News & Topics

23th,Feb Tonight "Tan Tan" will hold their "Special Night Buffet"

2013-02-22T23:00:51Z

No need to make a booking, just come along once your ready & enjoy a tasty meal ＆ some great live music.

Event hours - 18:00 to 20:00 on the 23^th of February.

Location - "Tanta・an", inside the Mountain Center

Cost - Adult ￥2800, 12 & under ￥1400

Performance times - 1^st time 18:30 ～, 2^nd time 19:30 ～

Artist - Izumi Matsuyama (Piano)

Early Morning Lift Operations (Jan 12 ～ Feb 3)

2013-01-12T07:28:30Z

From the 12^th of January this seasons "Early Mornings" will start.
Please pay attention to & follow the below details.

Lets all enjoy fresh track powder snow & groomed piste.

Period: Jan 12 ～ Feb 3
Operating hours: 8:00 ～ 8:20
Operating lift: Ace number 2 lift (Center 4)

Accessible courses: (Super)(Furiko)(Green)(Alpen)(Sennoki). Click the above map for a closer look.
Exclusive lift ticket sales location: Ace lift ticket office (infront of the Hotel Niseko Alpen)
Exclusive lift ticket use hours: 7:45 ～ 8:15
Exclusive lift ticket price: ￥500　(Members of the Grand Hirafu Club are free)
　　※Holders of the Grand Hirafu Club card only need show their members card to board.

「Attention」
※１　Regular passes are sold separately, must be valid from 8:30, on top of which the ￥500 must be paid.
※２　Operation may be postponed or times may be altered depending on weather conditions etc.
※３　Regular passes & season passes alone do not provide access to "Early Morning" lifts.
※４　Access to the King side（Kokutai course, Kogen course）is not possible during "Early Morning".

1/12-14 Niseko Winter Music Festival

2013-01-12T07:24:28Z

From Jan the 12^th, for 3 days, the annual「Niseko Winter Music Festival」will be held. Come & enjoy a beautiful performance by the「Australian Chamber Orchestra」.

「Grand Hirafu Mountain Center」
Time: Jan 13 - 18:00 to 18:30
Location: Mountain Center 2 floor
Cost　Adult ￥3000, 12 y/o & under ￥2000
For enquiries please contact,「Explore Niseko」0136-55-8848

For further details please download this PDF.

Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Grand Hirafu Web Reservation System now accepting bookings for Winter 2012-13

2012-09-07T07:20:02Z

As of today, the 7^th of September 2012, the 「Grand Hirafu Web Reservation System」has become operational and is now taking bookings for the 2012-13 winter season. We apologise for the delay getting the system up and running, and look forward to receiving your web bookings.

Through the new system Hotel, lift pass, ski rental & ski school bookings can be all be booked and paid for together in one straight forward easy transaction. (& of course single item bookings can also be made)

Also discounts are available when booking items from multiple departments.

Another item of the web reservation system upgrades include the new deposit system (20%).

Many different voices and ideas have gone into the systems improvements & we hope users benefit from and appreciate these new additions.

We look forward to receiving web reservations from everyone.

Your interest is appreciated and we look forward to your support of Niseko Grand Hirafu for the 2012-13 winter season.

Opening of the Grand Hirafu Web Reservation System postponed

2012-09-03T01:52:06Z

The Grand Hirafu Web Reservation System, which had previously been scheduled to be operational from the 1^st of September, is now scheduled to open around the 7^th of September, when upgrades are now expected to be finished. We apologise for this inconvenience and ask for your understanding. Thank you.

Grand Hirafu Web Reservation System operation planed to commence from the 1st of September

2012-08-10T01:33:03Z

The Grand Hirafu online booking system for winter 2012-13 is currently undergoing renewal, with work aiming to have the page up and running by the 1^st of September.

Through this web booking system hotel reservations, lift passes, ski rental, and ski school can all be booked and paid for in one convenient transaction.

Special discount are available where more than one item is booked - book online and save!

