Shigakogen Mountain Resort

Shigakogen Mountain Resort is one of more than 500 ski resorts in Japan. It is located in the Nagano Prefecture in the Japanese Mountains at an altitude between 1,335 and 2,307 m with a difference of 972 m. It is one of the nearest ski resorts to the town of Nagano, which hosted the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. Another main feature of Shigakogen ski resort is that it is the biggest and highest ski area in Japan with more than 80 km of slopes and more than 50 ski lifts in total. The resort is best suitable for intermediate and easy skiing — most of its slopes are red and blue. For advanced skiers, it offers more than 10 km of black slopes. The most common type of ski lift is a chairlift. The Shigakogen season is from early December to early May in general.