Snow

Every ski area within reach of the house, drawn to scale. Bar height is real vertical drop.

200 Chateraise Ski Valley Koumi

400 Saku Ski Garden Parada

450 Fujimi Kogen Ski Resort

155 Chateraise Ski Valley Nobeyama

250 Yachiho Kogen Ski Resort

250 Yatsugatake Kogen Ski Area

250 Eight Peaks Resort

780 Fujimi Panorama Resort

550 Sunmeadows Kiyosato

355 Kurumayama SKYPARK

300 Takamine Mountain Park

466 Pilatus Tateshina

Vertical drop, metres

We ski Kurumayama and Pilatus Tateshina on the Christmas week.

Snow out the front door.

And then there is Hakuba.

World-class, and the most internationally famous skiing in Japan — which is exactly the problem in peak season.

1071 m · 1831 m