Where The Snow Season Never Really Ends — A Chalet In Hakuba

Property Highlights:

The site spans 414.42 sqm of freehold land in an elevated position within Hakuba Village, unencumbered by any use-district restriction and permitting generous building parameters of 60% coverage and 200% floor-area ratio. South-facing road frontage and the property’s hilltop setting combine to keep the site both sun-filled and quietly removed from the road below.

The residence is essentially new: a two-storey timber-frame chalet of 178.5 sqm total floor area (147.00 sqm on the ground floor, 31.50 sqm on the second), completed September 2023. Built in the steep-gabled A-frame form associated with Japan’s premier alpine resort architecture, the house opens into a double-height living room beneath exposed timber trusses, anchored by a full-height stone fireplace — a room built for the mountain light and the snow season alike. A 3LDK layout is joined by a loft level and a private sauna-and-bathing suite finished in stone tile, alongside a sleek open kitchen with a full-length island. Parking is included on-site.

178.5 sqm across two floors, plus loft. 414.42 sqm of freehold land. Completed September 2023. ¥280,000,000.

The Neighbourhood:

Hakuba is Japan’s most internationally recognised alpine resort town — the base for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and, today, a magnet for skiers, hikers, and second-home buyers from across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. The valley is ringed by ten ski resorts, including Hakuba 47, Goryu, Happo-one, and Cortina, and the surrounding Northern Japan Alps offer some of the country’s most dramatic hiking and climbing terrain outside ski season.

Hakuba Station, on the JR Oito Line, is approximately seven minutes by car — placing the property within easy reach of the valley’s international dining scene, lift access, and the wider network of onsen and mountain villages that have made Hakuba a year-round destination rather than a purely seasonal one.

Why TonTon:

This is the kind of asset that does not reach the open market through conventional channels. As the exclusive Japan licensee of Forbes Global Properties, TonTon operates at the precise intersection of deep local knowledge and a truly global network — giving our clients access not only to properties of this nature, but to the discretion, due diligence, and cross-border expertise that a transaction of this significance demands.

Our advisory team brings together backgrounds in international finance, Japanese property law, and cross-border transaction management — fluent at a native level in Japanese, English, Mandarin, Hindi, and Korean. From corporate structure establishment and tax advisory coordination to post-acquisition asset management, we provide end-to-end support across the full acquisition journey.

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