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Yuzawa / Uonuma

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Naeba Ski Resort

4.0

281 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Mikuni 202

This resort has close to 20 runs served by 13 gondolas and lifts including Dragondola the world’s longest gondola at 5481 meters. Mt. Naeba is a large ski complex that also includes the Kagura Tashiro Ski Resorts that are connected by gondola. The Naeba Prince Hotel is directly adjacent to the resort grounds. It sees many visitors for the ski resort in the winter and the FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL that is held in the summer.

Have stayed here twice - February 2019 & 2020. Easy access from Tokyo (about 80 minutes) via the bullet train then shuttle bus to resort. Great skiing and enjoyed our stay. A big resort, but can be...
Kiyotsu Gorge

4.0

136 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Koide

In 1862, local people built a hot springs bath at Kiyotsu Gorge; in 1941, the Gorge was officially designated a Natural Monument, and in 1949 it was included as part of the newly-established Joshinetsu-Kogen National Park. It is well worth seeing, both for the beauty of the Gorge and for the spectacular columnar joint rock formations. Kiyotsu Gorge is beautiful at any time of year, but visitors should note that the tunnel that gives access to the Gorge is closed between mid-January and late March.

Not very impressive unless you like walking in the dark. The public bus service from Echigo-Yuzawa station will get you to different drop off areas. One drop off is approximately 3 miles from the...
Joetsu Kokusai Ski Area

3.5

172 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Kabanosawa 112-1

This ski area is located on the slopes just outside the JR Joetsu Line’s Joetsu International Skiing Ground Station. The various ski slopes, spanning an area into which 214 Tokyo Domes would fit, range from advanced level courses with a highest gradient of 38 degrees, to slopes which beginners can happily enjoy. There are also two types of half pipes for both skiers and snowboarders to use. Because the ski slope is on the northern side of the mountain, it has abundant snowfall, and skiers can also enjoy the powder snow. Additionally, there are sled-only courses and snow games slopes exclusively for children, so the whole family can have fun.

a wide skiing resort. I went there 3 times for skiing. have different categories for skier. I was also used for international ski championship. close to JR train station. it was wonderful experience.
Maiko Snow Resort

4.0

121 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Maigo 2056-108 Maiko Snow Resort

This all-season resort is just off the Kita-Kanto Expressway’s Shiozawa Ishiuchi Interchange. The ski slope consists of 26 courses in total, the longest of which, is approximately 6,000 meters. There are three different areas, catering to all levels, from children and beginners to advanced level skiers. Visitors can also enjoy using the Snow Scoots and Snow Motos to explore, or to walk around using snow shoes. There are outdoor leisure facilities for auto camping, glamping and barbequing in the summer. Additionally, visitors can enjoy playing with their dogs at the Dog Field. There is a free shuttle bus from Echigo-Yuzawa Station.

it is a wide ski resort. you can not explore whole area in one day. you should go there again to find complete spot for enjoying ski. it is better to have a guide to take you to every corner of area...
Yuzawa Nakazato Snow Resort

4.0

78 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Tsuchidaru 5044-1

This ski area is a five-minute drive from Yuzawa Interchange. The slopes, located 1,000 meters above sea level, are accessed by one of the world’s largest ropeways. The ski area has a great variety of courses for all ability levels. These include the expert-level Aoikeshi Course with its maximum slope of 28 degrees, the wide intermediate-level Kisuge Course, the beginner-level Panorama Course that lets people glide down Mt. Omine at a relaxed pace, and Snow Land. The ski area connects directly to Gala Yuzawa Snow Resort and Ishiuchi Maruyama Ski Resort at the peak, giving guests even more course options. Visitors can also take a bath Komakusa no Yu, the natural hot springs spa located in the cable car’s lower end station.

Smaller ski resort in the area, but a good one for kids and beginners. Even at the very early season, they already have good snow. There were a lot of small kids learning how to ski and snowboard and...
NASPA Ski Garden

4.0

102 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 2117-9

Snowboarding is not allowed at this pure ski resort located a five-minute drive from Yuzawa Interchange. The resort is popular with families with children looking to enjoy skiing at a relaxed paced. Eight well-balanced courses suited for all ability levels are available. Powder lovers are sure to love the ungroomed expert courses. Small children not yet used to snow can play in the snow at the resort’s Kids Garden. A hotel, NASPA New Otani, is located at the base of the resort.

