NEWS & TOPICS

Here is a top 20 ranking of the ski areas which have the longest slopes in Japan for the 2025-26 winter season. These lengths reflect those of the slopes which are available without re-riding on the lifts or hiking up. The length of the longest slopes helps us to know how large the ski areas are.
　
1st Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 10.0km
2nd Tsugaike (Nagano) 9.5km
3rd Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 9.0km

4th Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 8.5km
5th Hakuba Happo-one (Nagano) 8.0km
6th Arai (Niigata) 7.0km
6th Ontake (Nagano) 7.0km
8th Hakuba Goryu & Hakuba47 (Nagano) 6.4km
9th Kagura (Niigata) 6.6km
10th Sapporo Teine (Hokkaido) 6.0km
10th Tengendai (Yamagata) 6.0km
10th Joetsu Kokusai (Niigata) 6.0km
10th Yuzawa Kogen (Niigata) 6.0km
10th Maiko (Niigata) 6.0km
10th Shiga Kogen (Nagano)  6.0km
10th Ryuoo (Nagano) 6.0km

17th Ski Jam Katsuyama 5.8km, 18th Niseko Grand Hirafu 5.6km, 19th Appi Kogen 5.5km, 19th Hakkaisan 5.5km

*In Tsugaike, the longest slope reaches 11.9km when Tsugaike Ropeway is open for the spring operation (Extra ticket required) and the slope from the Ropeway Summit Station to Tsuga-no-mori (2,400m, Out of ski area control) is available.
*In terms of the combination of skiing and off-piste skiing, YAMABOKU’s Takochi Tour course is 13km long.
*Top 20 Ski Resorts Ranked by Number of Visitors (*7/28 updated)