No stranger to construction booms in its vibrant history, Hirafu is seeing a number of sites under construction this year as crews take advantage of the green season to get development projects underway. Some of the accommodation being constructed this summer will be on line in time for the coming winter, but it looks like the bulk of new beds in town won’t come to market until next winter. The turn over of real estate, and redevelopment of sites in the Hirafu area over the past 10 years has surely been impressive, despite a few hurtles along the way that developers active in the area managed to weather and overcome.