like to make is allow guests to sign up for a group evening shuttle at a certain time to nearby restaurants (for a fee) and then back at a certain time. Seems most meals in restaurants take 2 hours. It’s nice to try out different restaurants after a day of skiing and it’s a bummer when taxis take over an hour wait and charges 10,000 yen from Moiwa to Hirafu because they have to send a car from Kutchan. A twice-a-week free evening shuttle isn’t enough when some restaurants aren’t near Hirafu.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good
not the best location but a cozy place with helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Leonel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet and nice cottage for family stay near ski resort.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Dirk on 8 Dec 2019
Thanks so much for staying with us. You were terrific guests! We hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

Brant

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Far and away
It is jus so far removed from everything and since they have you they charge you a pretty penny for everything. For example they charged 600 yen for a beer and said it a great deal. You can buy the same beer at a nicer hotel lobby down the street for 270 yen. Its a nice place if you want to be away from everything and have little access to anything else.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, great views, thin walls
Great lodge, very comfortable. Walls are thin, so be prepared to hear everything your guests do, but a great location for access to moiwa.

10/10 Excellent

Erin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Home for ski vacation
We had the best stay at Moiwa lodge and when we come back (not if) would not consider staying anywhere else. The staff were fantastic, the rooms were perfectly warm and cozy and it felt like coming home each day after an adventure. The staff were also very helpful in recommending local attractions such as onsens and what resort would be best to ski each day.

8/10 Good

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Cozy with a warm and friendly staff
Great skiing to be had at Moiwa, if you don't like crowds. Super friendly and helpful staff. Cozy atmosphere, and very friendly people. Food offered was good, and a great little bar. Would recommend having a car though if you are going to stay here and want to see other parts of Niseko. Moiwa is a little bit far removed from the other resorts of Niseko United. They do offer shuttles to the skiing but if you miss them or just want to pop over to Hirafu one evening it is going to be 4000 yen each way for a taxi.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value for what you paid for.
1) The lodge is far from town or any amenities. The nearest convenient store is about 20 minutes walk to One Niseko Tower Hotel where it has a tiny convenient store located at the hotel lobby. 2) The lodge provides pick up in limited spots, so have to arrange pick up-drop up prior to your arrival. 3) Staff are all very friendly and speak wonderful English. 4) The lodge is nearby a chairlift to Annupuri - which is good. 5) The room is too cold, fortunately the blanket is thick enough to keep me warm through the night. 6) The wash basin area is without heating. Too cold. 7) There's a bar and a restaurant inside the lodge. Serve western breakfast only as I didn't see any Japanese style food being displayed. 8) Some guests are noisy and loud. Bring ear plugs. 9) Spacious common area with a great view. Weak wi-fi tho. 10) Affordable and nice outdoor hot spring resort nearby. Entrance fee only costs 800 yen. Good value.

10/10 Excellent

Jared, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great proximity to Moiwa
The staff does a tremendous job to make you feel welcomed and truly cares about their guests.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unpretentious comfortable stay at Moiwa Lodge
Moiwa Lodge is an unpretentious old-style ski lodge. There's nothing fancy about the facility, but the atmosphere is magical. The staff are cheerful, knowledgeable and passionate about skiing/riding the Moiwa area. The rooms are spartan and the showers shared, but you're not there to spend time in your room. Hanging out in the common areas and bar interacting with the staff and other guests will make the stay memorable. Oh, and did I mention the skiing? Powderific!

10/10 Excellent

Jack

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Moiwa Lodge
Absolutely fantastic stay at Moiwa Lodge. Great people and atmosphere and the staff (Satski and Todd) are great. Very helpful and relaxed.

10/10 Excellent

Derek, Shanghai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Moiwa lodge stay
Lovely stay at Moiwa Lodge. The owner and staff were lovely and extremely helpful and organised everything for us. Great skiing right on the doorstep.

8/10 Good

David, Munich

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay
Great place to stay with really helpful and super-friendly staff. Great social spaces upstairs to meet people and chat about skiing/snow conditions etc. Location is great for skiing Mt. Moiwa but things can be tricky if you want to go for a meal in Hirafu. Stayed in a 12 person dorm, which was a bit busy during peak season (but at least it wakes you up for the morning skiing!). I'd definitely stay there again.

8/10 Good

jason , SG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome stay and friendly staff
Lovely experience moving from a ryokan at Noboribetsu to a lodge at Moiwa. The staff made it a very intimate experience. The lodge was clean and we have a great view of the slopes from room 201. The walls very abit thin but it's a lodge anyway. Thanks to the crew, Dirk, Erin, Helen, Keegan and special mention to Megan who was super helpful.

10/10 Excellent

shinji

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

6/10 Okay

Takashi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
とても良かったです。また行きたいです
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

masa

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
仕事泊まったので夜寝るだけだった。 外国語がダメで勝手がわからず苦労した。
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

ka hung

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
二世古滑雪自由行
旅館員工服務態度親切到位，酒店環境舒適 ，接駁巴士方便地送你到滑雪場滑雪，旅館早餐美味，晚餐也有驚喜，旅館附近溫泉地點也很近，浸完溫泉步行10分鐘也可回到旅館， 整體上都十分滿意，下次有機會都會再次選擇入住。

10/10 Excellent

Sato, Tokyo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
国内なのに海外。英語堪能な方にオススメ。
近隣のリゾートホテルに宿泊する外国人の友人のコンダクターとして滞在。 (シャワーはそちらのホテルで借りてるので未評価) 朝ごはんのスクランブルエッグとベーコン、パンが海外の朝食をそのままに再現していて、これが病みつきになり、リゾートホテル側へ移る勧誘も有ったがそのまま滞在。 三階建の山小屋風外観が気分を盛り上げ、必要充分な施設と自分を待ってるかのようなベッドがまるで我が家のようでした。 海外のドミトリーほどオープンではないし、カーテンを締めれば個人の空間が確保されるので5日間の滞在もストレス無しで過ごせました。 スタッフさんも日本語が喋れる方もほぼ常時？1人はあるようなのでここら辺に滞在したい場合はお勧めの宿になります。
三階建の大きなロッジ
朝食はモイワスキー場を眺めながらゆったりと。
モイワスキー場のメインゲレンデ

10/10 Excellent

HSIANGWEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Marine, Paris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Moiwa lodge a place to share
Great stay except the drunk And noisy Guy during the night

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
夏の利用もおすすめです。
スキー場のゲレンデから徒歩数分の好立地ですが、我々は夏の利用だったため、そこはあまり関係ありませんでしたが、道路からの入り口がちょっとわかりにくく、未舗装でやや荒れていたためバイクでの出入りは多少気を使いました。ロッジは8人まで宿泊可能（料金は人数関係ない）で、2Fは複数に別れたベッドルームだった。ベッドの足側が屋根の低いところにかかるため、寝ているときに膝を立たせると柱に当たりいたかった（笑）。室内は清潔で居心地もよかったが、8人用とするならばユニットバスは改善してほしいポイント。あと外国人の利用がほとんどのせいなのか、食器は多数あるものの箸がなかった。いろいろ気になったところを書きましたが、概ね満足しています。

10/10 Excellent

Tommi, Shanghai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Taatusti uudestaan.
Ei luxusta, mutta aivan huippu jos ja kun haluaa hiihtaa. Kansainvalinen ymparisto, henkilokunta huippumukava.

8/10 Good

Øyvind Ervik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness