Best Visiting Spot List

100% powder snow and a long season from the beginning of season to spring skiing.

The Hakone Ropeway operates for about 4km from Tougendai station, facing Lake Ashi via Ubako and Owakudani stations, to Sounzan station. Opened in 1959, currently over 2 million people ride it each year. On the route going through Hakone mountains, you can view the nature which changes by seasons, such as cherry blossoms, azaleas, hydrangeas, and red and yellow leaves, as well as allowing you to view Mount Fuji in the distance on a sunny day. From Sounzan Station, the terminal station, you can change trains to Hakone Tozan cable cars and go to Gora Onsen (hot springs) and further down to the Hakone Open-Air Museum by Hakone Tozan Railway.

Hibiya Park is Japan's first modern, Western-style park with a large symbolic fountain. It provides an oasis for the business people who work in the Ginza or Kasumigaseki business districts.

Built in the Gongen-zukuri style, this shrine was founded by the lord of the Kishu domain, Yorinobu Tokugawa, in 1621 to enshrine his father Ieyasu. Similar to Nikko Tosho-gu Shrine, the magnificent shrine pavilion is surrounded by sculptures by Jingoro Hidari and wall paintings by Tanyu Kano. Seven shrine structures including the Haiden, the Honden, and the vermillion Romon Gate, are designated as national Important Cultural Properties. At the shrine, Mikoshitogyo, which is one of the great festivals called Wakamatsuri, takes place where men carry mikoshi (portable shrine carried in festivals) and courageously descend 108 steps, followed by a parade of 1,000 people.

Strong Chinese influence, rare in Kitano

A good old-fashioned shopping district with 70 older shops and a shitamachi (downtown) atmosphere.

Pick up your items at the airport counter upon arrival in Japan.

Boasting impressive amounts of snow on the slopes, and one of the largest freeriding zones in Japan, this legendary resort has reopened for the first time in 11 years!

This is a cable-stayed bridge over the Sumida River. Its 32 cables stage the presence of this beautiful bridge.

A convenient gateway to Shizuoka’s nature and cuisine, with close-up views of Mt. Fuji.

Impressive snow at an altitude of 2,000m!

Nippon Camera Hakubutsu-kan or the JCII Camera Museum is a museum operated by the Japan Camera Industry Institute, and you can have fun learning and familiarizing yourself with cameras by looking at and touching cameras. There are more than 300 cameras on display.

The former Wada residence―Kurosuke no ie― is a traditional folk house built over 100 years ago.

Enjoy Fireworks from the Banks of the Arakawa River

Main priests' residence of Senso-ji complex where the Three Buddha Statues of Amitabha are enshrined. The temple also houses ancestral tablets of Tokugawa Shoguns.

Excellent access from Minakami IC on the Kanetsu Expressway at only 7km! Everyone from beginners to experts can enjoy.

This is a historically valuable temple that has National Treasures within its magnificent scenery that makes good use of nature. Zazen seated meditation meetings are held on weekends.

A Fire Festival that Marks the End of Summer

It is guaranteed that beginners and mid level skiers will be satisfied with the slopes. 80% of courses are gentle or mid-level slopes and wide.

Only 30 minutes from Sapporo so ease of access is outstanding! SNOW CRUISE ONZE is open everyday from 9：00 to 23：00 (with the exception of the early season opening period)