The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Rusutsu

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With an unimpeded view amidst the marvels of nature, the The Westin Rusutsu offers a high-quality space for complete relaxation. In this 24-storey all-suite tower, all guestrooms come with a spacious living room and bedroom.


Rusutsu is about 2 hours by ski bus from New Chitose Airport, which we can help arrange for you.


Hotel options & features

1 bedroom
2 bedrooms
Breakfast
Elevator
Fitness Gym
Gymnasium onsite
Hotel
Hotel bar
Japanese Onsen
King bed
Lounge in room
Private shower, bath, basin, toilet
Restaurant onsite
Scenic views
Single beds
TV in room
Table & chairs in room
Western style rooms
Wifi available

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

The Westin Rusutsu Resort - Hokkaido, Japan

 

RUSUTSU
Hokkaido

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The Mountain
Rusutsu is located in Hokkaido prefecture which is the north island of Japan and offers great off-piste and tree skiing and snowboarding. It is a great resort for powder skiers and snowboarders but also perfect for families. The hotels are ski in ski out and there are English ski and snowboard school and fun snow activities.

The Location
The best & easiest way would be to fly into Sapporo (New Chitose Airport) and catch the ski bus which takes only 2 hours. The hotels run the Big Runs airport transfer bus and also free shuttle to Sapporo city, which we can arrange for you. There is also some other ski bus company.  We can help arrange and book all transfers.

 

 
16 January, 2023
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We had an amazing two weeks at the Westin Rusutsu, thank you for arranging accommodation and transfers – all went very well.  It was wonderful to be back skiing in Japan 😊

The Westin Rusutsu is our accommodation of choice.  We just love it.  For us, the place has a warm and friendly ambience, the breakfasts are always a standout, plus the staff and service are all super courteous and helpful.  The Westin also has a good variety of quality restaurants.   

I’ve attached a photo of me in skiing the powder amongst the trees.

We’re missing Japan already!!

Best wishes

Margaret (and Greg)


 

 

 
Mid Feb 2020
 
It was great, had a wonderful time thank you very much !!

Regards,
 
Nathan 
 
 
 
 
Mid January 2020
 
We are both thankful that we had 3 beautiful weeks on Hokkaido, skied 3 resorts for 12 days of skiing and could catch up with our son and his girlfriend at Niseko for a week, albeit avoiding the Corona Virus over that time.
  
I would like to say that we had a lovely time in Rusutsu.
  
The hotel was fabulous and we were thrilled to receive a room upgrade when we arrived, which made the stay even better.
  
If I could sum it up like this then here is my feedback;
  
Pros
  • Quality hotel
  • Spotlessly clean
  • First rate staff who were lovely and friendly. They sorted out my wifes mobile phone issue when we arrived, after we had no luck. No question to them was an issue.
  • Beautiful clean room and sizeable
  • Exceptional breakfast as part of the package
  • Great ski locker set up
  • Easy access to the 2 seater access chair
  • Great ski mountain
  
 
Cons 
  • Hotel food was expensive - Y6,300 PP for the nightly buffet worked out to be AUD $180 for 2 before any beverage
  • All the hotel food options were expensive at the Westin. Even the japanese we talked to made the same comment. 
  • At the other resort side were cheaper options but nothing inbetween in terms of quality for an acceptable price e.g. burgers and fries or pizza at the low end, then back to the high end options
  • We did not dine out at the smaller local eating houses as most nights it was snowing. Our choice overall.I would have like to but we just ran out of time.
  • I had to sleep on the murphy fold out bed for the week because the plush bedding was the pillow top variety and my back cannot cope with such soft unsupported mattresses. Thankfully our room upgrade had the murphy fold out bedding, otherwise I would have slept on the floor to cope. This of course is a personal view, as most people probably love these beds and have no issue with them.
  
Would I book again. Yes I would, however a well negotiated buffet dinner option from your end might soften the financial blow, especially given that the Yen is getting stronger so the Aussies dollar buys far less in japan than it once did. 4 years back we stayed at Shiga Kogen (Ichinose) and I bought nightly meals for 5 of the 9 nights. This gave us flexibility to eat out as well as in.Given we know what the quality of food is like at the Westin (A+) , this would offer some form of food flexibility if it was offered at time of booking.
  
Regards

Steve


 

 

 

Mid January 2020

The Westin hotel at Rusutsu was great as usual. Thank you again for your impeccable service for the bookings.
Kind regards 
Allen 
 
 
 
 
 

Early Jan 2016

We fully enjoyed our stay at The Westn Rusutsu Resort. The advantage of being able to use facilities of both the resort and the tower make it a fine one stop destination. After we left Rusutsu we continued travelling around Hokkaido for another couple of weeks, skiing at various other locations.. Thank you for being prompt in dealing with our booking. I attach a video my son made of the trip which features not only Rusutsu but also other locations in Hokkaido.

Regards,
Wayne




Maisonette-style rooms for up to 4 single guests. 
Spacious with an area of 76 to 85㎡, the room consists of 2 floors: the upper bedroom floor with 2 single beds, and the living-room floor with 2 Murphy/wall beds. 
Rates from 24,500 yen per person per night including breakfast twin share




 



Maisonette-style rooms for up to 4 guests. 1 king bed & 2 singles
With a total area of 85㎡, this room covers 2 floors: the upper bedroom features a grand king-size bed, and the downstairs living room comes with 2 Murphy/wall beds. This style of room is perfect for couples with small children.





 



Maisonette-style rooms for up to 7 guests. 
The resort's most spacious room type at 108㎡, this room features 2 floors: the upper bedroom floor with 3 single beds, and the downstairs with a bedroom with 2 single beds and living room with 2 Murphy/wall beds.