Renting a Car

This is a viable option. See our car rental page for more information.

Walking

Hakuba is very spread out so walking is not always the best option. As a rough guide it is about 20 mins walk from the Happo Info centre down to the train station and about 30 mins walk from Echoland to the Happo Info centre. See the map below for info. Alps Daiichi Kotsu Ph: 0261-722221 Shinshu Meitetsu Ph: 0261-722236 Hakuba Kanko taxi Ph: 0261:722144

Free shuttle buses to the ski resorts

All of the resorts have free shuttle buses to/from accommodation. See this page for the timetables.

Night bus

The Hakuba Night Demand Taxi bus runs from roughly the 18 th December , till the end of February each year between 5 and 11pm. It is a cheap way to get around Hakuba in the evening. You need to download the HND app and then book and pay by credit card via the app. 500/person. See more info about Night Demand Taxi