Masa-san is a wonderful cook, and the drying room, bedrooms, baths, and amenities were all great.
The lodge has very easy access to the slopes.
The rooms do not have an attached bathroom, but there is a wonderful and clean guest onsen / bathhouse for use which is private. As we traveled with 2 kids, we used it to shower the whole family at the same time
My only 2 areas of feedback for MasaSan are 1) in room onsen baskets could be useful for guests to transport our things up and down! 2) it would be good to have a slightly larger collection of food in house for guests to whip up on kitchen closure days!
Lodge Yama No Manimani is easily the best lodge we have stayed at in Japan. Masa is an amazing host, the breakfast and dinners were incredible and the lodge itself along with the rooms are so cosy and relaxing. I only wish we could have stayed for much much longer!

It has been a week since I left your place and I am still thinking how extra-ordinary it was!! Everything was at its place, organised, clean and so well thought through. My room was very comfortable - love the floor heating! The diners you cooked were amazing, great food and a full 5 courses menu every night - it was absolutely incredible!! I enjoyed how welcoming you were, your advice and friendship. Thank you SO MUCH for this experience, I would do it again in heart-beat. Special mention for your hifi system and collection of vinyls (who would have thought you could find this at Okushiga :-)), the dry room (which warms your ski boots for the morning), and the private onsens - I thoroughly enjoyed those. Honestly, if I could give you 6 starts, I would. Your place is THE place to stay at Shiga-Kogen. I hope I will come back soon. Sayonara, Matt
The rooms are perfect, comfortable, warm with everything you need including a fridge.
Communal kitchen, tv/lounge area with coffee machine & pods to use. We self catered for 2 nights easily.
The dinners in the lodge were delicious and the daily breakfast very satisfying.
The private Onsen bath - lifesaver! Absolute luxury every night.
Easy couple of minutes walk to the Okushiga lifts. A number of rental outlets also very close. Bus from Nagano comes right to Okushiga so very accessible.
And an awesome vinyl record collection to listen to!
We have found a gem in Shiga Kogen and will be back next year!













