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Deep within the heart of the Japan Alps at the northernmost part of Nagano Prefecture

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Deep within the heart of the Japan Alps at the northernmost part of Nagano Prefecture

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One lift pass to ski both Madarao Kogen and Tangram

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Madarao Kogen Guide | Madarao Ski Resort

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22 runs for beginner, intermediate and advanced skiers

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Madarao Mountain Resort

Madarao Kogen Ski Resort (斑尾高原スキー場 or a.k.a. Madarao Mountain Resort) is a unique bowl shape resort with 22 separate courses best suited to intermediate skiers and snowboarders, but there is some terrain for beginners and some fairly steep runs for advanced skiers and snowboarders.

There's a lot to see and do on the mountain, but you'll easily be able to explore all it's runs in a full day. Despite typical Japanese lift infrastructure geared to on-piste skiers accessing the lower slopes, you can still access most areas without too much traversing and upload reasonably efficiently. There are English-language Madarao ski school lessons available as well as Madarao backcountry tours.

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Madarao Ski Resort: About

Mt. Madarao reaches a height of 1,382 meters tall and has 16 lifts, all of which are free for overseas children 12 and under. The common consensus is that this resort is usually uncrowded during weekdays with a good selection of runs, some nicely groomed trails (although 60% of the courses are ungroomed), and there are also very impressive views of Mt Myoko on a clear day. Madarao Kogen Ski Resort is quite near to Nagano City as well as the resorts in Myoko and Nozawa Onsen.

Madarao Kogen Ski Resort: Info

Two new courses were built at Madarao Kogen in 2009. Specifically constructed more for advanced skiers and snowboarders, the 'Air Wave' and 'Usagi' (rabbit) courses are ungroomed courses. Air Wave boasts moguls, opportunities for 'air' and tree runs - a powder snow paradise. The Usagi is bit easier so more suited to those looking to try out ungroomed areas without getting into too much difficulty. There was yet another new tree course for the 2013/14 season ( see video) known as Powder Line. For more details see this info here

Madarao-Kogen is connected to Tangram Ski Circus Resort at the top of the mountain and a joint ticket is available to let you ski or snowboard both. For those wanting to step outside the resort, backcountry access is available through the top gate. There are also plenty of options to ski back into the resort for lift-accessed sidecountry fun and backcountry ski tours in Madarao Kogen are available.

The resort is open from mid-December through late March (depending on snow conditions)

Madarao Kogen Ski Resort: More info

Lift and food prices are reasonable, plus there are discounts for seniors over 58 yrs old.

Like many Japanese resorts, Madarao offers night skiing on weekends. They also host New Year's Eve nightskiing and fireworks, and a Dondoyaki Fire Festival in early January. See our Things to do in Madarao page for more info on these.

There are various food options on the mountain including a large cafeteria offering moderately-priced food from ramen to hotdogs and tap beer, a convenience store and several small eateries.

Madarao Kogen Ski Resort: Info Box

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Madarao Kogen Ski Resort: Contact

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The ski guide to Madarao Kogen Ski Resort (Madarao Mountain Resort) in Nagano, Japan. Find Madarao Snow Reports, Maps, Weather, Webcams & Hotel Information.

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Tangram Ski Circus, Nagano, Japan

Tangram Ski Circus: Overview

Tangram Ski Circus (スキー場：タングラムスキーサーカス) enjoys a wonderful position at the base of Mt. Madarao - overlooking Iiyama & Nozawa Onsen in one direction and, on a clear day, the spectacular mountains of Myoko Kogen and the Japan Sea in the other. Tangram is only is a small-medium sized deluxe ski resort but offers skiers and snowboarders an impressive 520 metres (1706 feet) of vertical descent. Madarao-Kogen Ski Area is connected to Tangram Ski Circus Resort at the top of the mountain and a joint ticket is available to let you ski or snowboard both.

The resort features a Western-style hotel ( see places to stay), a bright restaurant area with big windows overlooking the slopes, a snow mobile track, an indoor swimming pool and onsen, plus a health club and games arcade. Ski rental is available at Ogasaka Friendly Centre, whilst there are ski lessons available for kids and juniors.

Tangram Ski Circus is best suited to a range of skiers and snowboarders with it's excellent wide, open runs that are never very crowded. For advanced skiers there hasn't been a lot of challenge in recent years apart from a punishing mogul run. However in 2016 they began opening new tree runs and relaxing off-piste rules thereby encouraging more foreign skiers to visit the resort. For park rats and kids there are facilities available (as below).

Tangram provides an ideal base for two days of skiing (by itself, even more with adjoining Madarao Mountain Resort) after which you can explore the slopes at nearby Myoko Kogen as well as Nozawa Onsen.

