Mt. BandaiFukushima
猪苗代湖・磐梯高原 しゃくなげ平貸別荘
Twelve rental houses across two holiday-home areas at the foot of Mount Bandai. Each is designed differently, all include a bread-and-coffee breakfast, and check-in is contact-free via a keypad smart lock.
February
Midwinter’s deepest night skies
The colder the night, the sharper the stars. February is prime stargazing season — warm up in a sauna or onsen, then step back out under the sky, as many times as you like.
In season this month
Stargazing121Turn off the lights and the sky takes over. Stays where the stars are part of the official promise.Onsen253Soak whenever you like, as long as you like. Villas where the hot spring is yours until checkout.Private sauna399The steam, the plunge, the open sky, all yours. Private villas with saunas across Japan.
Stays whose official info mentions snow
Selected only from what each property states officially — seasonal sights depend on weather and timing.
HakubaNagano
COCO VILLA 白馬 01
A whole-house villa in Hakuba's Misorano, with the area's first 3D-printed sauna room, finished off with a cold plunge and a rain shower. Three bedrooms, sleeps nine.
3 bd
HakubaNagano
soil Hakuba(ソイル白馬)
A 133 sqm whole-house chalet in the forest at Okumisorano, Hakuba. It has a hinoki semi-open-air bath, an outdoor barrel sauna in the back garden and a fire pit on the balcony, with three bedrooms sleeping six.
3 bd
NisekoHokkaido
TAIGA Niseko ― SESHU(雪舟)
A five-bedroom chalet rented whole in Lower Hirafu, Niseko. Ash beams span the double-height ceiling, every bedroom has its own bathroom, and it sleeps up to twelve. The ski lift is 600 m away.
5 bd5 ba
岐阜県恵那Official site
保古グランピング
A glamping resort on the Nenoue Highlands at about 900 m elevation in Ena, Gifu, built around Lake Hoko and the campfire. Every cabin has its own fire pit, BBQ grill and private deck, with a chef-supervised dinner course, lake canoeing and SUP, and a tent sauna.
1 room type
京都Official site
デュラクス京丹後久美浜LABO
An experience-driven outdoor resort in Kumihama, Kyotango, where giant T-REX figures greet you at the gate. Stay in 29-sqm dome tents or a container villa with private sauna, plunge pool and outdoor jacuzzi, with BBQ dinners of local ingredients.
3 room types
北海道ニセコ真狩Official site
SAUNA&VILLA 焚火 takibi
Private cottages in Makkari with a sauna in every unit, looking out to Mt. Yotei. Each has a Harvia wood-fired sauna, a fire deck, an all-weather BBQ deck and a hot-water mini kitchen, for a fully private stay with the view to yourself.
1 room type1 ba
新潟県魚沼Official site
舞子グランピング
Glamping within the year-round Maiko Resort in Minamiuonuma, Niigata. In summer the ski slopes turn to lawn for glamping, auto-camping and a BBQ garden, and afterwards you can soak in the weakly alkaline Maiko Onsen 'Iishi-no-yu'; the resort restaurant also serves a buffet built around Minamiuonuma Koshihikari rice.