IIZUNA HIGASHI KOGEN RESORT is a ski area in Nagano, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 916–1515 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 2.4 km². Within 2.4 km of the centre, the map shows 14 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 8.2 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 374 cm of snowfall a season, 226th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 10 km away. 3 official live cameras are linked below. 138 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | 13 / 18.9 | 6.8 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.7 / 17.6 | 7.4 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 11.4 / 14.4 | 6 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.7 / 18.8 | 8.5 |
| ☁️ 1 Oct | 0 | 11.2 / 19.1 | 4.8 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 5.2 / 12.1 | 8.5 |
| ☁️ 3 Oct | 0 | 4.9 / 11.9 | 9.3 |
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
87% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Togakushi and Iizuna webcams & snow report — all 2 ski areas →
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togakushi Ski Area | 4.9 km | 597 cm | 39 |
| Kurohime Kogen | 9.3 km | 466 cm | 96 |
| Myoko Suginohara | 14 km | 374 cm | 226 |
| Tangram Madarao Ski Circus | 15 km | 466 cm | 96 |
| Madarao Kogen Mountain Resort | 16 km | 466 cm | 96 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 48% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 57 cm, more than the median of 45 cm.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 24 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 牟礼村 | 1.6 km | 10℃ cold | 6.1 neutral | — | 1973 |
| 飯綱鉱泉 | 3.1 km | 24℃ cold | — | — | — |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Worth seeing nearby
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Togakushi Shrine戸隠神社 | Shrine | 6.6 km |
| Mount Kurohime黒姫山 (長野県) | Mountain | 8.5 km |
| Zenkō-ji Temple善光寺 | Temple | 9.2 km |
| Mount Togakushi戸隠山 | Mountain | 9.8 km |
| Lake Nojiri野尻湖 | Nature | 10.9 km |
| Mount Myōkō妙高山 | Mountain | 17.2 km |
Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
15 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 飯綱東高原オートキャンプ場 | ¥820 | — | — | しなの鉄道北しなの線「牟礼駅」より車で約15分 |
| ペンション 花車 | ¥3,800 | 4.71 54 reviews | — | 上信越道中野IC又は信濃町ICからR18経由20km |
| ARCADIA 〜ふたつとない景色〜 | ¥5,000 | 4.34 392 reviews | — | ◆JR長野駅より車で約30分◆長野ICから約45分◆路線バス長野駅より戸隠方面行きハイランドホール前下車徒歩約3分 |
| ペンション ハロー・ララ! | ¥6,200 | — | — | しなの鉄道北しなの線 牟礼駅、黒姫駅よりタクシーで15分 |
| 四季の宿 御宿 上倉荘 | ¥6,500 | — | — | しなの鉄道 牟礼駅よりお車にて約20分 |
| マウンテン・ヴィラ タキハウス | ¥7,500 | 5.00 25 reviews | — | 上信越道・信州中野IC又は信濃町ICより車で25分~30分 |
| 飯綱東高原 ペンションひまわり | ¥9,590 | 4.83 52 reviews | — | 信越線牟礼駅より車で17分。牟礼駅にレンタカー(いいづなレンタカー)あります【要予約】 |
| 藤間千松庵 山荘ゆきつばき | ¥12,500 | — | — | 牟礼駅よりお車で約12分 |
| 山荘ゆきつばき | ¥13,600 | — | — | JR 長野駅より車で約30分 上信越道信州中野ICより車で約30分 上越道信濃町ICより車で約20分 |
| GLAMPROOK飯綱高原(グランルーク) | ¥16,000 | 4.55 162 reviews | — | 北陸新幹線 長野駅よりお車にて約35分/しなの鉄道北しなの線 牟礼駅より無料送迎あり |
| Private LOGCABIN CUE iizuna ^ | ¥16,240 | — | — | 長野市善光寺下駅より車で24分 |
| Earthboat Kurohime | ¥17,667 | — | — | 黒姫駅よりお車で約10分、上信越自動車道 信濃町ICより約12分 |
Show the other 3
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| リトリートベースしんから | — | — | — | 牟礼駅より車で15分 |
| オテル アララット | — | — | — | 長野道 松代長野インターよりバードライン。長野駅より車30分。バスバードライン経由戸隠行き飯網高原40分 |
| ペンション フォーレスト | — | — | — | 長野新幹線 長野駅から戸隠・バードライン経由(川中島バス)乗車〜大座法師池前下車 |
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Stay nearby
78 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.9 km
Nearest first
- Dot Hostel Nagano Hostel 9.6 km
- 中央館 清水屋旅館 Hotel 9.9 km
- Worldtreck diner & Guesthouse - Pise Hostel 10.2 km
- Hotel Nagano avenue Hotel 10.8 km
- AUN Guest house 10.9 km
- ホテルサンルート長野 Hotel 11.1 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28