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There are over 450 operating ski areas in Japan. They can be found across the country's mountainous regions, from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. About half are located in three prefectures - Hokkaido, Nagano and Niigata. Japan's ski areas range from huge interconnected resorts with modern facilities to very small local ski hills. SnowJapan introduces them in detail and offers various ways to discover them.
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SnowJapan publishes exclusive daily snow and weather reports from popular snow regions of Japan in the winter season. Our reports are 100% independent and hype-free. Each section includes detailed data, snowfall analysis and archives.
This guide looks back at how skiing was introduced to Japan, ski resort development over the years, various boom periods, the introduction of snowboarding and the growth of inbound tourism.
Some parts of Japan's ski experience are somewhat different from the experience in other countries. This guide introduces aspects of what to expect when skiing and snowboarding in Japan.
An introduction to getting around Japan by public transport and car, as well as various region-specific travel guide information.
There are ski areas in 31 of the 47 prefectures of Japan. This section looks at each prefecture, including introductions to the popular skiing regions, basic statistics and data.
In this section, we offer a visual way to discover the ski areas of Japan through interactive graphs covering the whole of Japan and individual prefectures.
Over the decades, there have been over 800 individual ski areas in Japan. Many old ski areas are no longer with us, but we believe they should be remembered.