Tangram Ski Circus: Resort Stats

Ski Area: 50HA
Longest Run: 2,500 metres
Half Pipes: No
Terrain Parks: Yes
Child Care: Yes
Kids Park: Yes
Cross-country available: Yes
Elevation: 1,320 metres
Vertical Drop: 520 metres

Tangram Ski Circus: Ski Runs

Lifts: 6 Trails: 14 (Beg:30% Int:40% Adv:30%)

Lift Ticket Prices 2017/18

Madarao Mountain Pass (valid for both Madarao Kogen Ski Resort ＆ Tangram)

Type of ticket

Adult / Senior (over 55) / Junior & senior high school students

Kids (under 12yo)

Mountain 1 Day Pass

5,000 yen

3,000 yen

Tangram Ski Resort: Trail Map

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Tangram Ski Resort: Accommodation

The Tangram Hotel is a high-end, mountainside resort, overlooking surrounding the ski lifts and slopes. Featuring sitting areas with sofas, the refined rooms come with free Wi-Fi and TVs. Some rooms have traditional features such as chabudai dining tables and tatami floors. The hotel has an elegant restaurant featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and a fireplace. There's also an indoor pool, a game room, tennis courts and an onsen, a bathhouse with natural hot spring water. Parking is complimentary. Check here for other Tangram Ski Resort accommodation.

Tangram Ski Resort: Access

Train: Twenty minutes from Myokokogen Station on the Kita-Shinano line, or thirty minutes from JR Iiyama Station (Shinkansen stop).
See here for more information
Need a car? Madarao car rentals. Pick up at Iiyama Station

Tangram Ski Resort: Promotional Video
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Tangram Ski Resort: Weather and Snow Forecast

Tangram Ski Circus: Webcam

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Tokyo -> Iiyama (2 hour on Shinkansen); Iiyama -> Madarao Kogen Hotel (15 min by cab)

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Getting to Madarao Kogen

Tokyo to Madarao Kogen

Getting to Madarao Kogen is straightforward. After travelling from Tokyo to Iiyama (the city at the mountain base, pronounced ee-yama) foreign visitors usually stay in or around Madarao Mountain Resort which is about 15-30 minutes by taxi or bus from Iiyama Station.

Please note that there are no public shuttle buses around Madarao and Tangram. From the lower part of Madarao resort it takes about ten minutes to get to the slopes so please check when booking your accommodation. However, many of the Madarao hotels are happy to shuttle their guests for free.

Getting to Madarao Kogen: Where is Madarao?

Madarao Kogen is located right on the border of Nagano and Niigata Prefecture on the main island of Honshu. In fact you can ski both prefectures within the same resort area. The Madarao Kogen area is easily accessed from both international airports in Tokyo (Narita & Haneda) by shinkansen (bullet train), airport shuttle, taxi, rental car or bus. The total travel time from Tokyo to Madarao Kogen is usually between three to five hours. See this useful mindmap style page that describes all possible ways to get here.

It is also easily accessible to/from other nearby Japanese ski resorts
Okay, so now you know where Madarao Kogen is. How do you get to Madarao Kogen from Tokyo?
Madarao Car Rental Booking Search

Tokyo to Madarao: Coming by train from Narita Airport

Make your way from Narita Airport to either Ueno or Tokyo Stations. You can catch the Narita Express train to JR Tokyo Station (3,000 yen) or the Keisei Skyliner (2,400 yen) or express (1,200 yen) to Keisei Ueno Station.

Use this very useful link to find train time tables and fares to Madarao-Kogen.

Once in Tokyo/Ueno, get on a Hokuriku or Nagano shinkansen headed for Nagano or Kanazawa.

Here's how you change trains to the shinkansen in Ueno

Here's how you change trains to the shinkansen in Tokyo

Visitors can buy a ticket at the airport through to Nagano, Iiyama or JoetsuMyoko if using the Narita Express (also known as N'Ex).

Tokyo to Madarao: Coming by train from Haneda Airport

Make your way from Haneda Airport to Tokyo Station via one of the following options:

1. Take the Keikyu Airport Line from Haneda Airport to Shinagawa Station (14-20 minutes, 410 yen) or Shimbashi Station via Sengakuji (24 minutes, 570 yen)

2. Take the Tokyo Monorail (13-26 minutes, 490 yen) to Hamamatsucho Station.

From there transfer to the JR Yamanote or JR Keihin-Tohoku Line to Tokyo Station.

Alternatively, limousine buses depart from Haneda Airport to Tokyo Station every 30 to 60 minutes (20 minutes, 580 yen).

