Club Med is making some major moves over in Japan right now. Fresh off opening Club Med Kiroro Peak last December, the all-inclusive brand will be solidifying its presence in the heart of Hokkaido with Club Med Kiroro Grand. Set to open on December 1, 2023, the new Club Med resort will be just a five-minute gondola ride from its sister property, highlighting a relatively untouched region that sees the highest average snowfall of 21 metres in Hokkaido and 160 days of winter.
Fashioned as the ultimate snow lover’s getaway, Club Med Kiroro Peak will offer spring skiing through to May alongside night and off-piste skiing with some of the country’s most underrated trails. Kiroro’s natural and largely unexplored landscape is known for its surreal, dreamlike quality, which has been distilled into the resort’s design language with subtle references to the surrounding forest and mountains to iterate the point that this is Club Med’s only mountain resort in Asia.
Natural finishes and Japanese design have informed all 266 guestrooms throughout the family-friendly resort, weaved into a narrative inspired by a fabled journey up the mountainside. Having that sense of theatre to the design will certainly help distinguish Club Med Kiroro Peak, although I’d imagine the most impactful part of any stay would be the setting itself. Direct access to an untouched ski domain compromising 23 courses across the Asari and Nagamine mountains will showcase a part of Japan not many people ever get to see.
If you’re unfamiliar with the Club Med brand, the high-end resort group has carved out a solid reputation for all-inclusive accommodation, so a stay at Club Med Kiroro Peak will also come with group ski and snowboard lessons tailored to any age group and experience. Ski and lift passes are also available to guests as soon as they check in so everything is all ready to go upon arrival.
Club Med Kiroro Grand will also feature Club Med’s first traditional Japanese onsen with a cedar-wood sauna and a hot stone room near a dedicated wellness lounge and several restaurant and bar concepts which are yet to be specified. But again, it’s unlikely you’d want to spend much time indoors given the setting, which is located 40 minutes from Otaru Coastal Town, which means you’re nice and close to the historic Yoichi Distillery and a local fish market in the port city.
Club Med Kioro Grand will open on December 1, 2023. Club Med is currently offering an introductory rate for the resort’s first season, priced at 30% off from AU$2,622 per adult for seven nights with discounts on travel dates from December 1, 2023 to June 14, 2024.
