Japan Lift Ticket Prices for 2026/27: What a Day Costs at Twelve Big Resorts, and the Weeks It Costs Half
We checked the 2026/27 adult day ticket on each resort's own site. At the window it runs from ¥7,000 at Akakura Kanko to ¥16,700 at Rusutsu. Buying online saves up to ¥3,500, and the first and last weeks of the season cost up to half. For those cheap spring weeks, we add which way each resort's slopes face.
Lift tickets for the 2026/27 winter are on sale at most of Japan’s big resorts. We checked the adult one-day price on each resort’s own website on 15 September 2026. Prices can change during the season, so confirm with the resort before you buy. The same prices, with a link to each resort’s price page, are on our lift tickets page.
A day at the window: ¥7,000 to ¥16,700
| Resort | Adult day, main season (window) | Online |
|---|---|---|
| Rusutsu | ¥16,700 | ¥13,200 |
| Niseko United (All Mountain) | ¥13,500 peak, ¥12,600 regular | — |
| Hakuba Valley (all-mountain ticket) | ¥11,100 | — |
| Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 (shared ticket) | ¥10,000 | ¥9,500 |
| Hakuba Happo-One | ¥9,800 | — |
| Tsugaike | ¥9,800 | — |
| Shiga Kogen (all areas) | ¥9,500 | ¥8,500 |
| Sahoro | ¥9,300 | — |
| Kiroro | ¥9,200 | up to 5% off |
| Zao Onsen (all areas) | ¥9,000 peak, ¥8,000 regular | — |
| Nozawa Onsen | ¥7,800 | — |
| Akakura Kanko | ¥7,000 | — |
”—” means we did not find a separate online price on the resort’s price page.
Rusutsu is the most expensive of the twelve by a distance, ¥3,200 more than Niseko at its peak. Seven of the twelve charge between ¥9,000 and ¥10,000. The two cheapest are in Nagano and Niigata: Nozawa Onsen at ¥7,800 and Akakura Kanko in Myoko at ¥7,000.
The Hakuba Valley all-mountain ticket costs ¥1,300 more than a day at Happo-One alone, and one card covers the valley’s resorts, so it pays off on any day you plan to ski at more than one of them.
Buy online where you can
Three of the twelve publish an online price below the window price:
- Rusutsu: ¥13,200 online against ¥16,700 at the window, ¥3,500 less.
- Shiga Kogen: ¥8,500 online against ¥9,500.
- Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47: ¥9,500 online against ¥10,000, or ¥8,200 if you reload an IC ticket card you already have.
Kiroro says its own webstore saves up to 5% on day passes.
The first and last weeks cost up to half
Every resort here except Hakuba Valley publishes a lower price for the start or the end of the season:
| Resort | Cheapest adult day | When | Against the main season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niseko United | ¥6,300 | 5 Apr – 5 May | −53% (against peak) |
| Rusutsu | ¥7,900 | 28 Nov – 11 Dec, window only | −53% |
| Sahoro | ¥4,700 | 1–6 Dec, 29 Mar – 4 Apr | −49% |
| Zao Onsen | ¥4,800 | opening – 18 Dec, 1 Apr – 5 May | −47% (against peak) |
| Shiga Kogen | ¥5,000 | opening weekend, 5–6 Dec | −47% |
| Akakura Kanko | ¥4,000 | 23 Mar – 5 May | −43% |
| Kiroro | ¥5,800 | 28 Nov – 11 Dec, 12 Apr – 5 May | −37% |
| Hakuba Happo-One | ¥6,400 | 1–18 Dec, 23 Mar – 5 May | −35% |
| Nozawa Onsen | ¥5,600 | opening – 18 Dec | −28% |
| Tsugaike | ¥8,000 | early-bird and spring discount ticket | −18% |
| Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 | ¥9,000 | opening – 15 Dec, from 15 Mar | −10% |
The price drops because you get less. In early December, how much of the mountain is open depends on how early the snow has come (when the snow arrives). In spring, it depends on how long the snow lasts, and that depends partly on which way the slopes face.