Most definitely a great place for families. It was my birthday and the resort is skiers only. Spacious & convenient as we like going around the snow town.
GALA Yuzawa Ski Resort

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa Chihira 1039-2

This ski resort is directly linked to the GALA Yuzawa Station. The Cheers gondola rises up to the ski slope’s central area, from which point skiers can choose from any of 17 courses. The snow is of high quality, perfect for everyone from beginners to advanced level skiers, and the ski resort is directly linked to the Shinkansen train line, making it even convenient. In addition, a skiing and snowboarding school officially recognized by SAJ/JSBA has been opened, and instructors with a wealth of experience carefully construct lessons according to their students’ levels. The resort also has a full range of facilities, including hot springs, a lounge and a day-care center.
Kiyotsu Valley Tunnel

4.0

40 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Koide

This walking tunnel is in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Tokamachi. It opened as a tourist location in October of 1996 as a place where you can safely see Kiyotsu Gorge, one of Japan's three largest gorges. There are three viewing platforms along the 750-meter long tunnel with a panorama station at the deepest part. Here you can appreciate the country's beautiful natural gorges and columnar jointing topography designated as a National Natural Monument. No matter the season, be it the new sprouting leaves of spring, the verdant greens of summer, the crimson colors of fall, or the fresh snow of winter, lots of tourists come to enjoy the ever-changing beauty of the gorge. The tunnel is closed from mid-January to late March.

越後妻有「大地の芸術祭」の折に訪ねた。清津川を挟んで切りたった岸壁が続く大峡谷「清津峡」、日本三大峡谷の一つに数えられているそうだ。そこに穿たれた遊歩道トンネルがアートスペースになっている。途中に見晴し所や説明パネルに加え、見応えのあるアート作品も展示されているが、圧巻はトンネルの終点となるパノラマステーション。半鏡面仕上げのステンレスがトンネルの壁面天井に貼られ、足元は水が張られて鏡のように外の...
Saifukuji Temple (Kaisando)

4.5

95 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Oura 174

Sekijyozan Saifukuji Temple is a temple opened during the late Muromachi period in 1534. The Kaisando for worshipping images of Kaisan and Dogen Zenji—founder of Soto sect—is famous for its numerous wonderful sculptures, paintings, and lacquerware that can be called great works of Uncho Ishikawa, a famous craftsman from the end of the Shogunate. It is often called “Echigo Nikko” for its similarity to the collection of works at Toshogu in Nikko. About five minutes by car via Koide Interchange on the Kan-etsu Expressway.

石川雲蝶の作品を見に、年配の親と行きました。杖はダメとの事でしたが、お寺の杖を貸してくださいます。開山堂は、本堂から渡り廊下で行きました。外見も独特ですが、内側も凄い迫力ですね、音声ガイドを聞きながら、イスに座って天井の彫刻を鑑賞しました。因みに寝転び禁止です。写真では何やらゴテゴテした感じに見えましたが、実物は、とても生き生きとした景色て魅力的です。技術的に上手なのはもちろんですが...
Mitsumata Roadside Station

4.0

53 Reviews

Transportation

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Mitsumata 1000

Mitsumata Roadside Station, located on National Route 17 in Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma County, Niigata Prefecture, is a charming building based on the style of an inn from the Edo period. There is a traffic information terminal, a rest area, a small farmer’s market, restaurant and shop. The restaurant offers set meals made with local Niigata ingredients, and noodles. Their Kenchin Motsu soup made with Waton Mocha-buta Pork is very popular. There is also a cafe which serves organic home-roasted coffee and pancakes, a shop which sells outdoor goods, a small shop which sells specialty products, and a free foot bath.

小さな道の駅ですが、湯沢のお土産もあり、狭いけど飲食できるスペースもありました。足湯もあり、ソフトクリーム食べながら、足湯に入れます。自家製のおにぎりとかも大きくてめちゃくちゃ美味しそうでした。今回は名物「もつ煮ラーメン」をいただきました。汁までしっかりいただける味で完食。美味しかったです！連れは「からいすけ...
Muikamachi Hakkaisan Ski Resort

4.0

36 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Yamaguchi 1610

This ski resort is located alongside the JR Joetsu line, on Minamiuonuma’s Mt. Hakkai. Placed on a gently sloping mountain ridge, the courses run from the peak to part-way down the mountain, with steep gradients. The ski resort is best known for its intermediate and advanced level slopes, but it does also have courses for beginners. The Mt. Hakkai Ropeway extends from the ridge to the summit of the mountain, at an altitude of 1,147 meters, and on a clear winter’s day, there is a breathtaking panorama all the way from the North Japan Alps to the Sea of Japan. Additionally, a ski school officially recognized by the Ski Association of Japan is held here, with beginners to intermediate skiing and snowboarding lessons.

