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2026/27 Japan Early Bird Deals Ending Soon!

After an all-time 2025/26 season packed with endless pow days, fresh terrain, and some of the deepest conditions Japan’s seen in years, demand for next Northern Hemisphere winter is already building fast.

Japan’s snow season typically runs from mid-December through to late March, with January and February delivering the kind of powder people book entire trips around. Last season, parts of Japan were officially some of the snowiest places on earth during peak winter.

Regular snowfalls are punctuated with bluebird powder days. Photo: Nozawa Onsen.
Regular snowfalls are punctuated with the odd bluebird powder day, all throughout Japan.

If Japan’s been on your radar for next season, this is your sign to get moving before the early bird deals disappear.

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Hakuba

Hakuba sits in the heart of the Japanese Alps and is home to 10 different resorts, offering everything from beginner-friendly terrain and perfectly groomed cruisers through to deep powder, tree runs, and backcountry access for more advanced riders. With multiple villages spread across the valley, there’s a huge range of accommodation, dining, nightlife, and onsen experiences to explore throughout your stay.

We have access to the widest range of accommodation in the valley and can help find the perfect fit for you and your group, whether you’re after a hotel, apartment, ski lodge, or private chalet. Most accommodation is conveniently located near shuttle routes and resort access points, making it easy to explore different mountains during your trip.

And beyond accommodation, we can help organise everything else too, including transfers, lift passes, rentals, lessons, and all the extra details that make planning a Japan ski holiday simple from start to finish.

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Take a peak at some of our hottest 7 night package deals for 2026/27 season, from $1,655 per person!

Package deals take the stress out of planning – one price and your holiday is sorted. These Early Birds are limited, so secure your spot before they sell out.

Nomad Hakuba

  • Twin Room, Twin Share
  • 7 Nights
  • 5 Day Lift Pass
  • From $1,655pp

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Kado Apartments – Brand new for the 2026/27 season

  • Twin Room, Twin Share
  • 7 Nights
  • 5 Day Lift Pass
  • From $2,100pp

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Mizuho Studios

  • Twin Room, Twin Share
  • 7 Nights
  • 5 Day Lift Pass
  • From $2,200pp

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Niseko

Niseko is one of Japan’s most popular ski destinations, made up of four interconnected resorts offering everything from beginner-friendly terrain and groomed cruisers through to deep powder, tree runs, and side-country access. There’s a huge range of accommodation, dining, nightlife, and onsen experiences to enjoy throughout your stay, mostly located in the Hirafu area.

And despite its popularity, there is still fantastic availability across the whole season, including the peak powder months, making now a great time to secure your trip.

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Yama Shizen

  • 2 Bed Apartment, Quad Share
  • 7 Nights
  • 6 Day Lift Pass
  • From $2,800pp

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M Lodge

  • Double Room, Twin Share
  • 7 Nights
  • 6 Day Lift Pass
  • From $2,300pp

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Or further afield

As Japan’s popularity as a ski destination continues to grow, more travellers are looking beyond the major resorts to discover some of the country’s smaller and lesser-known ski areas.

Destinations like Appi Kogen, Zao Onsen, Madarao and others are seeing increasing demand this season, so if these destinations are on your radar for next winter, we’d recommend getting in touch early.

Famous Snow Monsters in Zao
Famous Snow Monsters in Zao Onsen

Browse our packages online or get in touch with our team for a few customised options tailored to your group, budget, and travel style.

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Kate McRobie

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Kate McRobie is a digital marketing specialist with over ten years' experience across New Zealand, Amsterdam and Japan in the sports and snow industries, including campaigns for Netflix, Under Armour, Giant Bicycles and Vans. She spent two back-to-back seasons based in Niseko, Japan, heading up marketing for HTM across some of the region's largest hotels, ski schools, rental operations and restaurants.

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Lizzie was so helpful, gave us some options and advice to help us pinpoint where we wanted to go. And once we had booked provided some really helpful travel advice and answering questions we had. Easy to deal with, everything was smooth and we had a great time.
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Calum was awesome at helping us every step of the way with our trip. We got a great deal on the accommodation and ski lift, and we will definitely come back to Mountainwatch next time based on his excellent service.
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I booked my Japan ski holiday through Mountainwatch. Very professional and when we arrived in Japan all was laid out for us. The accommodation was even nicer than expected. KIrsty was very good to work with and made things very easy!!!! will book again next season.
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Great experience booking through this company, our contact Anna was brilliant, and organised a fantastic ski trip for us. The travel was all clearly laid out, the accommodation was lovely, the ski field was fantastic, great range of local dining options and bars.
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Mountain Watch are great, well organised and excellent advice on locations and accommodation. Highly recommended!
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Thanks Kirsty for helping arrange our family trip to Myoko for Xmas 2025, we had an amazing time
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Thanks Kirsty, once again your arrangements for us in Japan worked very well. We’ll have no hesitation about touching base with you before we make another booking….. not sure if we’ll be organised by June, but we’ll see. Have a great season yourself and keep up the good work at MountainWatch. Regards Jan and Tom
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Our trip to Hakuba and Tokyo was so smooth and easy thanks to the help of Justine. Hotel was great and in a perfect location and it was very smooth having all our extras like lessons and rentals booked and sorted before we arrived. Would 100% book through Mountainwatch Travel again!
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This is the second year that Kristy has organized travel arrangements for a skiing holiday to Furano in Japan, for us. It is the second time that those arrangements have been fulfilled seamlessly. No hassles, as planned and on time. Perfect, and will use Mountainwatchj Travel again. John Durham
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We booked through Anna O’Malley for our stay in Nozawa onsen Village in Japan. Seamless service, prompt, and pricing reasonable. The Shimataya View Hotel, was a lovely stay. Room size was large, great views, and Amazing service from Staff. Momoi and Eloisa couldn’t help enough- from dinner reservations to organising luggage to Tokyo. Property is older, though clean, well maintained. 10 min walk to slopes, 5 min walk to village centre. I recommend Mountain Watch, and this property. Photos are the view from our room.
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