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. As of the 24/25 season Uber is now in Hakuba. You can book a ride using your existing Uber app exactly as you would back home, bypassing language, payment and location difficulties. Uber has done a deal with the local taxi companies for them to use the uber app so you will get a taxi rather than a private vehicle and Hakuba still has a severe shortage of taxis in the ski season. Much easier than calling a taxi though. 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 the middle of 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. 450/person. See more info about Night Demand Taxi and download the app here.