The skiing resort is located in Minamiuonuma city, Niigata prefecture. It takes around 10 minutes by driving from the station Urasa. You can bring by your own snowboarding and skiing equipment...
Okutadami Maruyama Ski Resort

3.5

25 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Yunotanimogawa Ootori 1317-3

This springtime ski paradise is located on the other side of the Okutadami Silver Line tunnel. Because this area sees heavy snowfall, visitors can enjoy skiing and snowboarding from the start of winter until around Golden Week in spring. (Although the ski area does temporarily close in the case of very heavy snowfall.) The gentle slope from the mountain peak is popular with beginners to intermediate level skiers. The course, which goes through a natural beech forest, is used by cross country runners as well. Visitors can enjoy gliding over the powder snow in the first skiing season of each winter. Ski lessons are by reservation only.

12月最後の土日で行きました。降雪はかなりありましたが重い。新雪に突っ込むとこけます。 12月にスキー場行くことなかったのでこんなものかもですね。山頂のとこが滑りやすかったかも。始業時のリフト待ちは50人ちょい。シルバーラインはトンネルなので意外と快適です一時除雪で封鎖してましたが。
Untouan Temple

4.5

48 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Untou 660

Untouan is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Soto School that is situated in the foothills of Mt. Kinjo, in the Unto district of Minamiuonuma City. It was founded by Uesugi Norizane in the Muromachi period, and rebuilt in 1707. Tradition has it that text from the Lotus Sutra was inscribed on the underside of every flagstone on the path that leads up to the main hall of the temple, so that visitors to the temple who followed this route on their way to worship at the main hall could accumulate merit in the process. The Untouan temple is famous as the place where Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu were educated as boys.

Wow, in the mountains & surrounded by forrest. It could be the movie set and center of a adventures story or just about monks. Huge trees, silent, tranquil. If you like nature and temple, this is the...
Cross 10 Tokamachi Roadside Station

3.5

37 Reviews

Transportation

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Utsunomiya 71-26

The Cross 10 Tokamachi Roadside Station is located next to KINARE, the Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, on National Route 117 in Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture. With free parking and toilet facilities available 24 hours a day, it is a convenient place to stop off for a break on your way home late at night or when returning from a day’s sightseeing. The cafe inside has a number of popular dishes including the local traditional dishes of Noppe and Tsumari soba, as well as Tsumari pork made with the well-known branded pork. The roadside station also has plenty of places to buy some local specialties such as at Echigo-Tsumari Omiyage-kan where visitors can pick up some classic Niigata souvenirs like soba, Koshihikari rice, and sasa dango (dumplings wrapped in bamboo grass).

観光物産館のような施設です。着物、農産物、お土産等が売られています。色々な種類と価格の吊るし雛は、眺めて飽きがきませんでした。奥に食堂もあります。
Joetsu Kokusai Playland

4.0

58 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Kabanosawa 112-1

This water adventure park surrounded by great natural beauty is one of northern Japan's largest. The mountain resort-style park features a number of pools and thrilling attractions like their 150 and 100 meter-long Water Bobsleigh slides, their raging Wild River raft slide, a large pool and a pool for kids. The park also has various attractions you can enjoy without getting wet, such as a merry-go-round and go karts. The park also has foot baths where guests can warm up their cold bodies.

８月の下旬に利用したのですが、晴れていても少し肌寒い。そしてプールの水は冷たい。大プール横のちびっこプールが一番温かく感じました。小さい子向けのちびっこプールが大プール横と、上の遊園地の方と2か所あります。どちらも幼児用の短いスライダーもあるので、ひたすらスライダーで遊ぶ子供たち。スライダーの種類が多いプールだったので子供たちは大満足の様子でした。激流を下るワイルドリバー、子供と一緒に...
Eirinji Temple

4.0

35 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Uonumashi Negoya 1765

Eirinji is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Soto School that is located in the Negoya district of Uonuma City. According to tradition, the famous woodcarver Ishikawa Uncho (Minamoto no Masateru), who was active in the Bakumatsu period and in the early years of the Meiji period, lost a bet with Abbot Enno Bensho the 22nd, and as a result stayed at the Eirinji Temple for 13 years, creating large numbers of carvings for the temple. Today, the Eirinji Temple still has over 100 carvings by Ishikawa Uncho, including ranma (openwork screens), etc., and many people visit the temple for the express purpose of viewing these masterpieces.

