Asama 2000 Snow Park | Best Onsen & Skii Resort in Japan

Venue in Takamine Kogen, Komoro, Nagano

Our home mountain, on the south flank of Mt. Asama — an active volcano — with a base at 1,880m and a peak at 2,050m at Takamine Kogen. That altitude is the whole trick: snow stays cold and dry here when lower Nagano resorts are getting rained on. A ¥5,400 day pass, 35 minutes from ZuCity Komoro, close enough that we ski weekday mornings before work and the lift attendants know us by face. Day-pass details via the Asama 2000 site.