Lesson in English
Welcome to Hakuba47 Snowboard School. We are glad to have international guests who would like to enjoy snowboarding with world-famous Hakuba’s gorgeous snow! We offer safe and enjoyable lessen to improve your snowboarding skills by friendly and skillful instructors.
Instructors
All the instructors of Hakuba47 Snowboard School are well-trained with Japan Snowboard Association instruction methods, and we provide you safe and enjoyable lesson to improve your snowboard skills with very effective and attractive way.
An able Japanese instructor of English conversation, mostly not English-speaking native, will be in charge of the lesson for international guests.
Timetables
All the lessons we offer are “private lesson” only. No “group lesson” is available.
Timetable | Lesson hour(JST) | Lesson period | |
|---|---|---|---|
Morning Private Lesson | 8:30 am – 10:00 am | 1.5 hour | |
Noon Private Lesson | 11:00 am – 0:30 pm | 1.5 hour | |
Afternoon Private Lesson | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | 1.5 hour |
Please come to the school reception at least 15 minutes prior to the lesson start time to check in. We strongly recommend to come our school reception at least 1 hour prior to the lesson start time if you need to rental equipment. We may need about an hour to complete the rental procedure especially on our busy days; weekends, Japan national holidays, year-end and new-year holidays. Sorry but no adjustment of the lesson hour can be done if you delay your lesson start time.
Fee
Number of people in a lesson | Lesson fee | ||
|---|---|---|---|
one person | 18,000 JPY | ||
two people | 23,000 JPY | ||
three to five people | 28,000 JPY |
More than 6 people in a lesson is also available. For additional person, 5,000 JPY per a person is charged as additional fee.
Lesson fees listed above do not include lift ticket nor equipment rental.
For your secure lesson, advanced reservation and payment is required.
Cancellation Policy
- Full refund for any cancellation made 4 days prior to the lessons.
- 50% of cancellation fee applied up until 2 days prior to the lessons.
- 70% of cancellation fee applied up until 1 day prior to the lessons.
- No refund will be made for any cancellation made on the lesson day or no show.
- Note that 5% of transaction fee will be charged to any amount of refunds.
Reservation
We recommend prior reservation for your secure lesson. Please make reservations from the following "application form"
We will send you an e-mail with the information of lesson date, lesson hour, lesson fee and payment procedures. The reservation will be completed after the payment transaction is confirmed.
Walk-in application for the lesson can be accepted but only with we have vacancy.
Rental Equipment
Rental equipment is available at Hakuba47 Rental Shop, located on the ground floor of the gondola base station building, not in our School Center building. We offer you a discount coupon able to be used at the rental shop, and you can rent snowboarding equipment with only 2,500 JPY.
Please bring your own snow goggles and groves because no rental of those is available. Snow goggles and groves can be bought at the souvenir shops in both rental shop and “Restaurant Alice”.
For your safety, wearing groves and fastening leash cord is required during the lesson and wearing snow goggles is highly recommended. Leash cord can also be bought at the souvenir shops.
Meeting Place
Hakuba47 Snowboard School reception counter in the Hakuba47 School Center; in front of Hakuba47 Bus Terminal.
Sorry but no picking-up service from your accommodation is available. Please use "Hakuba47 free shuttle bus" from the bus stop near your accommodation. Details of the shuttle bus are here.
APPLICATION FORM(English Only)
Lesson in English
