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Hakuba Happo-one Snow Resort

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Hakuba Happo-one Snow Resort

白馬八方尾根スキー場

Nagano · Chubu

Happo-one is the largest ski area in the Hakuba Valley and the site of the 1998 Nagano Olympic downhill, a broad north-east face rising from the valley floor at about 760m to 1,831m with a vertical drop of over a kilometre and long, steep pitches off the Usagidaira and Kurobishi ridges. The Adam gondola lifts out of Happo village, which has its own hot spring and a dense strip of bars and restaurants that makes it the valley's social centre. Lifts usually run from early December to early May, with the exact opening and closing set by snowfall and announced each autumn; in the green season the same gondola carries walkers to the Happo-one ridge trail.

Why we picked it

Most first-time visitors to Japan ski Niseko and never learn that the Olympic downhill course and the country's longest sustained vertical are a three-hour bus ride from Tokyo.

Best season
Winter
Crowd level
Moderate
Rating
4.4· 3,022 reviews
Opening hours
Daily 8:00 AM – 4:50 PM

Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.

Admission
A lift pass is required; day-ticket prices are set each season and a Hakuba Valley pass covers multiple resorts.
Nearest station
Hakuba Station
Website
happo-one.jp

Today

8:00–16:50

Stored weekly hours

Daily 8:00 AM – 4:50 PM

How to get there

From Nagoya Station · ~4h 4m by car

Tags

skimountain

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