野沢温泉スキー場プロモーションビデオ 2024
By: nozawaonsen · 15 Nov
Japan · Nagano
Nozawa Onsen
野沢温泉スキー場
14 / 100 Powder Score
No Snow Weather Cloudy Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥7,800 regular season (19 Dec – 28 Mar) (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.
Base depth
1cm
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
- 0°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 565–1,644 m
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −1 to 2 | 8 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 4 | 8 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Clear | 0 | 2 to 11 | 6 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 3 to 13 | 6 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 3 to 14 | 6 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 7 to 14 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 1 to 8 | 7 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 4/20
Wind 10/10
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
A covered moving walkway, Yu Road, runs from the onsen streets up to the Hikage slope. The Nozawa Onsen Ski Club was founded in 1923, and in 1930 the Austrian Hannes Schneider came to the village to teach the Arlberg technique. Sources: nozawaski.com, nozawakanko.jp (sources read 11 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
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.
Marked runs
55
Run length
42km
Lifts
17
Vertical
1,079m
Top 1,644 m · base 565 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.2 km
Steepest pitch36°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.9°
Which way the slopes face
North 30%
East 10%
South 13%
West 48%
Only 40% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (48%).
By difficulty
Easy 19 · 17.1 km
Intermediate 16 · 12.9 km
Advanced 20 · 11.9 km
Lift types
- Chairlift14
- Gondola2
- Magic carpet1
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
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Nozawa and Kijimadaira webcams & snow report — all 4 ski areas →
Videos
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
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
450cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
301cm
The middle winter of the 12: 440 cm. The best: 635 cm.
World rank
108
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
49
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
77
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,200 m, 434 m above the national median.
Quality rank
116
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−4.8°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
37%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
28%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
15km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 49
Frequency 79
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 100
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 area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togari Onsen Ski Resort | 6.3 km | 450 cmsame grid cell | 108 |
| Kijimadaira Ski Resort | 12.0 km | 349 cm | 285 |
| Sakae Club Ski Area | 13.0 km | 553 cm | 61 |
| Cupid Valley Ski Area | 14.0 km | 553 cm | 61 |
| X-JAM Takaifuji | 14.0 km | 568 cm | 53 |
Compare side by side with Togari Onsen Ski Resort and Kijimadaira Ski Resort →
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 29% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 49 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
127cmDec
167cmJan
107cmFeb
49cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 450 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 301 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 635 cm (2.1 times as much).
485
301
469
436
443
305
431
563
434
463
635
433
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.
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 89.2 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 野沢下釜 | 0 km | 89.2℃ hot | 9.2 alkaline | — |
| 上境 | 2.9 km | 37.5℃ warm | 8.2 mildly alkaline | simple |
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
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nozawa Onsen野沢温泉 | Hot spring town | 0.1 km |
| Kenmei-ji Temple健命寺 | Temple | 0.2 km |
| Kosuge Village & Mt.Kosugeyama Cultural Landscape小菅集落 (飯山市) | Old streets | 3.8 km |
| 馬曲温泉 | Hot spring town | 6.4 km |
| Ryūgakubo竜ヶ窪 | Nature | 17.3 km |
| Madarao Kōgen斑尾高原 | Nature | 17.5 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.
Coordinates: 36.9231, 138.4478
Getting there
- By train
- Iiyama Station (JR, Hokuriku Shinkansen): about 25 minutes on the direct Nozawa Onsen Liner bus from stop 4 outside Iiyama Station (not every bus connects with the Shinkansen; check the official site for this winter's timetable)
- By car
- nearest interchange is Toyota-Iiyama IC (Joshin-etsu Expressway)
- Winter roads
- the village asks drivers to fit winter tyres or carry chains from November to April; main village roads have snow-melting sprinklers but conditions change with the weather and time of day. Since 30 March 2026 the Central Terminal is for bus pick-up and drop-off only, with no parking for private cars
Source: nozawaski.com, nozawakanko.jp, vill.nozawaonsen.nagano.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Not checked
Checked on the official site (19 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
132 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 狸 tanuki nozawa | ¥6,371 | — | 0.0 km | 飯山駅からお車で約20分 |
| 野沢温泉 常盤屋旅館 | ¥6,655 | 4.66／5 242 reviews | 0.0 km | JR飯山駅より野沢ライナー25分バス停より徒歩4分/上信越自動車道 豊田飯山インターより車で30分 |
| 野沢温泉 ホテルハウスサンアントン | ¥12,500 | 3.80／5 39 reviews | 0.0 km | 北陸新幹線飯山駅、JR飯山駅からバスで25分。豊田飯山ICより20分 |
| 野沢温泉 自家源泉の宿 げんたろう屋 | ¥4,000 | 4.00／5 37 reviews | 0.1 km | 上信越道豊田飯山ICからR117にて車で30分、北陸新幹線 飯山駅から野沢温泉ライナーで25分 |
| 若ぎり | ¥5,370 | 4.69／5 213 reviews | 0.1 km | JR 飯山駅よりバスにて約20分、バス停より徒歩にて3分 |
| ガストホフ シーハイル | ¥6,690 | 5.00／5 77 reviews | 0.1 km | JR飯山駅からバスで約30分(タクシー約20分) |
| 野沢温泉 ユートピア | ¥7,260 | 5.00／5 23 reviews | 0.1 km | 豊田飯山I.Cから20分。 |
| 野沢温泉 朝日屋旅館 | ¥8,085 | 4.03／5 383 reviews | 0.1 km | 飯山駅より野沢温泉まで直通バス「野沢温泉ライナー」で25分 |
| ロッヂ まつや | ¥8,580 | 4.00／5 28 reviews | 0.1 km | JR飯山駅より直通バス「野沢温泉ライナー」で25分/豊田・飯山ICよりお車で30分 |
| ちょうちん屋 | ¥8,960 | 4.73／5 27 reviews | 0.1 km | 飯山駅よりお車にて約30分 |
| 野沢温泉 千歳館 | ¥9,350 | 4.33／5 72 reviews | 0.1 km | JR飯山線 飯山駅より野沢温泉行きバスで25分、野沢温泉下車 |
| 野沢温泉 山田屋旅館 | ¥9,800 | 4.43／5 71 reviews | 0.1 km | JR飯山駅よりバスで25分 |
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Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
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Places to stay on the map
34 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.
Nearest: 0.4 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- Kawatatsu 0.4 km
- KIYOTAKE 0.5 km
- Yukari-so 0.5 km
- Welcome Blick Uchida 0.6 km
- Kadoya Backpackers Base 0.8 km
- 文化北竜館 3.1 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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