Naeba Activities

Naeba Family Activities

Some of the Naeba activities are focussed around the family friendly approach of Naeba.

Go wacko at Waku Waku Family Snowland, an outdoor area adjacent to the base of the ski area with magic carpet accessed snow tubing, a carousel, and a snow train.

Up the other end of the resort is Kappa Snowmobile Land which offers short or longer snowmobile tours. The snowmobiles are not very powerful, and tandem rides with your child are possible.

The Prince Hotel has a games room with various games and prize machines. For bigger kids there is table tennis and billiards (for a fee).

Naeba also has lots of events during the season including kids’ treasure hunts and fireworks.

Naeba Ski Tours There used to be a really lame form of heli skiing at nearby Kagura during spring, but it seems that this activity was ceased, possibly because the locals thought it was too risky (!!) or perhaps because they realised it was lame!

Mikuni Cat Skiing at the former ski resort adjacent to Naeba is no longer operating.

There is a Naeba ski guiding company that takes sidecountry and backcountry ski and snowboard tours around Naeba and Kagura. Sherpa Adventure Center can also provide guiding at Hakkaisan including transport.

Snowshoe Tours Sherpa Adventure Center offer various snowshoeing tours, include a tour to Kaikake Onsen in spring.

The adventure center has an office in the Prince Hotel so you can drop in and discuss your options. They also offer tours to see the snow monkeys in Nagano.

Relaxation Like various other services and facilities at Naeba, it seems that the day spa and massages services at the Prince Hotel are no longer in operation.

Onsen Near Naeba Naeba Onsen “Hiuchi No Yu” is located adjacent to the Prince Hotel in the Day Trip Ski Center. It has an indoor and open air bath that can be accessed by hotel guests or day trippers. A soak in the hot spring is a great finale to a tiring day on the slopes.

The hotel has another public bath that’s not an onsen (hot spring) but is still very relaxing. There is also a sauna if you want to completely dehydrate yourself!

Some of the hotels in Naeba town have onsen for hotel guests, or you could head to the day-use Yuki Sasano Yu (Yukisasa) on the main road (National Route 17), where there are indoor and outdoor onsen baths.

Mitsumata, a village of the Kagura ski resort, is home to Kai-do no Yu, an onsen with both indoor and outdoor (rotenburo) hot pools. This provides a more traditional Japanese onsen experience than that at Naeba.

Nearby and just off Route 17 is Kaikake Onsen Ryokan, which is open to day visitors. When you drive across the narrow bridge to the ryokan, you know you’re going somewhere special. The baths have a tasteful mix of old and new décor, and the outdoor onsen is a delightful spot to sit in amongst the snowy rocks.