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Feeling the beauty of Japanese four seasons in Yamagata!




About Zao hot spring ski resort

♦Sking between trees covered with snow and ice, and heal tired body in a hot spring.
Ideal quality of snow and devastating scale of 25 courses ski run.
Going through Zao's trees covered with snow and ice in Zange slope, long cruise, sharp slope, flat , so much facination for skiers. "Zao exciting 10 (season 10 day ticket)" is popular among visitors. Heal exhaustion in a hot spring after enjoy sking.


Details Zao hot spring ski resort



Address:Zao hot spring, Yamagata city, Yamagata
Telephone:023-694-9328
Opening hour:8:00 ~ 17:00
Hora nocturno:17:00 ~ 21:00
Closed:from the middle of May to the beginning of December
Fee:One day ticket 4,600 yen/ 2,500 yen for children
Parking:7000 cars (1000 yen on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays)
Scale:25 courses/ Top 1,661M/ Longest 9,000M
Course ratio:Beginner 40%, Intermediate 40 %, Advanced 20%
Lift:38 in total/ pair 31/triple 3/cuatro 4/other ropeway 3
Snowboard:Available


Access to Zao hot spring ski resort

Access:30 minutes from Yamagata highway Yamagata Zao IC via R286 toward Zao hot spring.


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Yamagata info is the web site to introduce Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, mainly about the tourist attractions and hot springs which may help those who are planning on a trip to Yamagata.

The place where beautiful Japanese nature and unique culture still remain.

Sightseeing in Yamagata Sightseeing in Yamagata

Spring:Cherry blossoms are at their best from April.
Summer:Hot. Visiting hamlet is recommended.
Fall:Beauty of the leaves when turned in autum. Imoni festivals everywhere!
Winter:Freezing cold with snow, and the trees will be coverd with them and ice.
Snow:Cold, but not as delicous as shaved ice.

So many things to see and experience throughout the year!

Gotta eat them! Gotta eat them!

Cherries:70% of cherries in Japan are produced in Yamagata Prefecture.
La France pears:The queen of the fruits is also Yamagata's best production.
Yonezawa Beef:As known as "Matsuzaka" of the west, and "Yonezawa" of the east.
Imoni:One of the local dishes of Yamagata which beef soup and taro roots are boiled and seasoned together.
Soba:Buckwheat noodles.
Cold ramen:Yamagata is the birthplace for cold ramen; the chinese noodle.

Yamagata food = delicacy of Japan

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