Minakami Kogen Ski Resort
Official name 水上高原スキーリゾート
Gunma · 850–1,248 m · 12 runs · 4 lifts
- 2026-27 season: Dec 18 (planned) – Apr 4 (planned)
- Spring skiing: Until early April
- Summit: Today cloudy -2–4°C / Tomorrow clear -2–9°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 0 cm · 24h 0 cm · 48h 0 cm · 7 days 9 cm · 14 days 37 cm
- Snow report (official) →
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort trail map
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort spreads between about 850 and 1,248 m at Fujiwara in Minakami, Gunma, and is built around families. The Minakami Kogen Hotel 200, with hot baths, stands right at the slopes, alongside two kids' parks, a childcare room and playful on-slope features for children. Twelve runs range from long, gentle cruisers to ungroomed steeps and mogul pitches, and there is a long list of snow activities, including dog sledding, snow rafting and snowmobiles. The top looks out over the Tanigawa range and the Oze mountains. The season runs from mid-December to early April, with a reservation-only shuttle from Jomo-Kogen and Minakami stations.
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort weather at the top (1,248 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:09, sunset 16:46
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| Precipitation | mm | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 9 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 5 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 9 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minakami Kogen Ski Resort live cams
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort lift tickets and prices
2026-27 prices
- 1-day ticket
- Adult ¥2,500–¥5,500 · Child ¥3,600
- Half day
- ¥4,500
- Season pass
- ¥50,000 · early-bird ¥25,000
Early-bird tickets
- Early-bird season pass (adult) · ¥25,000 · on sale until Dec 15
- Early-bird season pass (elementary school child) · ¥16,000 · on sale until Dec 15
Discounts
- Preschoolers ride lifts free (with a guardian)
- Family lift 1-day ticket adult ¥4,200 + additional ¥4,000 / elementary ¥2,800 + additional ¥2,500
- Elementary 1-day ticket ¥3,600 / half-day ticket ¥3,100
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- Single ride ¥700
- Kids park ticket ¥1,800 (ages 0-2 free, ¥1,000 with a lift ticket)
- Opening week (12/18-25) and final week (3/29-4/4): 1-day ticket day visitors ¥2,500 / hotel guests ¥1,000
Packages
Opening hours
- Lifts
- Weekdays 8:30-16:30 / Saturdays 8:00-17:00 / Sundays and holidays 8:00-16:30
- Night skiing
- no night skiing
Getting to Minakami Kogen Ski Resort and parking
- Car
- Minakami IC, Kan-etsu Expressway
- Parking
- Free (Day Ski Center car park: 2026/12/26-2027/1/5, and weekends, holidays and 2/12 between 1/9 and 3/22, 7:00-17:30 / Minakami Kogen Hotel 200 guest-only car park: 2026/12/18-2027/4/4, 24 hours)
Train
- Shinkansen Tokyo Station → Jomo-Kogen Station Joetsu Shinkansen · About 1 h 10 min (e.g. Tanigawa 401, dep. 6:36, arr. 7:50) · Minakami Kogen Liner: December 18, 2026 – April 4, 2027 (no service January 13, 18, 21, 28) · The liner is paid and reservation-only (book online by 17:00 the day before; same-day cash purchase on board only if seats remain). No free shuttle. Operated by Kan-etsu Kotsu → Minakami Kogen Liner from the East Exit rotary to Minakami Kogen Hotel 200, about 70 min (dep. 8:10, 11:35, 15:00)
- Takasaki Station → Minakami Station JR Joetsu Line · About 1 h 7 min (local train, dep. 7:11, arr. 8:18) · Minakami Kogen Liner: December 18, 2026 – April 4, 2027 (no service January 13, 18, 21, 28) · The liner is paid and reservation-only (book online by 17:00 the day before; same-day cash purchase on board only if seats remain). No free shuttle. Operated by Kan-etsu Kotsu → Minakami Kogen Liner from the right of the ticket gate (one morning run, dep. 8:30) to Minakami Kogen Hotel 200, about 50 min
Official access page → Timetable → Directions (Google Maps) →
Minakami Kogen Ski Resort runs and lifts
Lifts
Runs
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Rental, lessons and facilities
- Rental (adult set ¥5,000)
- Ski school (Japanese)
- Kids area (childcare)
- Restaurants: Magnolia, みなかみ食堂
- Accommodation (hotel at the resort)
- Hot spring (at the resort)
- Activities: Sledding, Snow rafting, Snowcat ride, Snowmobile, Snow coach ride, Skiing Bockerl, Snow Drive, Kids park