Myoko Kogen at a glance
Myoko Kogen is a ski resort in Japan, part of the Myoko Kogen area. It offers 45 km of slopes served by 17 lifts, with skiing between 730 m and 1,500 m (770 m vertical). That makes it the 5th largest of the 7 ski resorts in Japan listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
Dry for the next 3 days, then about 10 cm at the top later in the week.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Matsumoto (MMJ) — about 100 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 7,000 JPY (2026/27 season). Akakura Kanko Resort day pass.
About €0.87 per km of piste the pass covers (45 km).
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Myoko Kogen resort facts
About Myoko Kogen
Myoko Kogen takes its name from Myōkō, a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The word city needs a Japanese reading: Myōkō had an estimated population of 31,374 in 12,408 households as of November 2020, spread across 445.63 square kilometres, a…
Resort Highlights
A highland resort in the city of Myōkō
Myoko Kogen takes its name from Myōkō, a city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The word city needs a Japanese reading: Myōkō had an estimated population of 31,374 in 12,408 households as of November 2020, spread across 445.63 square kilometres, a density of just 70 people per square kilometre. That is a large, thinly populated municipality of countryside and mountains, and the resort area sits within it. Kogen is the Japanese word for a highland or plateau, so the name places the resort above the lowland part of the city.
The skiing
The ski area offers 45 km of pistes on 17 lifts, a compact area with a good number of lifts for its size. The lifts run from 730 m to 1,500 m, a vertical of 770 m. Those are low figures by Alpine standards, and in the Alps they would raise questions about snow. Here they do not: the site tags Myoko Kogen as snow-sure, and it tags it for off-piste terrain as well, which is the pairing that draws skiers to Japan in the first place. With a top station at 1,500 m, the snow reliability has to come from climate rather than altitude, which is worth understanding before comparing the elevation figures with a European resort. The difficulty split is not recorded in our data.
Off-piste terrain with 17 lifts and 770 m of vertical means the appeal lies in what is between the pistes rather than in the size of the marked area. Skiers who measure a resort by piste kilometres will find 45 km modest; skiers who measure it by what happens off the groomed runs will read the tags differently.
Character
The traditional-character and scenic-views tags describe a resort area that has grown within an established community rather than being built from nothing, and the sparse population of the wider municipality suggests a rural setting. The city of Myōkō is, for what it is worth, a member of the World Health Organization’s Alliance for Healthy Cities, a detail that says more about the municipality than about the skiing. The scenic-views tag, in a municipality of that size and emptiness, is easy to credit.
Practical
Matsumoto is the nearest airport in our data, roughly 100 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The official website in our records is that of the city of Myōkō; the resort’s own information is published separately.
Frequently asked questions about Myoko Kogen
The resort area lies within the city of Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Kogen is the Japanese word for a highland or plateau.
The site tags it as snow-sure despite a base of 730 m and a top of 1,500 m. At those elevations the reliability comes from the local climate rather than altitude.
The site tags it for off-piste terrain, which together with the snow-sure tag is the resort's main draw. The marked pistes total 45 km.
As of November 2020 it had an estimated population of 31,374 across 445.63 square kilometres, a density of about 70 people per square kilometre.
Seventeen lifts serve 45 km of pistes, with 770 m of vertical.
Myoko Kogen has 45 km of marked slopes, served by 17 ski lifts.
The skiing in Myoko Kogen ranges from 730 m at the base to 1,500 m at the top — a vertical drop of 770 m.
The ski season in Myoko Kogen typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
An adult day pass in Myoko Kogen costs around 7,000 JPY (2026/27 season). Akakura Kanko Resort day pass.
The nearest airport to Myoko Kogen is Matsumoto (MMJ), about 100 km away (straight-line distance, allow more by road).
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