Famous for its natural mogul runs — the FWQ contest mountain — plus long groomers down to the Hakkaisan brewery at the base.
Runs
16
Vertical
792m
Summit
1147m
Base 355m
Annual snow
10m+/season
Popular
Best season Late December to mid-March
Why Hakkaisan Ski Resort
Famous for its natural mogul runs — the FWQ contest mountain — plus long groomers down to the Hakkaisan brewery at the base.
Famous mogul course
Plan your trip
Hakkaisan is the local powder secret of Niigata — famous for its mogul course on the Kuradashi run, big-mountain feel, and the Tashiro Ropeway lifting you to the top. Echigo-Yuzawa Shinkansen + 25-min car/bus to the base.
Hand-picked stays across the resort's two zones.
Stay in Muikamachi onsen town (15 min from the lifts) for hot-spring inns, or use Echigo-Yuzawa town as a wider base for the Yuzawa cluster.
Terrain in detail
BalancedMixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
50
Mixed terrain — solid intermediate base with sharper lines for advanced skiers.
From terrain split, run profile, vertical drop, expert features.
Powder profile
Sea-of-Japan storm cycles — deep, heavier snow.
Heavier, frequent storm cycles — deep refills, denser snow.
10
m+
per season
Frequent deep days through midwinter
Expert runs
4 of 16
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
792m
Solid sustained pitch.
Steepest pitch
—
Pitch not published.
Backcountry gates
None
In-bounds skiing only.
Tree skiing
Limited
Mostly groomed terrain.
Moguls
Yes
Bumps a regular feature.
Best for
Terrain & features
Photo: Ski Mania / Public domain · Source
Getting there
Nearest airport, train and bus options, and what the drive looks like in winter conditions.
From airport
2 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo
Train / bus
Shuttle from JR Urasa or JR Muikamachi stations 2 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo
Overview
Shuttle from JR Urasa or JR Muikamachi stations
From airport
2 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 18°C, wind 7 km/h. We’ll resume the daily report once snowfall picks up.
Forecast data via Open-Meteo. Refreshes hourly. Always verify with the resort before driving up.
Nearby resorts
More resorts in Niigata
destination resort
Home of the Dragondola — at 5.5km the world's longest gondola, linking Naeba to Kagura. The Prince Hotel anchors a full Niigata ski town.
powder-focused
Niigata's high-altitude powder magnet — base elevation above 1,200m means season lasts into Golden Week, and gate-managed backcountry is easy to access from the top.
day trip
The only resort in Japan with a Shinkansen station at the lift base — you can literally ski in a suit on your lunch break. Beginner-heavy, famously accessible.
day trip
Yuzawa's most walkable resort — the NASPA hotel sits on the slope, the Shinkansen station is a short shuttle away, and the runs are firmly beginner–intermediate.
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