For further details about using Grand Hirafu's online booking system please click here.

Bookmark the following Web Reservation address to easily access the page once it is up and running: https://z202.secure.ne.jp/~z202030/reserve_eng/

Your patience and understanding regarding

Summer Gondola, NOW OPEN

2012-07-04T01:38:40Z

The Grand Hirafu summer gondola is NOW OPEN. Located in front of the Hotel Niseko Alpen the gondola will operate from the 23^rd of June to the 8^th of October, 9am to 4pm daily (may be closed in bad weather). Return boarding fees for adults are ￥1,000, with children ￥600 and those 6 & under free.

Come & enjoy a ride on the gondola & experience the fantastic views of Mt Youtei, take in the natural beauty of Niseko on a hike to Kagaminuma (Mirror Marsh), or just relax with a soft cream cone from the Ace Hill restaurant & lap up the panorama.

"Action KARAOKE"(27th,28th Jan) is canceled

2012-01-25T06:02:07Z

We planned Niseko Action Karaoke Festival in this weekend,but participants did not gather(did not reach the minimum number of application).We are very sorry to inform you that we have to cancel our karaoke event in this weekend.We apologize this cancellation of our event.

12/10 Opening Ceremony !!

2011-12-09T09:53:43Z

We have an Opening Ceremony for New Hirafu Gondola and
Grand Hirafu Mountain Center.
On 10th of December, people who come to line up Gondala by 10a.m.
or the first 100 people who come in Mountain Center, will get
memorial present!! Also you have a chance to get some present by a lottery.
There is the count down ceremony for gondora opening by DJ Tetsuya at 9:50,
and the live event by DJ Moriya at Tanta-an at 6pm.
Let's come to join us!!

※Hirafu Gondola open at 10am only on 10th of December.
※Mountain Center open at 8am.

11/26 Niseko Granfd HIRAFU OPEN!!

2011-11-25T09:58:31Z

Thank you for your continued confidence and patronage.

We would like to announce a opening of Niseko Grand HIRAFU
for 2011-2012 season, tomorrow, November 26th.

「Operating lift」
Ace ｆamily pair lift 8:30〜15:30

「Open course」
Family course

「Price for a lift pass」
Adult 1000yen( Free for elementary schooler,junior high schooler&senior.)
※This is a special price dut to anomalous operation.

※A deposit of 1000yen is added to the lift price when the ticket is
　purchased for everyone.
　The deposit is rufunded when you insert the card in a refund machine.

※Senior(Age 60 or over) and junior high-schoolers are requested to present
　　an ID as proof of age.

「Open lift ticket sales」
Ace Lift Ticket Sales 8:20-15:30
Ace Family Lift Ticket Sales 8:20-15:30

「Restaurant」
Shokusai Hirafu 11:30-14:00(OS)

「Shop」
・Hotel Niseko Alpen Shop　9:00-16:00

「Rental Shop」
・Ace Rental Shop　8:00-16:00

「School」
・Ski&Ｓｎｏｗboard School in front of Hotel Niseko Alpen 　10:00-15:15
※Only Preivate Lessons

On December 10th,from 9:50A.M, an opening ceremony will be held in commemoration of the opening of the new Hirafu gondra and the brand new Grand HIRAFU Mountain Center.

2011-11-25T09:57:20Z

On the day, we will offer a free anniversary gift to the first 50 visitors
to Gondra or Grand HIRAFU Mountain center.
Also, the countdown marking the strart of new Gondra by D.J Tetsuya
and live events from 6:00P.M at 「Tanta an」 in Mountain Center by D.J
Moriya will be held.

We welcome many people to participate in this events.

*Only on December 10th,Hirafu Gondra will open from 10:00A.M

Aug/10th Niseko Grand Hirafu new Online booking system!!

2011-08-10T14:59:12Z

The WEB reservation system started for today ( Aug / 10th )

Niseko Grand Hirafu even easier with our new online booking system.

The Hirafu ski area will open on Nov.26th for 2011-2012 season.