■The owner is qualified as a ski instructor in France, Italy and Japan, and the son is qualified as an American instructor. ■English is spoken at Villa Alpen. ■ski lodge that significantly reduces CO2 by geothermal heat pump system assisted by geothermal hot springs for heating. ■Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in collaborating with us or have any unclear points. Waiting for your contact,Captain Nobuo villa-alpen.

■Japanese ski lodge aiming to be CO2-free.TRY OUR EARTH-FRIENDLY SKI LODGE. ■About VILLA ALPEN 1）Ski in ＆Ski out,Only 30seconds to ski lift. 2）A small ski lodge run by mom, dad and son. 3) Very popular home-cooked meals: a mix of Japanese and Western styles that offers you to enjoy the variety even during your long stay of two weeks. 4) After ski: drop in and enjoy your evening time at our stunning Bar Salon with a fireplace. 5) Rental skis are also available at Villa Alpen. 6) We'll challenge Reduce CO2 about 60 tons. No fossil fuel is used for main heating. We are continuing to invest so that the next generation of our valued customers can enjoy the powder snow. ■About Meals We are unable to accommodate gluten-free meals. Guests with gluten restrictions are kindly asked to prepare their own food as much as possible. Please contact us in advance for more details. We can accommodate vegetarian meals only if requested at the time of reservation. While we will do our best to meet your needs, please note that an additional charge of 1,200 JPY per meal will apply. ■Airport Shuttle Service(I will introduce Chuo taxi.） The taxi will transport you and your luggage from the airport to Villa Alpen without any transfers. Of course, you can also leave it to us to transport you from Villa Alpen to the airport on your return journey.

The average length of stay at villa Alpen is 5.6 days. Shiga Kogen is the largest ski station in Asia with 6 gondolas and over 50 ski lifts. We are just ski-in ski-out, a great bar and Delicious home cooking. We offer for more than 5 nights stay. Activity Snow Monkey, Cherry Blossom, Snow Sledding, Snow shoes hiking. The world-famous snow monkeys. Villa Alpen is the closest to snow monkeys in Shiga Kogen, and groups of wild monkeys often appear around Villa Alpen. 20munites by bus than 25munites on foot watch monkey 1hour then back, all total 205hour. Cherry Blossom, From early March to early May, the cherry blossoms move up a little each week from the lower elevations to Shiga Kogen at an altitude of 1,500m. At the beginning of May, they reach an altitude of 1,500m, but you can still enjoy skiing at Shiga Kogen. Where are the cherry blossoms blooming? We have the information for you. Snow Sledding, Infront of Villa Alpen. You can enjoy sledding very easily. free charge for sleds. Snow shoes hiking. Even if you come from a place without snow, you can enjoy the snow right from the start. Walking slowly through the snowy fields, you may occasionally see the footprints of foxes, martens, or rabbits. 1-3hours hiking around Villa Alpen. We have Snow shoes rental in Villa Alpen. shuttle bus short sight seeing Shiga kogen. Free sight seeing bus shuttle bus it talks about 2hours., from 8:30 to 16:00hour free charge. Mt yokote ,kumanoyu ,okushiga ,yakebi etc.