Kobuchizawa · Yatsugatake
Dec — Mar
Your base · Kobuchizawa
A resort hotel, ten minutes from the station.
Grand Mercure Yatsugatake Resort & Spa, four stars, about ten minutes by car from Kobuchizawa.
Snow out the front door.
About 35 min by car Châteraisé Ski Valley Nobeyama
Wide, quiet beginner terrain at high altitude, so the snow holds well into the season.
About 25 min by car Sun Meadows Kiyosato
The one for non-skiers. A sightseeing lift runs to the 1,900 m view terrace in ten minutes.
A coach is on the snow every ski day, whatever the level.
The hours that are not on snow still count.
Getting in
Shinjuku to the hotel, one train and a car.
Limited Express Azusa runs direct from Shinjuku to Kobuchizawa in about one hour fifty-five.
Getting out
On to Kyoto, if you want it.
Car to Shizuoka in about two and a half hours, then the Shinkansen to Kyoto in one hour fifteen.
Add on
A separate day at Fuji.
Lake Kawaguchiko is about an hour and twenty by car.
The season is open.
Tell us how many are travelling and how many want to ski.
DM us “SNOW”