Getting to Madarao Kogen: Coming via Iiyama Station

This is the most popular way of getting to Madarao from Tokyo. The journey itself will usually take less than two hours (Tokyo - Iiyama) and 3-4 hours total depending on transfer times in Tokyo and Iiyama/Nagano.
To check train timetable, please click the links below.
Tokyo to Iiyama train timetable // Iiyama to Tokyo train timetable

Once at Iiyama visitors can take a bus or taxi from the front of the station (see below).

Bus from Iiyama Station to Madarao
To check the bus timetable, please click the links below: Public bus from Iiyama Station to Madarao Kogen (2019/20) Public bus from Madarao Kogen to Iiyama train station (2019/20)
Taxi from Iiyama Station to Madarao

Madarao Kogen is about 10km from Iiyama Station. A taxi from Iiyama Station to Madarao Kogen takes approximately 20 minutes and will cost around 2,800-3,300 yen. Depending on the location of your accommodation some will be further (especially those in Tangram) and therefore costs might vary. You can check a Madarao map here.
Iiyama to Madarao note - some Madarao hotels do collect guests from the station but it's best to pre-book.
Iiyama Station Map

Getting to Madarao Kogen: Coming via Nagano Station

It's important to note that some services terminate in Nagano (Nagano Shinkansen) and other services may not stop at Iiyama. If stopping in Nagano exit via the shinkansen transfer gate (see below) and change trains to the local JR Iiyama line. From Nagano Station to Iiyama Station it is about 45 minutes. This journey is covered by by your JR Pass (if you have one). At Iiyama transfer to bus or taxi. Alternatively (in winter) there is a highway bus from Nagano station two times a day to Madarao which takes about 70 minutes.

Tokyo to Madarao Shuttle Bus

There are some Japanese bus services that provide transfers to Madarao between December-March

Sunshine Tours has a morning bus (6.50am - ¥4,500 one way) and an evening bus (11.00pm - ¥5,000 one way). Both leave from Shinjuku. The latter will suit those arriving on late flights.

Tabiterasu offers return journeys from Tokyo, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro to Madarao for ¥9,500

Travex offers a Madarao morning shuttle service costing ¥5,500 one way or ¥9,000 return. Pick ups are in Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

Getting to Madarao: Airport Taxi Transfer

Don't want the hassle of carrying bags, herding children and changing trains? Let us organise a taxi transfer for getting to Madarao Kogen. A shared taxi van ride right to the hotel door (ex Haneda or Narita airports) is 19,900 one way, per adult/teen (70% for U/12) including luggage allowance, taxes and name sign at the airport. Taxis usually depart the airport within 30-90 minutes of your arrival time. Sometimes these are full, other times it may be yourselves only. Check here for more details.

For medium-large groups we can help organise a direct private transfer from the airport to Madarao (or return) at reasonable cost. This chartered direct service from the Tokyo airport to your Madarao hotel would be between 129,000-199,000 each way depending on numbers & bus type. Check here for more details.

Taxi/charter journeys to Madaro will usually take 4-5 hours depending on traffic and weather conditions. Comfort stops are included.

Getting to Madarao: Madarao Airport & Resorts Shuttle

Nagano Snow Shuttle is your most convenient way to transfer Tokyo to Madarao. The service offers up to five shuttles daily to Madarao from Narita Airport, Haneda Airport and three other nearby ski resorts - Myoko, Hakuba, Nozawa Onsen and Shiga Kogen. Schedules are as follows.

Tokyo to Madarao: Via Nagano bus from Narita Airport

There is an overnight bus from Nagano to/from Narita Airport (via Matsumoto, Ueno and Tokyo Disneyland). The cost is 6,900. From Nagano catch the train to Iiyama Station or bus to Madarao (see above). This service is especially useful if arriving late or leaving early. See the Alpico Bus website for full details.

Tokyo to Madarao: Coming via car

Car rentals are easily available in Iiyama, Nagano, Tokyo, or one of the airports. This can be quite cost and time effective if you have a group and/or wish to visit other nearby resorts such as Myoko, Hakuba, Nozawa Onsen, Togakushi and/or Shiga Kogen. Travel times / distances are as below:

Madarao to Nozawa Onsen

There is a Nozawa Onsen - Madarao Kogen shuttle operating each winter (28 December 2018 - 3rd March 2019). Reservations are not needed and you can pay on the bus. Full details and timetables are available from your Madarao accommodation.

