PREFECTURE / JAPAN
Explore Niigata
Discover Niigata through its ski areas, places to stay and nearby experiences.
Niigata Prefecture↗GALA Yuzawa
Step off the Shinkansen into the ski centre, for a day trip or a weekend with Yuzawa’s hot springs.
Niigata Prefecture↗Kagura Ski Resort
Mitsumata, Kagura and Tashiro: choose your ropeway entrance and where to stay as one plan.
Niigata Prefecture↗Naeba Ski Resort
Hotels face the slopes at Naeba, making room breaks part of a day on the mountain.
Niigata Prefecture↗Arai Mountain Resort
Ski Mount Okenashi, with hotels and hot springs below for evenings and days away from the slopes.
Where to stay
ART HOTEL Joetsu
Stay in Takada and make an evening in town part of the trip.
LOTTE ARAI RESORT
Stay beside the mountain and come back to the hot springs.
Naeba Prince Hotel
Consecutive days skiing Naeba, with time for hotel meals and bathing.
Naeba Springs Hotel
Stay with friends and head out into the snow.
View Resort Inn Tomiya
A familiar Naeba inn, with the slopes close by.
NASPA New Otani
Family skiing, hotel meals and hot-spring time in one stay.
Hotel Route-Inn Myoko Arai
A town base for a ski trip by car.
Yukiguni no Yado Takahan
Stay after skiing for hot springs, meals and literary history.
Yuzawa Grand Hotel
A rail-based stay with time for hotel baths and meals.
Onsen
Hoshizora Onsen
Time to warm up in the ski area.
Kaido no Yu
After skiing at Mitsumata, unwind in the outdoor rock bath. Pair Kaido no Yu with a stop at the roadside station.
Komako no Yu
A public bath named for the heroine of Snow Country. Make Komako no Yu part of a walk through the onsen town.
Naeba Onsen Yukisasa no Yu
Enjoy the brown hot water both indoors and outdoors. On the way back from Naeba, we stop at a hot spring fed directly from the source.
Food and evenings
Bar Ruri
Enjoy the night in the mountains.
Café＆Bar HAU′OLI
Another drink at the end of the day.
Restaurant Alm
Enjoy a relaxing lunch break by Tashiro's window. Restaurant Alm overlooking the slopes.
Japanese Restaurant Asahi
Niigata food and a quiet dinner.
THE PLATE
Gather around the dining table at the resort.
Restaurant Kiyotsu
Enjoy the blessings of Niigata at your mountain table.
Canadian Dining Whistler Café
Take a break at the dome in the ski area.
Nakanoya Yuzawa Main Shop
Everyone gathers around the soba noodles lined up in Hegi. Uonuma food to enjoy until the train home.
Café & Restaurant Snowman
Take a break by the window at Mitsumata.
Yukinto
Try Minami Uonuma rice at Echigo-Yuzawa Station. Yukinto’s substantial bakudan rice balls make a meal before the train home.
Places to explore
Area reference photograph; not the featured propertyArai Zip Tour
Views of the mountains from the sky.
Ponshukan Echigo-Yuzawa
Niigata rice, sake and gifts at Echigo-Yuzawa Station. Plan food and shopping with children separately from the tasting room for adults aged 20 and over.
Area reference photograph; not the featured propertyTakada Castle Site Park
In between runs, learn about the history of the castle town.