A wide, gentle Myoko mountain with a well-regarded terrain park — often the Myoko Valley's best family choice.
Runs
21
Vertical
740m
Summit
1500m
Base 760m
Region
Niigata
Popular
Best season Mid-December to early April
Why Myoko Ikenotaira
A wide, gentle Myoko mountain with a well-regarded terrain park — often the Myoko Valley's best family choice.
Wide slopes and terrain park
Plan your trip
Ikenotaira sits in the middle of the Myoko cluster — wide groomed runs, the biggest terrain park in the area, family-friendly base village. Joetsumyoko Shinkansen + 25-min shuttle.
Trains, shuttles, and rentals from the airport.
Myoko Shuttle paid coach — ~25 min to Ikenotaira base, ¥1,500 one-way, reservation required.
Hand-picked stays across the resort's two zones.
Ikenotaira Resort Hotel sits at the lift base; smaller pensions and lodges line the access road. Quieter than Akakura Onsen.
Pass, lessons, gear, and guides for powder days.
Adult 1-day ¥5,300. The Myoko Joint Pass at ¥6,500 adds Akakura Onsen, Akakura Kanko, and Suginohara — better value for 2+ days.
Terrain in detail
MellowCruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination. Difficulty, powder character, and the stats that matter on the mountain itself.
Hardcore index
20
Cruisey terrain — fine for advanced skiers as a rest day, not a destination.
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.
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m
per season
Snowfall data not published — frequency is the regional baseline.
Expert runs
2 of 21
Estimated from advanced terrain split.
Vertical drop
740m
Solid sustained pitch.
Steepest pitch
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Pitch not published.
Backcountry gates
None
In-bounds skiing only.
Tree skiing
Limited
Mostly groomed terrain.
Moguls
Few
Mostly cord and powder.
Best for
Terrain & features
Photo: 禁樹なずな / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Getting there
Nearest airport, train and bus options, and what the drive looks like in winter conditions.
From airport
Approximately 2 hours from Toyama Airport
Train / bus
Shuttle from JR Myoko-Kogen Station Approximately 2 hours from Toyama Airport
Overview
Shuttle from JR Myoko-Kogen Station
From airport
Approximately 2 hours from Toyama Airport
Live conditions
Off-seasonThe mountain is resting.
Next season
Opens late November
Current temp 9°C, wind 11 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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