Sunday 31st March was the last day of the ski season at NASPA Ski Garden.
After some worries about snowfall during February, we got lots of it in March and the ski area could remain open as planned.
Thank you to everyone who visited and look forward to welcoming you again next ski season.
With snowfall overnight the ski area is preparing for an opening on Sunday 24th December.
As we approach the summer season in Yuzawa, no doubt some of us are already thinking about the upcoming 2023-2024 winter season.
Online booking for some winter plans is now available on the website:
More will be coming soon…
Snow has arrived in Yuzawa!
More snow is the way over the coming weekend, which also happens to be when NASPA Ski Garden plans to open for the 2021-2022 winter season.
This winter NASPA is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary. We hope to see some of you this coming winter.
For those of you unable to visit us just yet - stay safe, and we of course look forward to the day when we can welcome you again… hopefully in the near future.
It is already March with some fine weather in the region, and it looks like it is going to be a relatively warm month.
NASPA Ski Garden will be open until Sunday 28th March, as originally planned.
Some further adjustments have been made to various operation times, as noted below.
Note that the ski lifts will be opening at a special early time of 8:30am this weekend (6th-7th March).
We hope to welcome you in this last month of the snow season.
NASPA Ski Garden
| Normal | Adjusted times | |
| Information Counter | [1] 8：15am - 5：00pm | 8:45am - 4:15pm |
| [2] 8：15am - 4：50pm | 8:45am - 3:30pm | |
| Operating lifts | 5 lifts |
Until 28th March: Saturdays & Sundays - all lifts operating Weekdays - Number 2 and 3 lifts not operating |
| Lift operating times | 8：30am - 5：00pm |
9:00am - 4:00pm (latest) * 8:30am - 4:00pm on 6th & 7th March |
| Ski courses | 8 courses |
Until 28th March: Saturdays & Sundays - all courses open Weekdays - all courses apart from C open |
| Kids Garden | 9：30am - 4：00pm | Unchanged |
| Activity Garden | 9:00am - 4：30pm | Unchanged |
| Mogul course | 8：30am - 5：00pm | Open until 3:00pm |
| Rental Shop | 8：00am - 5：15pm |
Until 28th March: 8:30am - 4:15pm |
| Gelesupo | 12：00pm - 8：00pm |
12:00pm - 6:00pm [Monday-Friday] 11:00am - 7:00pm [Saturdays and Sundays] |
| Spur | 8：30am - 4：30pm |
9:00am until 4:00pm Only open on Saturdays and Sundays |
| Free Rest Room | 8：30am - 5：00pm | 9:00am until 4:00pm |
| Cafeteria Aurora |
11:00am - 3:00pm （last order 2:30pm） |
Open every day |
| Garden Resthouse |
11:00am - 3:00pm （last order 2:30pm） |
Only open on Saturdays and Sundays Drink menu only |
| Snow Rancho Dining | 11：00am - 4：00pm (3：30pm last order) |
11:00am until 3:00pm (last order 2:00pm) Only open on Saturdays and Sundays |
| Day onsen | 8：00am - 5：00pm | 8:45am until 4:00pm |
After another generous helping of fresh snowfall over the last few days, sunny skies and mild temperatures are currently forecast for the weekend of Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th February 2021.
All lifts and courses are scheduled to be open. It should be a fun weekend - we hope to see some of you on the slopes.
Please do wear a face mask or face covering as we all work to get through this period!
NASPA Ski Garden in early February 2021
We enjoyed some beautiful blue skies yesterday morning as you can see on this photo. This season we have received a large amount of snow in December and January. Lets hope that regular snowfall continues through this month and into March.
NASPA Ski Garden is open every day. When you arrive there is a simple temperature check, and we ask that face coverings be worn as we all try to help with the coronavirus sitatuation. Currently all courses at the ski area are available on weekends and all courses apart from C are open on weekdays.
If you are able to visit, we look forward to welcoming you with friendly faces! If you are unfortunately not able to visit us right now, we are looking forward to the day when we will see you again.
NASPA Ski Garden is now open for the 2020-2021 season!
On this first morning, three lifts and all courses apart from C are open with plenty of snow to enjoy.
After a week of heavy snowfall, NASPA Ski Garden opens for the 2020-2021 season on Thursday 24th December.
As of 23rd December an impressive snow depth of 245cm is reported by the ski area staff on the ski slopes as they prepare them for opening.
It is a very good start to the season in terms of snowfall.
We realise that some people who wanted to be here this season are not going to be able to visit. We are sorry that we aren’t going to be able to meet you.
We ask guests that are able to come to wear face masks and respect social distancing as we all work to keep coronavirus under control.
Over the last few days the Yuzawa area has enjoyed some heavy snowfalls and it is still falling.
In some places there is already nearly 2m of snow and well over 1m even at base. And… it is still snowing with more snow due over the next few days.
NASPA Ski Garden will open on 24th December and it looks like we will be able to open up fully from the start!
Independent daily snow reports from Yuzawa can be found here (SnowJapan.com).
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