Best Sports Spot List

With plenty of equipment available to rent, you do not need to take anything with you when visiting. Easy access—just 10 minutes from JR Muikamachi Station by the free bus, or 5 minutes by car from the Kan-Etsu Muikamachi Interchange.

For absolute beginners there's an 'easy belt' lift and 'easy lessons' A family ski resort with close access from the city and car park next to the slopes.

NASPA Ski Garden is a skiers-only ski resort suitable for families and beginners as well as intermediate skiers looking for some ungroomed snow and mogul challenges.

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!

Delicious food. Fun time. Value for money. Visit Maiko at least once a season.

3.2km of gondolas, 4.5km of powder snow trails through frost covered forests.

The snow park where you can take your grandchildren. Lots of snow activities. Fun for all the family!

The summit has a very wide open space that will get you addicted once you experience it. There is also a refreshing wooded run. The ticket covers Sky Valley as well.

Niseko HANAZONO Resort is an enjoyable destination for families and advanced skiers with plenty of great experiences to enjoy.

Feel safe and have peace of mind on the only skier exclusive ski resort in the Kanto region.

Only 40 minutes by car from Sendai city center so this is the ski resort where you can go skiing on the spur of the moment. The night ski trail with beautiful night views is a popular place for a date.

A fantasyland of snow and ice: this ski area sports an ”Ice Village.”

Hayashi-han, Azumayama Kokuyurin194, Wakamiya, Inawashiro-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima-ken

A new ski resort, the first to newly open in the past 14 years. This is a facility not only for skiing but also for enjoying a stay.

The mecca of alpine board and ski competitions located 21Km (30minutes) from Youkahyonosen IC on the KitaKinki-Toyooka Expressway

One of the biggest ski resorts in Western Japan. The number of courses, open hours, and all aspects are outstanding! Purchasing a common ski pass with a neighbor ski resort "Takasu SP" makes your skiing availability bigger!

It has good access and takes only about 2 hours from Osaka. Slopes are compact but you never get tired with the course designs.

Every Tuesday is free ladies' day this season!

For all the hard-core winter sports fans! Enjoy the ultra-powder “Microfine Snow,” and steep, compacted icy roads and parks.

Hakuba Goryu Ski Resort, at the 'entrance of Hakuba', is in a superb location were the northern Alps appear right in front of you!