Kagura Ski Resort

A resort spanning Mitsumata, Kagura and Tashiro. Ropeways carry visitors up from the entrances, so choose where you will arrive before planning transfers around the mountain.

Published figures describe the scope noted below. Check today’s open terrain and lift status with the resort.

6,000 m is the longest linked descent; 27,690 m is the total length of all runs. Ropeway travel is part of the return to the base and is separate from skiing distance.

Courses

30

Longest descent

6.0 km

Total run length

27.69 km

Kagura Ski Resort: run lengths

Longest linked descent

6,000 m · Published whole-resort figure

Total run length

27,690 m · Combined length of all 30 runs

For an Echigo-Yuzawa stay, decide whether to use Mitsumata or Tashiro and arrange the return journey first. The hotels below are not connected to the ropeways. Station pickup does not necessarily include ski-resort transport: check dates, meeting points and the last service separately.

Echigo-Yuzawa Station / onsen town

Yuzawa Grand Hotel

A rail-based stay with time for hotel baths and meals.

Base

Echigo-Yuzawa Station / onsen town

Slope access

GALA, Kagura and Naeba each require a journey; none is directly connected.

Rooms

Check the room name, party size, bedding and meals. An open-air bath requires the specified room category.

Baths & facilities

Communal baths, paid telephone-booked private baths and rooms with open-air baths are separate choices.

Winter transport

Official estimate: two minutes on foot, with a steep slope. Call for station pickup after arrival; no advance reservation required.

Station pickup is separate from ski-area transfers. Check private-bath slots and the room-and-meal offer before booking.

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Echigo-Yuzawa hillside

Yukiguni no Yado Takahan

Stay after skiing for hot springs, meals and literary history.

Base

Echigo-Yuzawa hillside

Slope access

Transfers are described for GALA Yuzawa and Yuzawa Kogen. Confirm this winter’s date, time and drop-off point.

Rooms

Distinguish Japanese-style rooms from Ginrei rooms with open-air baths; match bedding, party size and meals to your offer.

Baths & facilities

Communal baths differ from room bathrooms. Day bathing is currently closed; communal outdoor baths use winter circulation and heating.

Winter transport

Train-arriving overnight guests call after reaching the station. Meet near the west-exit taxi rank; no advance pickup-time bookings.

Kasumi no Ma is for overnight guests only. Discuss steps and stairs on routes to rooms, dining and baths.

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Echigo-Yuzawa / NASPA

NASPA New Otani

Family skiing, hotel meals and hot-spring time in one stay.

Base

Echigo-Yuzawa / NASPA

Slope access

NASPA is for skiers only; snowboarding is prohibited. GALA requires a separate journey.

Rooms

Cots for under-ones and fall-prevention bed guards are different items. Both are limited and unavailable in Japanese-style rooms; ask when booking.

Baths & facilities

Pool: age three or over, out of nappies; primary-school children and younger need a guardian. Bathing rules are separate.

Winter transport

The overnight-guest station shuttle differs from inter-resort transport. Consider a shuttle or taxi for the uphill road.

Winter shuttle dates and times are unverified. Check child bedding, meals and bath/pool charges against your offer.

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The restaurants below are around Echigo-Yuzawa Station. Choose a mountain lunch around open venues and your ski route; for town dining, allow for the ropeway descent and the journey back to the station.

The linked restaurant guide still shows 2025–26 rates and periods. Operating venues and menus for 2026–27 are unverified here; check the latest announcements.

01 / FOOD

Nakanoya Yuzawa Main Shop

Everyone gathers around the soba noodles lined up in Hegi. Uonuma food to enjoy until the train home.

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02 / FOOD

Yukinto

Try Minami Uonuma rice at Echigo-Yuzawa Station. Yukinto’s substantial bakudan rice balls make a meal before the train home.

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Kaido-no-yu is in Mitsumata; Komako-no-yu is in Yuzawa’s onsen town. Check the onward journey after the ropeway, final bath admission and transport available after bathing.

01 / ONSEN

Kaido no Yu

After skiing at Mitsumata, unwind in the outdoor rock bath. Pair Kaido no Yu with a stop at the roadside station.

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02 / ONSEN

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.

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Ponshukan is at Echigo-Yuzawa Station, not on Kagura’s slopes. Leave time for rice, sake and gifts on your return-train day or a day off skiing.

01 / ATTRACTION

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.

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From Echigo-Yuzawa Station’s east exit, choose Mitsumata Ropeway or Tashiro Ropeway before arranging transport. Allow additional time after reaching the entrance for ropeways, lifts and transfers before skiing.

The bus timetable linked by the official access page is for 2025–26. Services, journey times and last departures for 2026–27 are not verified in this update. Check that connecting terrain can take you back to your entrance; a gondola connection towards Naeba is not a replacement for a road bus.

• Check the day’s open runs, lift operation and weather with the resort.
• Choose runs and a return route suited to everyone’s ability.
• Confirm lesson meeting points, rental pickup and the final transport home.