SkiJapan.com has released its 2018/19 Winter Holiday Packages brochure and has announced a new Hakuba operations and service base for this coming season.

The Hakuba Gateway is an 18-room hotel with tour operations and onsite services in the heart of the Happo Resort Area in Hakuba Valley. The newly added location is within easy walking distance to the closest chairlifts and the many nearby restaurants, bars and local services.

Hakuba Valley is located in the Japanese Alps and just a three-hour trip from downtown Tokyo. Host to the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Hakuba is one of Japan’s largest and most renowned alpine resorts. The valley consists of 10 ski resorts, giving an incredible variety of alpine terrain, accommodating for everyone from novice to expert.

“Amazing selection of trails and terrain”

Belinda White, SkiJapan.com’s general manager said: “Our team will provide guests with the same excellent service that SkiJapan.com has offered in Niseko for over 20 years.

“The Hakuba Valley and other Honshu resorts such as Shiga Kogen, Lotte Arai, Myoko Kogen, Nozawa Onsen and the lift-connected Naeba and Kaguru Resorts are gaining more and more interest each year, with their amazing selection of trails and terrain, unique cultural experiences and the proximity to Tokyo.”

SkiJapan.com offers a wide selection of accommodation options in the established and emerging resorts of Japan’s main island Honshu and the very popular north island of Hokkaido with some great Early Bird deals on a range of accommodations still available.

Book a stay at the Hakuba Gateway Hotel before 31 August and get 10% off the standard nightly room rate. Guests will also receive a free onsen pass per guest and 10% off food and beverages at the nearby Hakuba Goryukan Hotel. There’s also an Early Bird Special, with Free Kids Rental or 15% off Kids Rentals from its NBS outlet in Niseko and the new Hakuba Gateway outlet in Happo, in conjunction with every accommodation/land package.