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Yuzawa & Naeba Town Guide: Maps

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There are a number of resorts within 10 minutes of both the main Echigo Yuzawa Station (which is home to both the Joetsu Shinkansen line and local Joetsu train lines) and also the Yuzawa I.C. of the Kanetsu Expressway

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Yuzawa Town
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Yuzawa region
> Central
> Iwappara
Naeba
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Naeba & Kagura region
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Region Maps: Yuzawa
Naeba
Minamiuonuma
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Interactive maps of regions and resorts: Regions: Ski & Snowboard Resorts:
Niigata Prefecture GALA Yuzawa
Yuzawa Town Ishiuchi Maruyama
Kagura / Naeba Iwappara Resort
Minamiuonuma Joetsu Kokusai
  Kagura
  Kayama Captain Coast
  Maiko Korakuen
  Naeba
  Naeba Asagai
  NASPA Ski Garden
  Pine Ridge Resorts Kandatsu
  Yuzawa Park
  Yuzawa Kogen
  Yuzawa Nakazato

How to get to the Yuzawa region:

Naeba is actually in the most southern are of Yuzawa town, but it is around a 40 minute drive from the center of Yuzawa Town in a southerly direction on Route 17.

Minamiuonuma-shi is just to the north of Yuzawa Town.  (In fact, the Ishiuchi Maruyama resort is connected to the GALA Yuzawa resort).  There are numerous resorts in Minamiuounuma that are within easy reach of central Yuzawa.   Visit the Resorts page for more information on ski and snowboard resorts in the region.


The Yuzawa area is a very simple journey from Tokyo - both by train and car.

By Car

The Kanetsu Expressway (toll road) runs through Yuzawa.  The journey from Nerima I.C. in northern Tokyo to Yuzawa I.C. is about 176km and in good conditions can take less than two hours.  (Please note that in bad weather conditions and peak times, it can take considerably longer).  The journey takes you north through Saitama and Gunma Prefectures, under the Tanigawa mountain range in northern Gunma and into Yuzawa Town.

If you are planning on visiting the resorts in the Yuzawa Town area and Minamiuonuma, get off the Expressway at Yuzawa I.C.   From the exit, either turn left onto Route 17 towards Kandatsu, Kagura and Naeba or turn right onto Route 17 towards other resorts in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma.

(If you are planning on visiting Naeba or Kagura you might want to get off the Kanetsu Expressway before then at the Tsukiyono I.C. in Gunma Prefecture.  From there, take Route 17 and head north to Naeba).

If you are planning on visiting the resorts in Mimaniuonuma you can either take Route 17 north through Yuzawa or continue on the Kanetsu Expressway past Yuzawa I.C. and get of either at Shiozawa Ishiuchi I.C. or Muikamachi I.C.

   
By train

The main station of Yuzawa Town is called Echigo Yuzawa Station.  The Joetsu Shinkasen (bullet train) stops regularly at Echigo Yuzawa Station.  The train from Tokyo takes on average between 75 to 85 minutes. 

The GALA Yuzawa resort has it's own station (GALA Yuzawa Station) which is just a few km further on than the main Echigo Yuzawa Station.  Please note that not all of the trains that go to Echigo Yuzawa continue on to Gala Yuzawa Station, so it is best to check beforehand.  If you planning to go to any of the other resorts in the region apart form GALA Yuzawa, you should get off the train at Echigo Yuzawa Station.

On exiting Echigo Yuzawa Station you will find shuttle buses going to most of the main resorts in the region from both the West and East exits of the station.

 

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