We booked 5 nights at the Hilton Niseko Village using 24,000 Hilton Hhonors points per night (120,000 points total). This was an awesome use of Hilton points as the room was going for $571 + tax per night. We were also able to use our Hilton Diamond status and get free breakfast and free internet. The hotel doesn't have a lounge, but it does have an Onsen (giant community hot tub) that one can relax in after a long day on the slopes. For the last 3 nights, we were upgraded to a panorama room which looked out over the ski slope.
Joe, Cody, and Rick at the top of Niseko Village Ski Resort.
Views of the volcano in the distance were amazing.
We had 2 full days of skiing and took full advantage of the Onsen when we were in the hotel. We took a break from skiing the next day (the weather was pretty bad) and booked a snowmobiling trip with Black Diamond tours. We planned to ski the following day, rented our gear, bought our passes, waited in line for the gondola and watched several groups head up, but when it was our turn to board the gondola they decided to shut the lift down due to high winds. We were literally putting our skis on the lift when they shut it down. We headed back in to return our gear and get refunds then headed back into town.
Joe, Rick, and Cody taking a break from snowmobiling near Niseko, Japan.
Riding up the lift.
Lunch Break.
Sexy men, ready to hit the onsen...hard.
We also got a lot of use out of the free hotel shuttles into Niseko and got massages and found some great restaurants in town which had very affordable prices and amazing food.
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