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Kagura

かぐらスキー場
19 / 100 Powder Score
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Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥8,500 Kagura 1-day (Kagura, Mitsumata and Tashiro), 28 Nov – 16 May (checked 19 Oct)

The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 28 Nov (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.

This season is planned to run until 16 May (the resort’s announcement).

Base depth
4cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm

A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →

Snow 24h
0 cm
Next 24h
0 cm
Temperature
−2°C
Max wind
12 km/h
Elevation
620–1,845 m

This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 9 cm, 62% of the average for the same dates. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →

Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15

7-day outlook

Date Weather Snow (cm) Low / high (°C) Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov Snow 0 −3 to 0 11
Wed 11 Nov Cloudy 0 −4 to 2 12
Thu 12 Nov Partly cloudy 0 0 to 9 6
Fri 13 Nov Cloudy 0 1 to 10 6
Sat 14 Nov Cloudy 0 3 to 11 8
Sun 15 Nov Drizzle 0 5 to 13 8
Mon 16 Nov Snow 0 0 to 6 14

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 8/10
Base 0/5

The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure

Snow and slopes at Kagura
Photo: Takkitakitaki / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Kagura is made up of three areas, Kagura, Mitsumata and Tashiro, joined by connecting runs and lifts. There are two ways in from the valley, Mitsumata Station and Tashiro Station. Besides a Kagura-only ticket, the resort sells the Mt. Naeba joint lift ticket, which also covers neighbouring Naeba Ski Resort. Sources: princehotels.co.jp, princehotels.com, niigata-kankou.or.jp (sources read 12 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)

Live cameras

On the mountainかぐらスキー場 ↗Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 5.1 kmOperated by: 北陸地方整備局 長岡国道事務所Roads nearby国道17号 ↗From the resort: 9 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 高崎河川国道事務所

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Naeba and Kagura webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →

Videos

【4K SKI JAPOW】かぐらスキー場｜2026Season｜滑走コース紹介（Kagura Ski Resort）-2025/3/6

By: Real Japan Nature · 17 Mar

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How much snow it gets

Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.

Seasonal snowfall
565cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
241cm
The middle winter of the 12: 595 cm. The best: 717 cm.
World rank
55
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
33
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
36
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,500 m, 734 m above the national median.
Quality rank
63
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
22%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
36%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
19km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 49
Frequency 100
Freedom from rain 42
Calm when snowing (model grid) 95

The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.

The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).

Compared with what is nearby

Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.

Ski areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort6.0 km618 cm36
Naeba6.8 km446 cm114
Nakazato Snow Wood Ski Area7.6 km712 cm6
NASPA Ski Garden8.4 km618 cm36
Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort8.4 km712 cm6

Compare side by side with Kandatsu Kogen Ski Resort and Naeba →

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 52% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 96 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.

155cm
Dec
186cm
Jan
128cm
Feb
96cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 565 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 241 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 717 cm (3.0 times as much).

389
241
655
592
658
526
597
717
625
564
671
545
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26

Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.

How these figures are made

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 38.5 °C).

Show the sources
SourceDistanceTemperaturepH
猿倉猿倉の湯3.1 km38.5℃ warm—
貝掛貝掛3.9 km37℃ warm6.8 neutral

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

Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.

Show the list
PlaceTypeDistance
Mount Naeba苗場山Mountain10 km
Mount Tanigawa谷川岳Mountain11.4 km
Kiyotsu Gorge清津峡Nature13.9 km
Tanigawadake Ropeway谷川岳ロープウェイNature14.3 km
Doai Station土合駅Landmark14.8 km
Shima Onsen四万温泉Hot spring town18.3 km

Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. 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

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

Getting there

By train
Echigo-Yuzawa Station (JR Joetsu Shinkansen): about 20 minutes by local bus from the east exit of Echigo-Yuzawa Station (to the Mitsumata Station base)
By car
about 8 km (about 10 minutes) from Yuzawa IC (Kan-etsu Expressway) via Route 17

Source: princehotels.co.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.

Get directions ↗ Open in Google Maps ↗

Going with children

Kids’ area
Not checked
Childcare
Not checked
Parking
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Rental
Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)

Checked on the official site (22 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →

Places to stay nearbyPR

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7 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 7 with a listed price.

Property (links to Rakuten Travel)Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.)RatingDistanceGetting there
Little Japan Echigo ¥5,400—2.1 kmJR上越新幹線 越後湯沢駅よりお車にて約20分
貝掛温泉 ¥21,8004.68／5 311 reviews3.8 km越後湯沢駅よりバスにて25分。関越自動車道の湯沢ICよりお車にて15分。
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