A day off the slopes

Trampoline and action indoor park

Great indoor activity both for adults and for children. Apart from trampolines, survival game and kids area, freestyle snowboard and ski lesson available. Admission fee: 1 hour – 1,800 yen, Survival game (1 hour) – 1,500+admission fee

Glass making workshop

Quick, easy and fun activity at a glass bead shop. 

From 1,000 to 3,400 yen. No reservation required. 

Website: https://www.tokyocreative.com/sights/7114-hakuba-glass-workshop-gaku

Cooking lesson 

Cooking lessons with wide range of Japanese dishes to choose from.

Advanced reservations strongly recommended. From 8,000 yen per person.

Website: http://www.open-kitchen.jp/english/

Working out

There are a few gyms in Hakuba with a price range from 200 yen to 2000 yen per visit. 

• Wing 21 (small and simple local gym) https://www.vill.hakuba.lg.jp/gyosei/soshikikarasagasu/shogaigakushusportska/shogaigakushusportsgakari/1/1/1099.html
• Field Sport Gym
  http://hakuba-field-sports-gym.net/
• Alps Gym (club of Les Mills programs) 
  http://alpsgym.com/english/
• Hakuba Mountain Cross
  https://hakuba-mountaincross.com/
• Yoga class
  https://hakuba-shakespeare-hotel.com/en/yoga-studio

Snow Monkey Park

The Snow Monkey park is located 2 hour drive from Hakuba. There are day tours with a visit to a temple in Nagano after the Snow Monkey Park, or you can make your own way there by taking a direct bus from Hakuba or taking a bus to Nagano and then changing to a bus for Snow Monkey Park. 

Day tours (13,000 yen per person):  http://www.snowmonkeytour.com/information 

Direct bus (7,800 yen round trip) operating from end of December to the end of February:  https://www.alpico.co.jp/traffic/en/express/hakuba/shigakogen/

Matsumoto

Matsumoto is about 1.4 hour train ride from Hakuba. It is a lovely town with a splendid  16th-century stronghold in the centre of it. Around it you will find charming streets lined with old merchant houses reminiscent of a bygone Japan. 

Train schedules: http://www.hyperdia.com/