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Spring Skiing and Snowboarding in Japan?

Spring is one of the greatest times of the year to be introduced to skiing and snowboarding in Japan. Why? Lets start with the fact that there will be surprising storms bringing fresh powder snow one day and bright sunshine with blue skies the next, also known as blue-bird days. YES BLUE-BIRD DAYS!

Regular snowfalls are punctuated with bluebird powder days. Photo: Nozawa Onsen.
Regular snowfalls are punctuated with bluebird powder days. Image: Nozawa Onsen.

You’ll have great photo opportunities with glimmering 360 degree views of the beautiful white-blanketed mountains. The weather is a little warmer, fortunately, meaning you won’t have frozen fingers and toes.

Nothing beats Mt Yotei views on a bluebird!
Nothing beats Mt Yotei views on a bluebird!

What else? There are less crowds in Spring time and no lines-ups at the lifts. With the extra vitamin D, moods are high and your confidence will be too, giving you the opportunity to ski more advanced runs. Not to mention, without the winter blizzards, you can actually see where you are skiing! In fact, many visitors to Japan go from complete novices to skiing down the highest slopes in Japan, reachable only by cable cart.

After a day on the slopes, you can enjoy an Apres drink and snack in the sun or if it’s your fancy enjoy an outdoor onsen/natural hot-tub surrounded by snow and take in the stunning views.

Highland Hotel Hakuba Onsen
One of our faves – Highland Hotel onsen in Hakuba. Just check out these views!

Most importantly the Japan Spring skiing packages are great value! Many accommodation providers and lift operators have Spring specials as it is low season in resort.

Our packages have all inclusive options, meaning that everything can be taken care of and you can have a hassle-free holiday. There’s no need to trawl the internet and be overwhelmed by the number of choices to make: ski schools, what to hire and where to hire, where to stay, how to get there, dining options… the lot. All those decisions can be a little daunting.

Our team are here and very happy to help. Click the button below to be connected with one of our travel specialists to start planning your next spring trip to Japan.

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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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