Best Skiing & Snowboarding Spot List

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.

Tomorrow, we will offer you great snow. Only about two hours from Tokyo, you will find powder snow of Hokkaido quality at our fashionable and pleasant resort.

100 minutes from Tokyo and 3km from the Minakami interchange on the Kanetsu highway! Late night skiing and free parking everday! !

The large scale ski area! High quality snow and the rich variation of trails are amongst the many attractions.

Combination of intricate terrains and open slopes provides wide varieties of medium to advanced gradient slopes.

Our pride is the outstanding quality of the snow at an altitude of over 2,100m and the quality of the Kusatsu Onsen spa water. The 8km long trail from the top is fantastic!

Let's go to an inspirational place!

This year to let's ski all out on the exhilarating slopes, glittering with romance, that can be seen from the expressway!

Pleasant slopes, directly connected to Route 153. The trails which make the most of high quality snow and natural surroundings of Minami-Shinshu are popular with beginners, intermediate level skiers and snow boarders and families.

Superb access!! A ski area close to the Takasu interchange. The efficient trail layout is designed to provide fulfilling skiing and snow boarding for all levels of experience.

Enjoy supreme powder snow by staying at the base hotel at the bottom of the mountain! You can enjoy the world's top skiing on the finest powder snow between trees in the woods of the back-country areas that are designed for experts, under your own responsibility.

Enjoy wide trails on the 8.5km long run.

50 minutes from Kyoto. Fine trails with superb views looking down on lake Biwako.

Enjoy the refreshing experience of skiing at night on powder snow.

It locates in Kitashiga, Nagano, and abundant of natural snow falls. This ski resort is the combination of 2 ski resorts which creates one big snow resort that covers 97ha land and equips 24 slopes and 8 lifts.

A gondora directly takes you up to the summit. Anyone from beginners to experts can enjoy the slopes! Facilities are fully loaded such as featuring Onsen hot springs and accommodations.

This is the only ski resort in Japan which is directly connected with a highway. It is connected with the Sakudaira parking area on the Joshinetsu expressway providing outstanding access from Nerima IC at just 150km!

Smile x Smile = Oze Iwakura

Easy access in only 15 minutes from the expressway interchange! The ski resort for families with 3 different theme lands.

The snow paradise where you can enjoy both skiing and snowboarding. Take a break in the hot spring baths only 5 minutes away by car.