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Welcome to Nomad ( Translated by Hiromi and Todd )

Yubokumin is a family owned Japanese backpackers guesthouse (Youth hostel style)only 5 minutes walk to the ski lifts at Niseko Hirafu.

Yubokumin means Nomad in Japanese.

It's got Dormitory style room with a cozy atmosphere and fabulous home style cooking.

We respect environment and try to run Yubokumin in a green way by conserving energy and recycling etc it's our little way of giving

our children a bright future.

<About Accommodation>

Yubokumin is owned and operated by Kuni and his wife Michiko and 2 sons Yu and Sora. They are all very keen skiers very well traveled

and speak basic English.

And like to welcome Westerners and Japanese alike. Kuni also sometime snow boards and is a very keen motor bike rider when he is not

hunting for powder he has been known to be seen swinging in the hammock listening music.

 

Yubokumin prides itself on it's intimate atmosphere and has a maximum of 12 people housed in 3 bedrooms.

Each room has bunk bed and Futons.   Rooms don't have TV and chair.    We make only for sleep

We can accommodate male and females in separate rooms.                                

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<Prices>

Price per person per night including breakfast and dinner:

Adult                                    \5000                              

Children under 13                            \4500                              

Price per person per night No Food included:

We don't have kitchen for guest

Adult                                    \3500                               

Children under 13                            \3000                               

Kids ( 3-6 )                                \1800

 breakfast \500   dinner \1000

People staying 10 nights or more \300 discount         Adults under 22 \500 discount  

Private room is  +\500 each ( For groups of 3 people or more. Excepting busy season)                   

<Payments>

Unfortunately we do not except credit card or travelers checks.

Cash can be withdraw from ATM on the arrival at Chitose airport or at the post office in Kutchan 8 Km away form Yubokumin


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Kuni and Yu                                                                                               

<Booking> 

Please make booking by Email  with the following information

Name, Arrival and Departure date and time, how many men how many women. contact telephone Number ,

Address and Passport Number. Details for airline e-ticket( copy is best).

Checkout and meals

Dormitory or private room,

 

Reservation  money is necessary for the reservation.

The cancellation two weeks ago repays the full amount.

Reservation money is  \1000 / per person and per day +commission for remittance

Please send money in PAYPAL.

There is no reservation money in the reservation of one person.
But we need your credit card number and expiration date


Please inform us weather you will be continuing to stay with us

And if you will be requiring meals 24hrs in advance.

We can not make dinner about first day because traffic is sometime late

But you can eat if you arrive before noon.

*If you have any questions also include these but please read our home page first.

<Cancellation>

As we are a small business and space is of a premium.

We would really appreciate as much notice as possible if cancellation should occur.

Yubokumin closes a couple times a year depending upon conditions.

In general we are closed between Mid Oct to end of Nov and Beg of May to the end of June.

Other times we sometimes travel so please check by phone or email.

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<Contact Details>

Tel: +81 136 22 2281 

e-mail yubokumin@nifty.com

Address: 167 Yamada Kutchan-cho Hokkaido Japan

< How to get to Yubokumin>

By car or bike: Take Hwy No.5 or Hwy 66 to route 343 and turn into Hirafu Ski area. Turn left at Seiko mart Yubokumin is about 200

meter on the left.

By train: Catch train from Chitose to Sapporo and then Kutchan station then take a bus to Hirafu ski resort.

By bus: in wintertime there is a direct bus service from airport and Sapporo railway station to the Hirafu ski area.

Pick up from the ski area is \300. (Busy time zone cannot be  pick up )

Check in 15:00 ( If you arrive before 15:00 or after 10:00. We can keep your luggage )

Check out 10:00 

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<Meal>

Kuni's wife Michiko cooks with love using traditional home style ingredients.

Dinner starts at 18:00 so please try to be back home by 17:30 and let us know if you are going to be late as we like to serve the meals

hot.

Dinner is mainly Western style and Michiko changes a menu daily with over 20 different menus.

Breakfast is Japanese style.

<Resort Information>

5 minutes walk to the lifts and open from 8:30 to 21:00.

We have discount lift tickets available on the arrival.

We also have information about powder and back country tours.

2 sons in our family Yu and Sora can give you tips about best place for Mogul skiing.

We can organize ski and board rentals on arrival.(\1000/per day) But We don't have big size

<Other>

Laundry Service \300 per load including washing powder.

Skies, board and luggage can be sent in advance by carriers and we will look after them.

Smoking is prohibited in the bedroom but there is a smoking area upstairs.(after dinner 19:00-24:00 only)

People are invited to get together for a drink a chat or a video after dinner between 21:.30 to midnight. It's BYO.

Yubokumin also sells  beer, wine and Japanese spirit.

<Summer time>

Niseko is also great in summer with river rafting , hot springs and mountain biking, climb Mt. Yotei just to name a few of many activities

available.

There is also superb motor cycle riding and Yubokumin doubles as a rider house outside of winter. 



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