ROUTES

Getting around Japan

Make the journey back and forth and the time spent there a single flow. You can choose from guides for each area.

Access to Appi Kogen

To Iwate's winter base.

Access to Niseko United

There are four resorts on the slopes overlooking Mt. Yotei. Depending on the area you stay in, the way you ski and the fun you have at night will change.

Hokkaido

Access to Furano Ski Area

Slopes overlooking the Furano basin. After skiing, head to hotel onsen or a meal in town.

Hokkaido

Access to Hoshino Resorts Tomamu Ski Resort

A forest resort where skiing, hotels and dining can be planned together, including for a family snow holiday.

Aomori Prefecture

Access to Hakkoda

Ride the ropeway into a winter landscape of snow-covered trees, then spend time in the nearby hot springs.

Iwate prefecture

Access to Geto Kogen Ski Resort

Deep snow in Iwate, with a choice of staying on the mountain or travelling from Kitakami.

Akita Prefecture

Access to Tazawako Ski Resort

Ski with Lake Tazawa below, then explore Mizusawa Onsen or the hot springs of Nyuto.

Yamagata Prefecture

Access to Zao Onsen Ski Resort

Ride up towards the winter trees, then return to the hot-spring town for the evening.

Miyagi prefecture

Access to Miyagi Zao Sumikawa Snow Park

Ski the Miyagi side of Zao or take a snowcat to see winter trees, with Togatta Onsen as a place to stay.

Fukushima prefecture

Access to Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Mountain

Two sides of one mountain resort. Choose your entrance and accommodation before planning the day’s route.

Fukushima prefecture

Access to Grandeco Snow Resort

Woodland slopes in Urabandai, with nearby hotels and hot springs for a stay of several days.

Niigata Prefecture

Access to GALA Yuzawa

Step off the Shinkansen into the ski centre, for a day trip or a weekend with Yuzawa’s hot springs.

Niigata Prefecture

Access to Kagura Ski Resort

Three areas: Mitsumata, Kagura, and Tashiro. Together, choose the ski area you want to depart from and the place you'll stay.

Niigata Prefecture

Access to Naeba Ski Resort

Hotels face the slopes at Naeba, making room breaks part of a day on the mountain.

Niigata Prefecture

Access to Arai Mountain Resort

Ski Mount Okenashi, with hotels and hot springs below for evenings and days away from the slopes.

Nagano Prefecture

Access to Shiga Kogen

A network of ski areas across the highlands. Where you stay shapes how much of the mountain you can enjoy.

Nagano Prefecture

Hakuba / Access to Hakuba Valley

A group of ski areas facing the Northern Alps. Choose a hotel by the mountain you want to ski and the village where you want to have dinner.

Nagano Prefecture

Access to Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort

An onsen town spreading below the ski area. After skiing, walk the village for the public baths and dinner.

Furano Zone and Shin Furano Prince Hotel in winter; this is not a panorama of Kitanomine.

Hokkaido

JAPAN SNOW GUIDE

Furano Ski Resort

Slopes overlooking the Furano basin. After skiing, head to hotel onsen or a meal in town.

Akita Prefecture

JAPAN SNOW GUIDE

Tazawako Ski Resort

Ski with Lake Tazawa below, then explore Mizusawa Onsen or the hot springs of Nyuto.

A skier on fresh snow at Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort.

Nagano Prefecture

JAPAN SNOW GUIDE

Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort

An onsen town spreading below the ski area. After skiing, walk the village for the public baths and dinner.

CONTINUE YOUR JOURNEY

Continue exploring this area

Area reference photograph: winter scenery in northern Nozawa Onsen village and the slopes to the east. Ogama itself is not pictured.

Area reference photograph; not the featured property

ATTRACTION

Oogama

Beyond the steam, the village kitchen. Visit Ogama to see how hot-spring water is woven into daily life.

STAY

FENIX Furano

Stay near the Kitanomine Gondola and choose a room that fits your party.

Elsewhere in Furano: Ningle Terrace at dusk, with shop lights along a forest boardwalk and lingering snow. This is not the Cheese Factory.

Area reference photograph; not the featured property

ATTRACTION

Furano Cheese Factory

Add Furano's dairy to a snow trip.

FOOD

Café Mori no Tokei

From a day of skiing to a café in the forest.

ATTRACTION

Ningle Terrace

Wander small log cabins and touch forest craftwork.

ONSEN

Shisai-no-Yu

The hot spring at Shin Furano Prince Hotel. If staying in Kitanomine or town, arrange the journey home as well. The photograph shows autumn foliage, not winter scenery.