[Mercure Urabandai Resort & Spa] Skiers and snowboarders must-see, a variety of plans to spend at an all-inclusive hotel with excellent slopes and facilities
We offer various plans that are easy to match the schedule, and we also propose plans for Indoors to enjoy gastronomy.
This winter, Mercure Urabandai Resort & Spa, a forest resort hotel surrounded by over 300 large and small lakes reflecting the four seasons of the forest, sells accommodation plans with lift tickets from nearby ski resorts that can be accessed by free shuttle bus from the hotel. After a lot of skiing on a variety of courses, you can relax your fatigue at the hotel's hot spring open-air bath and lounge. In addition to skiing, Tohoku in winter is full of charm. We also have a plan to compare the eating of local specialty horse sashimi and taste the sake of the brewery that won the gold prize at the fair.
Plan Overview
A great accommodation plan with a lift ticket from a nearby ski resort where you can fully enjoy snow activities in Urabandai in winter. The hotel is equipped with a ski, snowboard storage room, wax corner, and changing room, so you can move to the slope smoothly.
[Grandecosno Resort] 1-day lift ticket / All-inclusive plan <with evening breakfast and lounge access>
【Accommodation period】 Until the stay on Sunday, March 29, 2026
【Price】 All-inclusive 15,415 yen per night (including Grandecosno Resort Lift 1-day ticket, dinner, breakfast, lounge, hot spring, etc., per person per room, tax and surcharge of 150 yen per person when using 1 room)
[Hoshino Resort Neko Mama Unten] 1-day lift ticket / All-inclusive plan <with evening breakfast and lounge access>
【Accommodation period】 Until the stay on Sunday, March 29, 2026
【Price】 1 night all-inclusive 16,815 yen ~ (Including cat mama mountain lift 1-day ticket, dinner, breakfast, lounge, hot spring, etc., per person per room when using 2 people, tax · included, bath tax 150 yen)
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- Ski and snowboard storage room (in the hotel room)
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- Wax Corner (in the hotel building)
[Reservation and Details] https://mercure-urabandai-resortandspa.jp/sightseeing/winterubandai/
Introduction of each ski resort
About "Grandecosno Resort"
Located at a high altitude of Urabandai, a ski resort where you can enjoy high-quality powder snow. It is equipped with a variety of courses for beginners and advanced users, as well as lift facilities such as gondola, and is widely supported from families to full-fledged skiers.
Official Website (Winter Season): https://resort.en-hotel.com/grandeco/snow/ja/
About "Hoshino Resort Neko Mama Mountain"
A total of 33 courses, one of the largest slopes in Japan. You can enjoy skiing at any level, from a wide and gentle course for beginners to a steep slope for advanced users. You can fully enjoy the quality of snow, such as a course where you can enjoy powder snow unique to Urabandai and a tree run zone.
Official Website: https://www.nekoma.co.jp/
Excellent access from the hotel to each ski resort by free shuttle bus
Shuttle buses are available to visit Mercure Urabandai Resort & Spa and ski resorts, operating daily until February 28 and Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from March 1 to March 29. (No reservation required)
Details: https://discoveraizu.jp/topics/2025-26skibus/
A variety of plans for skiers and snowboarders
In addition to the above, there are a variety of plans, such as a short stay arriving at the hotel at midnight, a 1.5-night stay where you can enjoy plenty of slopes for 2 days, and a breakfast box that is convenient to enjoy the freshest snow in the morning.
Details: https://mercure-urabandai-resortandspa.jp/sightseeing/winterubandai/
In addition to skiers and snowboarders, we offer special plans to enjoy gastronomy and sake
In addition to the dinner buffet included in all-inclusive, three types of loath, fin, and peach of Fukushima and Aizu's specialty horse sashimi are eaten with condiments and sauces such as soy sauce, yamashio (*), ginger, aoi, spicy miso, garlic sesame oil, and spicy miso grated.
*Yamashio: Natural salt rich in minerals, made by boiling hot spring water over time with firewood in the Aizu region.
[Plan Name] [Aizu specialty] Enjoy 3 kinds of luxurious horse sashimi all-inclusive plan <Evening Breakfast & Lounge Access>
[Sale period] Until March Tuesday, March 31, 2026
【Price】 1 night all-inclusive 14,130 yen ~ (Dinner [Masashi * 1 room 1 dish], breakfast, lounge, hot spring etc., per person per room when using 2 people, tax · included, bath tax 150 yen)
[Reservation and Details] https://mercure-urabandai-resortandspa.jp/plan/aizu-basashi/
[[Fukushima Kinsho Sake Brewery Comparison] Sake Brewery to taste in Urabandai]
Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture where sake brewing is thriving, with 16 brands receiving the gold prize at the 2025 National Sake Appraisal. You can enjoy sake collected from the brewery near the hotel, which won the gold prize. It is also recommended to drink and compare it with horse sashimi.
[Provision period] Until Sunday, March 29, 2026
【Price】 1 set (90ml x 3 types) 2,000 yen (tax included)
[Details] https://mercure-urabandai-resortandspa.jp/plan/fukushimasake/
Accommodation is all-inclusive and stays willingly
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- Dinner and breakfast are all you like in a buffet style
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- Relax in the hot spring open-air bath and sauna of Yukimi
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- The lounge also offers oshiruko and hot wine on Saturday until March.
Alcohol at the restaurant and drinks in the lounge are included in the accommodation fee, and you can spend a relaxing time in the open-air bath or sauna at Goshiki Onsen. Dinner and breakfast are served in a buffet style, and local menus unique to this area include "Aizu no Kozuyu", "Oshizushi", "Furokuyama Kogen pork shabushabu", "Aizu sauce katsudon", "Yamashio meat potatoes", "Aizu no Kozuyu gratin", "Aizu miso Tororo" and "Furokuyama Kogen pork tofu" are popular.
【Buffet limited menu until March】 "Aizu Horse Meat Hormone Nabe"
In the Aizu region, horse sashimi is famous, but there are many stores that offer hormone parts as a dish. At our hotel, we made a hot pot to make it easy to eat. It is cooked carefully while retaining the texture.
Mercure Urabandai Resort & Spa
About an 8-minute walk to the emerald green Goshiki-numa. This is a forest resort hotel surrounded by more than 300 lakes and marshes reflecting the four seasons of the forest against the backdrop of Aizu Mount Bandai, which is said to be a treasure mountain. You can experience the great nature of Urabandai by strolling, cycling and mountain climbing, explore the history of Aizu such as Tsuruga-jo Castle in Byakkotai, enjoy powder snow in winter, and enjoy a variety of activities.
[Location] Kengamine 1093-309, Hihara character, Kitashiobara-mura, Yama-gun, Fukushima 969-2701, Japan
【TEL】 03-5539-2629 (Reservation Center)
【URL】 https://mercure-urabandai-resortandspa.jp/
[Access] Approximately 20 minutes from Inawashiro Bandai Kogen IC via Tohoku Motor and Banetsu Expressway. Alternatively, get off at JR Inawashiro Station, about 25 minutes by route bus.