Japan Snowsports

We didn’t stay at the lodge but our group of eight came here to experience the 6 course dégustation. It was some of the best food we ate on the mountain. I was particularly thrilled to eat so many vegetables (the Japanese meals are a bit light on veggies in the snow). The produce is locally sourced and each dish is prepared with extreme care and attention. Beautiful presentation, light in the stomach, flavoursome. I normally avoid dessert - but the apple dish was the highlight of the meal. Thank you Dutchie.

Our time at Japan Snow Sports was amazing. Annie and Dutchie are superb hosts. Dutchie is a brilliant chef and the special feasts he created with the local produce blew our tastes buds especially with the wine pairings! Annie is a fabulous mountain guide and for us first time Japan goers this guidance and knowledge was invaluable. The planning process of this trip was also made so much easier and stress free with Annie’s help. We all absolutely loved our time in Madarao and will be back for sure, couldn’t recommend it enough!

This lodge is absolutely amazing, on every level JP snowsports knocked it out of the park. For a mid-range price we had an experience that I'd happily describe as luxury. It's not so much the rooms (which are nice, clean, comfortable and warm) its the extra touches like the woodfired heater in the common area with the couches. Freshly baked bread and good coffee in the morning. A rotating breakfast menu. Fridge full of beers for reasonable prices. AMAZING hosts Annie and Dutchie. All in all that would have made for an excellent experiences but the additional things they offer are superlative. First up they offer a range of lesson/tour options. We did a back country tour with Duchie which was the best lesson I've done - we saw some secret trails and he gave us some amazing tips on our riding (as well as a mini avalanche tour) Secondly they do a hosted degustation dinner which uses local ingredients - absolutely fantastic and totally unique. An absolute must. Overall a great lodge, elevated by an amazing team offering amazing experiences. I could not recommend more highly

I genuinely cannot reccomend this place enough. We were lucky enough to stay here on annight they had a 6 course tasting menu. This was amazing. Every course was better than the one that came before. However the ting I would maybe rave about even more was the ridiculously high quality of the breakfast, the room, the super snuggly beds and the hosts themselves. Genuinely could not reccomend them higher. Totally flawless and wonderful