TohoToho Where to stay in Niseko
ニセコ · Hokkaido · measured from Hirafu, at the foot of the lifts (42.8600, 140.6975)
How Niseko compares with the 30 areas we measure
| What | Within 800 m | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train station | 0 | 29 of 30 | 3 |
| Bus stop | 6 | 28 of 30 | 25 |
| Convenience store | 4 | 29 of 30 | 27 |
| Places to eat | 70 | 29 of 30 | 898 |
| Cafe | 14 | 30 of 30 | 154 |
| Supermarket | 0 | 29 of 30 | 6 |
| Pharmacy / drugstore | 1 | 29 of 30 | 38 |
| ATMs that take foreign cards | 0 | 30 of 30 | 31 |
| Bars and nightlife | 12 | 26 of 30 | 193 |
| Things to see | 0 | 29 of 30 | 38 |
| Park or garden | 0 | 29 of 30 | 15 |
| Police box (koban) | 0 | 29 of 30 | 4 |
| Coin lockers | 0 | 29 of 30 | 3 |
Counted within 800 m of the point above — about a ten minute walk — with duplicates folded, exactly as the report below counts them. The median is the middle of the 30 areas measured here, which is what makes a count mean anything: whether 27 convenience stores is a lot depends on where else you could have stayed. Categories our sources cover unevenly are left out of this table and appear in the report below, labelled as not counted.
Measured over 500 m rather than 800 m: eight hundred metres through snow carrying a board is not a ten minute walk, and that distance is what separates ski-in from a shuttle bus.
- Convenience store414 m
- Places to eat70 found
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What is actually within a 10 minute walk
Straight-line distance from the building, measured against OpenStreetMap. Walking times use 80 m per minute, the convention used by Japanese property listings. Only about four in ten places in Japan have an English name in OpenStreetMap, so some names below appear in Japanese — still useful for showing to a taxi driver or matching a shopfront.
Getting around
Ski lift
5 foundGondolas, chair lifts and rope tows. Whether you can reach one carrying skis is what separates ski-in from a shuttle bus.
- Ace Family Quad #1 エースファミリークワッド1 min · 65 m
- Ski lift 7 min · 533 m
Bus stop
6 foundWhere there is no train, this is the way out. Stops on both sides of one road are counted once.
- Hirafu Welcome Center バス停ひらふスキー場前4 min · 284 m
- Bus stop 7 min · 543 m
Train station
not in this reading0 foundEverything else you do in a day starts here.
None found within 800 m.
Daily needs
the hotel can’t do these for youConvenience store
4 foundOpen late, sells water, food, and usually has an ATM that takes foreign cards.
- Sapporo Drug Store 5 min · 414 m
- Delikatesy 7 min · 565 m
Supermarket
0 foundMatters once you are staying more than a few nights.
None found within 800 m.
Pharmacy / drugstore
not in this reading1 foundGetting ill is the thing most likely to ruin a trip.
- Satsu Dora Niseko Hirafu Branch サツドラ ニセコひらふ店5 min · 412 m
ATMs that take foreign cards
not in this reading0 foundSeven Bank, Lawson Bank, E-net, Aeon and Japan Post accept cards issued outside Japan. Most other Japanese bank ATMs decline them, so they are not counted here. Post offices are counted, because that is where most Japan Post machines are.
None found within 800 m.
Eating
Places to eat
70 foundRestaurants and fast food. Cafes are not counted — most close before dinner.
- Powderhood Restaurant & Taproom 2 min · 186 m
- Sushi Kokoro By Miyagawa 鮨心 by 宮川2 min · 188 m
- Suraroomu スラローム2 min · 198 m
Cafe
not in this reading14 foundSomewhere to sit in the morning that is not your room.
- Grand Hirafu x Milk Kobo Sweets & Cafe 2 min · 180 m
- Mountain Kiosk Coffee 4 min · 287 m
Things to see
Public bath / onsen
0 foundOften the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.
None found within 800 m.
Souvenir shops
not scored0 foundShown for information only. About 3,000 are mapped for the whole country against many times that in reality, so a hit here is worth something and a miss means nothing.
Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.
None found within 800 m.
Things to see
not in this reading0 foundAttractions, museums, viewpoints, castles and monuments. Ordinary neighbourhood shrines are not counted — Japan has tens of thousands, and counting them would make every street look remarkable.
None found within 800 m.
Park or garden
not in this reading0 foundSomewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.
None found within 800 m.
At night
material, not a verdictBars and nightlife
not in this reading12 foundCounted as a plus here. A property tool would count the same places as a minus.
- BAR the ICE 3 min · 221 m
- Shisha&anime bar suzunoran-niseko 7 min · 541 m
Police box (koban)
not in this reading0 foundStaffed neighbourhood police posts. The default place to go if something goes wrong.
None found within 800 m.
Sports shop
8 foundUsually rental at the foot of a lift. The tag does not distinguish a ski shop from a running shop, so read it as a hint rather than a fact.
- Grand Hirafu .Base 3 min · 230 m
- NBS Uptown 5 min · 427 m
Coin lockers
not in this reading0 foundFor the hours before check-in and after check-out.
None found within 800 m.
Laundromat
not scored0 foundNeeded once a trip runs past a week.
Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.
None found within 800 m.
Post office
not in this reading0 foundSends things home, and holds a Japan Post ATM that takes foreign cards — away from the cities this is often the only one within walking distance. Sub-post offices (簡易郵便局) frequently have no machine, so they are listed here but not counted as ATMs.
None found within 800 m.
Currency exchange
not scored0 foundShown for information only. 197 exchange counters are mapped for the whole country, far fewer than exist, so they are never scored. If you have a card, the ATM count above is the more reliable answer.
Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.
None found within 800 m.
Before you arrive
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Scored 2026-09-11 21:10 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: snow