PREFECTURE / JAPAN
Explore Nagano
Discover Nagano through its ski areas, places to stay and nearby experiences.
Nagano Prefecture↗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 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↗Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort
An onsen town spreading below the ski area. After skiing, walk the village for the public baths and dinner.
Where to stay
Courtyard by Marriott Hakuba
Stay in Misorano and explore different ski areas. Compare Japanese-Western rooms with private-onsen rooms for a longer Hakuba trip.
Hotel La Neige
A stay among Wadano’s trees, with time for skiing and a good dinner. Choose the room and the evening together.
Hakuba Tokyu Hotel
Ski Happo-one, then return to an onsen and dinner in Wadano. A hotel for evenings that feel as considered as the skiing.
Kumanoyu Hotel
Ski Kumanoyu, then leave the evening for its green hot-spring water.
Kawaichiya Ryokan
Two springs at Kawaichiya, with a choice of Shinano-tei rooms with onsen baths or standard rooms. Check dinner inclusions separately from the room category.
Ryokan Sakaya
Make time for a village bathhouse after skiing. Choose Sakaya’s communal and reservable private baths separately from your room’s bathroom facilities.
Haus St. Anton
Stay on Oyu-dori for timber-filled rooms and village food. Plan dinner and the walk to Yu Road, and check the communal-bath renovation before booking.
Okushiga Kogen Hotel
Ski Okushiga and save the evening for dinner and the fireplace.
Shiga Kogen Prince Hotel
Choose the building first, then plan your Yakebitaiyama mornings.
Onsen
Happo-no-Yu
A bath after Happo-one. Plan the walk, your change of clothes and the journey home.
Furusato no Yu
A shower, indoor baths and time in the open air. Choose Furusato-no-yu for a well-equipped day-use bathing stop.
Soto-yu: Oyu
Start with the village’s wooden bathhouse. Oyu is a window into Nozawa Onsen’s everyday bathing traditions.
Shibu Onsen No. 9: Oyu
Visit Oyu, Shibu Onsen’s ninth public bath. Day visitors need a bathing ticket and an arranged door unlock; the nine-bath tour is reserved for guests staying in the town.
Food and evenings
Hakuba Tap Room
Dinner and a beer at Hakuba Panorama Hotel. Burgers and lasagne for an evening after skiing.
HAKUBA BEER GARAGE
A brewery meal beside Tsugaike’s slopes. Craft beer, handmade sausages and a planned ride back.
Sounds Like Cafe
Burgers and coffee in Echoland. A lunch stop for a rest day or a shorter day on snow.
Panorama House Buna
A window-side lunch on Kamino-taira. Settle at a table for spicy mushroom curry between runs.
Soba-dokoro Daimon
Soba and freshly fried tempura between village walks. Stop at Daimon for a meal before or after the public baths.
French Restaurant Gendai
Follow a day on Okushiga’s slopes with French dinner at the hotel. Reserve your table and plan the journey home.
Yokoteyama Summit Hütte
Take a break and enjoy bread at the top of Yokoteyama. Decide on your lunch schedule based on the winter lift and return route.
Places to explore
Area reference photograph; not the featured propertyHakuba Ski Jump Stadium
Look up at an Olympic venue.
Jigokudani Monkey Park
A winter walk to watch wild Japanese macaques in Jigokudani. Plan the path to the park and check admission before you go.
Area reference photograph; not the featured propertyOogama
Beyond the steam, the village kitchen. Visit Ogama to see how hot-spring water is woven into daily life.