IIZUNA HIGASHI KOGEN RESORT is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 916 and 1,515 m. Its mapped area is about 2.4 km across, with 14 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 8.2 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 357 cm of snowfall a season, 100th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2015/16 (230 cm), reached 64% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 119 cm. Snowfall days average −5.1 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 37th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 10 km away. Below are links to 3 official live cameras.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togakushi Ski Area | 4.9 km | 553 cm | 61 |
| Kurohime Kogen | 9.3 km | 432 cm | 129 |
| Myoko Suginohara | 14 km | 357 cm | 268 |
| Ikenotaira Onsen Alpen Blick Ski Resort | 15 km | 432 cm | 129 |
| Tangram Madarao Ski Circus | 15 km | 432 cm | 129 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 58 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 357 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 230 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 435 cm (1.9 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
87% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Togakushi and Iizuna webcams & snow report — all 2 ski areas →
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 24 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 牟礼村 | 1.6 km | 10℃ cold | 6.1 neutral | — | 1973 |
| 飯綱鉱泉 | 3.1 km | 24℃ cold | — | — | — |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Worth seeing nearby
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Togakushi Shrine戸隠神社 | Shrine | 6.6 km |
| Mount Kurohime黒姫山 (長野県) | Mountain | 8.5 km |
| Zenkō-ji Temple善光寺 | Temple | 9.2 km |
| Mount Togakushi戸隠山 | Mountain | 9.8 km |
| Lake Nojiri野尻湖 | Nature | 10.9 km |
| Mount Myōkō妙高山 | Mountain | 17.2 km |
Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
15 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 飯綱東高原オートキャンプ場 | ¥820 | — | 2.5 km | しなの鉄道北しなの線「牟礼駅」より車で約１５分 |
| ペンション 花車 | ¥3,800 | 4.71 54 reviews | 1.8 km | 上信越道中野ＩＣ又は信濃町ＩＣからＲ１８経由２０km |
| ＡＲＣＡＤＩＡ 〜ふたつとない景色〜 | ¥5,000 | 4.34 392 reviews | 3.1 km | ◆JR長野駅より車で約30分◆長野ICから約45分◆路線バス長野駅より戸隠方面行きハイランドホール前下車徒歩約３分 |
| ペンション ハロー・ララ！ | ¥6,200 | — | 1.6 km | しなの鉄道北しなの線 牟礼駅、黒姫駅よりタクシーで１５分 |
| 四季の宿 御宿 上倉荘 | ¥6,500 | — | 1.6 km | しなの鉄道 牟礼駅よりお車にて約２０分 |
| マウンテン・ヴィラ タキハウス | ¥7,500 | 5.00 25 reviews | 1.7 km | 上信越道・信州中野ＩＣ又は信濃町ＩＣより車で２５分~30分 |
| 飯綱東高原 ペンションひまわり | ¥9,590 | 4.83 52 reviews | 1.9 km | 信越線牟礼駅より車で17分。牟礼駅にレンタカー(いいづなレンタカー)あります【要予約】 |
| 藤間千松庵 山荘ゆきつばき | ¥12,500 | — | 2.2 km | 牟礼駅よりお車で約12分 |
| 山荘ゆきつばき | ¥13,600 | — | 2.0 km | ＪＲ 長野駅より車で約３０分 上信越道信州中野ＩＣより車で約３０分 上越道信濃町ＩＣより車で約２０分 |
| ＧＬＡＭＰＲＯＯＫ飯綱高原（グランルーク） | ¥16,000 | 4.55 162 reviews | 2.4 km | 北陸新幹線 長野駅よりお車にて約３５分／しなの鉄道北しなの線 牟礼駅より無料送迎あり |
| Ｐｒｉｖａｔｅ ＬＯＧＣＡＢＩＮ ＣＵＥ ｉｉｚｕｎａ ＾ | ¥16,240 | — | 3.4 km | 長野市善光寺下駅より車で24分 |
| Ｅａｒｔｈｂｏａｔ Ｋｕｒｏｈｉｍｅ | ¥17,667 | — | 3.8 km | 黒姫駅よりお車で約１０分、上信越自動車道 信濃町ＩＣより約１２分 |
Show the other 3
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| リトリートベースしんから | — | — | 2.8 km | 牟礼駅より車で15分 |
| オテル アララット | — | — | 3.5 km | 長野道 松代長野インターよりバードライン。長野駅より車３０分。バスバードライン経由戸隠行き飯網高原４０分 |
| ペンション フォーレスト | — | — | 3.6 km | 長野新幹線 長野駅から戸隠・バードライン経由（川中島バス）乗車〜大座法師池前下車 |
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Stay nearby
78 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.9 km
Nearest first
- Dot Hostel Nagano Hostel 9.6 km
- 中央館 清水屋旅館 Hotel 9.9 km
- Worldtreck diner & Guesthouse - Pise Hostel 10.2 km
- Hotel Nagano avenue Hotel 10.8 km
- AUN Guest house 10.9 km
- ホテルサンルート長野 Hotel 11.1 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
What we have measured at IIZUNA HIGASHI KOGEN RESORT
- Togakushi: Deep, Dry Snow Inside Nagano City Togakushi is inside the city limits of a place with about 370,000 people. Snow falls at −5.3 °C, rain arrives on 11% of winter days against a national median of 16%, and it has the best snow quality of any Japanese ski area within 20 km of a city.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52