お寺に入って、おばさんに入場料を支払い、拝観ガイド兼パンフレット1枚もらう。パンフレットに番号が書いてあり、各自作品と照らし合わせる。みんな上の方を見ながらウロウロと探し歩く。噂の天女を見つけると、目が釘付けになった。何というか、吸い込まれそうなカンジ。のびやかで華やかで、艶めかしい。写真では、「どうかな？」って思っていたが、実物は数倍凄かった。はるばる見に来て良かった
NOU BUTAI (Agrarian Stage) Snow-Land Agrarian Culture Center, Matsudai

4.0

46 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Tokamachishi Matsudai 3743-1

At this comprehensive cultural facility located close to Matsudai Station, visitors can experience Matsudai Snow-Land Agrarian culture and art. In the building, designed by a Dutch architect group, beauty can be felt both indoors and in the outer areas as a single artwork. Inside the hall, you can catch a glimpse the lifestyle of the rural community coexisting with nature as well as an artist space. The satoyama slopes surrounding the museum act as a large field museum, and a number of works by famous artists such as Yayoi Kusama’s “Tsumari in Bloom” are always on display.

Matsudai Nohbutai in one of the two places in the art field area that is neara train station. Other than a Yayoi Kusama piece just outside Matsudai station and a piece in the side of the rice fields...
Hakkaisan Ropeway

4.0

29 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumashi Yamaguchi 1610

This ropeway can be found at Muikamachi Hakkaisan Ski Resort, approximately 20 minutes by car from the Kan-etsu Expressway's Muikamachi Interchange. Its charm lies in the 360-degree panoramic view from the gondola. Especially in the fall, it is a well-known sightseeing spot for people wanting to see the autumn leaves, which cover the whole mountainside. The ropeway stretches from the station at the foot of the mountain at an elevation of 376 meters, to the mountain peak station at 1,147 meters. In the mountain climbing season, it is also possible to climb to the peak of Mt. Hakkai, one of Echigo's three peaks.

１1月５日に行きました。昨日の寒波で頂上駅は１５センチほど雪が残り、おかげで紅葉と雪が一緒に見られラッキーでした。なお、車椅子でもゴンドラには問題なく乗れますが、駅構内の平な場所しか移動はできません。
Yuzawa Kogen Ski Area

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Yuzawa 490

This ski resort is located approximately five kilometers from the Kan-etsu Expressway’s Yuzawa Interchange. Forest Adventure activities and kayaking can be enjoyed here in the summer. The slopes’ difference in height is 244 meters, with the highest gradient being 32 degrees and the longest skiing distance 2,000 meters, there are courses suitable for everyone from beginners to advanced level skiers. There are also “mock” courses such as the Mogul course, where you can just glide at your own pace to learn the required actions and new skiers can enjoy learning how to ski before they know it. There is a free shuttle bus from the JR Echigo-Yuzawa Station’s west exit.

湯沢高原スキー場に来た時は必ず。１２時からなので朝１番からスキー１２時には終わりにして空いている時入ります。
Naeba Onsen Yukisasa no Yu

4.0

24 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Nigata Pref. Minamiuonumagunyuzawamachi Mikuni 355

This hot spring facility is located along the Mikuni Highway in Mikuni, Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma County. The natural spring water contains a lot of iron, and changes the water to a cloudy brown color when exposed to air. In the winter, both outdoor baths and indoor baths are available, where visitors can enjoy the snow, as well as a cafeteria, rest space and private rooms. Additionally, there are footbaths located outside the facility, as well as special pet footbaths which can be used (except in the winter) free of charge.

大人１人９００円フロントは外国人女性でしたお湯は濁った鉄分の多そうないいお湯かけ流しで綺麗気になったのは脱衣場や内風呂の壁に「大声出すな！」とか、各コンセントに「充電禁止」とやたら張り紙があることそこは「黙浴でお願いします」とか「お静かにお願いします」とかではないのか充電禁止なら「〇〇で充電できます」というのも付け足さないと上からの態度が文に表れていて見ていて気分良くない休...

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Niigata Areas

Found along the northwestern coast of Japan, Niigata prefecture is celebrated for its high-quality rice and breathtaking nature, most notably its spectacular mountains, whose white peaks draw in snow sports lovers from far and wide over the winter months. Hit the slopes at Yuzawa, pick out your favourite modern artist at Echigo Tsumari, or take a ferry over to Sado Island for an extra adventure.