Prices are as follows:

One-way (Adult) Nozawa-Madarao 1200yen / Nozawa-Iiyama 600yen / Madarao-Iiyama 700yen
One-way (Child U/12) Nozawa-Madarao 600yen / Nozawa-Iiyama 300yen / Madarao-Iiyama 350yen

Madarao to Nozawa Onsen bus schedule

Nozawa Onsen Chuo Terminal

Nozawa Onsen Daiichi Parking Area

Iiyama Station

Madarao Yanoie

Madarao Plaza

Madarao Kogen Hotel

Madarao to Myoko Akakura Onsen
AM shuttle
There are two daily return shuttles Madarao to Myoko Akakura Onsen. The Akakura (Myoko) - Madarao Ski Shuttle bus operates from December 22nd 2019 - March 8th 2020. Full details and timetables are available from your Madarao accommodation.

08:00 Akakura Onsen
08:02 Akakura Kanko Resort
08:04 Hotel Windsor
08:15 Myoko Bus Terminal
08:30 Tangram
08:55 Madarao Kogen Hotel
PM shuttle
09:05 Madarao Kogen Hotel
09:30 Tangram
09:45 Myoko Bus Terminal
09:56 Hotel Windsor
09:58 Akakura Kanko Resort
10:00 Akakura Onsen

16:00 Akakura Onsen
16:02 Akakura Kanko Resort
16:04 Hotel Windsor
16:15 Myokogogen Bus Terminal
16:30 Tangram
16:55 Madarao Kogen Hotel

17:05 Madarao Kogen Hotel
17:30 Tangram
17:45 Myokokogen Bus Terminal
17:56* Hotel Windsor
17:58* Akakura Kanko Resort
18:00* Akakura Onsen
* Bus will terminate in Myokokogen if no guests are onboard.

The cost for the daily shuttles Madarao - Tangram - Myokokogen - Akakura is 1,000 yen one way. Pay by cash when boarding.

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MiSTER DARUMA is a cosy Japanese izakaya on the main strip of Madarao, our food menu is a take on the Japanese izakaya with plenty of options for people with dietary requirements or allergies. Home made Karaage, Nasudengaku, Agedashi tofu and many more.
Our drinks menu has all your favourites from beer and wine to local Japanese rice wine and a great cocktail menu.
We are open from 4:30 to late late night and can reserve though email.

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Rudolf Restaurant - Madarao, Iiyama, JAPAN - We say YUMMO!

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We bet you a ski pass you won’t be able to resist a slab of pizza after a big day on the mountain. Rudolf Restuarant - Review by The Yamadasan Family.

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Check out the new green season menu right here http://www.actionsnowsports.com/cafe-panini-menu/

Thanks to our newly finished kitchen extension, we are now offering "take out food" for most of our Oishii/yummy meals . Due to covid and the lack of foreign travellers, the upstairs restaurant area will be closed for the time being or until travel restrictions have changed. This area has been recently renovated and has seating for approximately 20 additional diners, adding to the lower floor bar area. Offering a delicious mix of Japanese Fusion cuisine, along with our very popular Tapas, providing a divine variety of flavours.

However, it takes more than exquisite cooking to make a memorable meal. We believe an intimate atmosphere in the right location, personal and attentive service and great company are what separates a delicious dinner from an unforgettable experience. The Drop Off Bar will open from the 17th December 2021, coinciding with the resort opening weekend. We look forward to an amazing season along with spending good times and wonderful memories with our patrons. Ask our wonderful staff to get your photo up on our wall of great memories.
Opened in 2016, the Drop Off Bar is the "in" place to be in Madarao. Serving the best coffee, apparently the coldest Asahi beers in town (according to our patrons and locals) and great wines, not to mention the awesome cocktails and Saki bombs PLUS a range of very tasty cuisine. Check out our Menu here but in the meantime check us out here http://www.facebook.com/DropOffMadarao/

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Madarao Mountain Lodge - The Lodge Café

Madarao Mountain Lodge and its Café are owned and operated by Mark and Mayuko Abe Stahnke and their daughter Hanako.

You get the best of both worlds at the Lodge Café. Abe is Japanese and an amazing chef, Mark is Australian and with the help of Hanako and some great staff, looks after the dining room and bar. The family welcome you into their family friendly lodge for a truly fantastic evening of great food and an atmosphere that will not disappoint.

This is one of Madarao's must try restaurants! It features a menu with traditional Japanese and Western options all prepared by Abe, using local fresh ingredients and mountains of love. They also offer a comprehensive beverage menu with some great cocktails, Japanese whisky, Saki as well as fresh tea and coffee.

The Lodge Café is one of Madarao's worst kept secrets so we highly recommend you book in advance which our Yamadasan staff are more than happy to assist you with.

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Madarao's WORST kept secret - Be quick to book at The Lodge Cafe in Madarao

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Awesome food and atmosphere. Where the Yamadasan family love to go when their own Smokies Bar & Restaurant is fully booked. Read our review!