In the cheap spring weeks, look at which way the slopes face
From late March the sun is high enough that snow on slopes facing south or west turns heavy by the afternoon, while snow on slopes facing north or east stays firmer for longer (how slope direction matters). Here are the spring prices beside the share of each resort’s mapped vertical that faces north or east:
| Resort | Spring price starts | Vertical facing north or east |
|---|---|---|
| Hakuba Goryu / Hakuba47 | 15 Mar, ¥9,000 | 97% / 86% |
| Akakura Kanko | 23 Mar, ¥4,000 | 92% |
| Hakuba Happo-One | 23 Mar, ¥6,400 | 91% |
| Sahoro | 23 Mar, ¥7,000; 29 Mar, ¥4,700 | 90% |
| Rusutsu | 15 Mar, ¥10,500 | 86% |
| Niseko United | 23 Mar, ¥8,800; 5 Apr, ¥6,300 | 54% |
| Nozawa Onsen | 29 Mar, ¥6,100 | 40% |
| Zao Onsen | 15 Mar, ¥7,000; 1 Apr, ¥4,800 | 35% |
| Kiroro | 12 Apr, ¥5,800 | 23% |
Akakura Kanko and Happo-One pair the deepest spring discounts with terrain that faces away from the sun. From 23 March a day costs ¥4,000 at Akakura Kanko and ¥6,400 at Happo-One, and more than 90% of the vertical on their mapped runs descends to the north or east. Kiroro keeps its full price until 11 April; its cheap weeks start on 12 April, on runs that mostly face west, the direction that takes the afternoon sun.
Cheaper still, and less crowded
Two of the ski areas on our hidden gems list, deep snow that few visitors have heard of, have already published their 2026/27 prices:
- Hakuba Cortina and Hakuba Norikura share one ticket this season: ¥6,500 at the window, ¥6,100 online. That is ¥4,600 less than the Hakuba Valley all-mountain ticket, at the north end of the same valley.
- Ninox in Niigata charges ¥5,200.
Most smaller ski areas post their prices later in the autumn. Where only last season’s price is up, we show it on the resort’s page and say so.
A discount only residents of Japan can use
Happo-One sells an early-bird day ticket online from 1 October at up to 39% off the ¥9,800 price, according to its operator’s announcement (press release). It requires a My Number card, which is issued to people registered as residents of Japan, so most overseas visitors cannot use it.
If you already hold a multi-resort pass
Rusutsu, the most expensive day on this list, is on Epic, and Niseko is on Mountain Collective. Which Japanese resorts each pass covers, and for how many days, is in our guide to Ikon, Epic, Indy and Mountain Collective in Japan.
Not published yet
On 16 September, Furano, Myoko Suginohara, Naeba and Kagura still showed last season’s prices on their own price pages. Those figures are on our lift ticket page and on each resort’s own page, marked as last season, because they are the best guide to the budget until this season’s are published. APPI has published no day-ticket price at all, for either season. We will add all of them when they appear.
How this was checked
Prices are adult one-day tickets, taken from each resort’s own price page on 15 September 2026. Where a resort has a peak and a regular price, both are shown. Child and senior prices differ by resort. The Hakuba Valley ticket covers the valley’s resorts on one card; the Goryu & Hakuba47 ticket is shared by those two resorts. Happo-One’s resident discount is from its operator’s press release.
Slope direction comes from the runs mapped on OpenStreetMap, as processed by OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0): each downhill stretch counts toward the direction it descends, weighted by the height it loses. It describes the mapped runs, not the whole mountain, and it is not a measurement of the snow itself. Niseko’s figure is for the whole Niseko United area. Shiga Kogen is left out of the slope table because its eighteen areas are mapped separately.
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