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Japan’s Top 20 Ski Resorts by Slope Size. The Niseko United ski resort surpassed Shiga Kogen in December 2021 to become Japan’s largest ski area with the opening of the Symphony Gondola and new courses at Niseko HANAZONO. You can learn more about Niseko United on its official website. As a single ski resort, Joetsu Kokusai is the largest in Japan with an area of 380 hectares.
　
No.1 Niseko UNITED (Hokkaido) 407ha
No.2 Shiga Kogen (Nagano) 400ha
No.3 Joetsu Kokusai (Niigata) 380ha
No.4 Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 305ha
No.5 Naeba & Kagura (Niigata) 300ha
　
No.6 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 297ha
No.7 Rusutsu (Hokkaido) 236ha
No.8 Hakuba Happo-one (Nagano) 220ha
No.9 Tsugaike (Nagano) 196ha
No.10 YUZAWA SNOW LINK (Niigata) 192ha

No.11 Nekoma Mountain 189ha, No.12 Takasu & ＆Dynaland 180ha, No.13 Akakura Onsen & AKAKAN 176ha, No.14 Kamui 165ha, No.15 Arai 157ha, No.16 Togari Onsen 139ha, No.17 Coltina & Hakunori 130ha, No.18 Madarao & Tangram 125ha, No.19 岩原 120ha, No.20 Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 105ha
　
*Ski resorts with shared lift passes are counted based on their total area.
*See also: Top 20 Ski Resorts by Season Length (*updated 2025/10/19), Top 20 Ski Resorts by Visitors (*updated 2025/7/15), Top 20 by Vertical Drop (*updated 2025/8/6), and Top 20 by Longest Run (*updated 2025/8/17).