There are a lot of skiing resorts in Japan. Many international visitors from all over frequent these resorts and sites, which number about 600. However, more clientele of Japan's ski resorts are often seen in the small local places. In these micro resorts, the slopes are not as steep as the more popular and big resorts. However, these micro resorts are a lot cheaper and in here you will be able to find a personal hill of your choice.

 

Japan is well known for miniaturizing things, and this holds true for skiing resorts with niseko accommodation as well. Many, many years ago a certain class of Japanese citizens went about starting a ski craze. What they did was to put up sky lifts wherever there was space or a possibility of putting up one. In Japan, this is very possible because there are a lot of mountains where they can put the lifts and there is also heavy snowfall in most areas. All of Japan's hills, even the smallest ones, can definitely offer skiing during winter even though some of these are just a few hundred meters above sea level.

 

Today, there are a lot of these miniaturized skiing areas all over Japan. In most of these areas, families are the ones who oversee or take responsibility for the sport. Because of its smallness, it is usually just a one-man chairlift over a 200 m slope which also has a booth where tickets are sold and bought. Even though these are located in small areas, the popularity has sent eager skiers in these places for this snow sport. They eventually had problems with long waiting lines and the runs were short. This led many people to complain about the situation. The problem, however, has been solved over time.

 

Although they are smaller in size, these micro resorts have about everything that you can find in the more popular and bigger ski japan resorts. They do have rental shops and restaurants at the base of the hill where you can have good, hot meals, snacks and some beer. Even if some of these micro resorts have no bars, they are usually situated near a town where there are plenty of food stores and cozy bars. Sushi bars also abound everywhere. Here you can have your taste of diced tuna and octopus served with wasabi paste and soy sauce.

 

After the skiing and eating, clients usually go to the traditional hot bath, or onsen. You can also find these near the micro resorts. In these bath places you can relax after the long day, in their steaming waters after giving yourself a cool washing.

 

A lot of these resorts offer night skiing. These are called night games and can go on from late afternoon until late evening. This night skiing has become very popular especially for people who spend long hours in work.