Naeba
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Naeba (苗場) is a mountain (苗場山) on the border between Gumma and Niigata Prefectures in the middle of Honshū just short of 200 km from Tokyo.
It is also the name of a large ski resort on Mt Takenoko (筍山) in Echigo Yuzawa (越後湯沢) on the Niigata side of the border, run by Kokudo, and the Naeba Prince Hotel, a 'breakwater' of at least six hotels (#2–#6 plus the World Cup Lodge, for 1782 rooms) all joined together, separating the resort from the parking lot. (#2 is a 30-storey tower built in the 1980s 'bubble' years.)
The resort is 40 minutes from Echigo-Yuzawa Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen by non-stop express bus. This station is approximately 190 km from Tokyo.
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[edit] Skiing
According to the Prince Hotel site, the maximum slope is 32° on three slalom 'burns' (their corruption of German 'Bahn'); the maximum course length, 4000 m; the vertical drop, 889 m.
In addition to the extensive skiing at Naeba itself (two gondolas, 33 ski lifts), there is a third gondola 'Dragondola' connecting the resort to the Tashiro (田代) ski area, which in turn connects to the Mitsumata (三俣) and Kagura (かぐら) ski areas.
[edit] Other attractions
In the summer, the lower slopes turn into an 18-hole, par 72 golf course and 42 tennis courts.
In the summer, the Naeba ski resort is home to the Fuji Rock Festival.
In February, Matsutoya Yumi (松任谷由実, a.k.a. 'Yuming') holds a series of late-night concerts in the hotel's Blizzardium ballroom / exhibition space.
The indoor pool is open all year round.
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[edit] External links
- Snodeck (For Apres Ski and helpful information for the area) - Asagai Snowboard Park, Naeba
- Naeba Prince Hotel
- Mt Naeba ski guide - hotel packages
- GoSki Japan Naeba page
- Ski Japan: Naeba, Tashiro, Mitumata
- Fuji Rock Festival
- FIS Ski World Cup Races, February 10–11, 2005
- Japanese ski page Check the Flash graphics
- Mt Naeba ski guide - Information
- Shot of entire mountain
