Explorer The Wonderland. Eastern Hokkaido

Daisetsuzan Kurodake Ski Area

Located in Daisetsuzan National Park, Mt. Kurodake offers breathtaking mountainside skiing. Enjoy the silvery snow-capped scenery as you ride the Ropeway to the mountain's halfway point. Then change to the chair lift and ascend to the seven-tenths point where you will start your run. Typically opening in November, Kurodake is said to offer Japan's earliest natural snow skiing. If you can't wait for winter, head to Kurodake. This is also an excellent spring skiing mountain. With lifts open until Golden Week, you can visit Japan in spring and still enjoy winter snow -- two seasons with one trip!