Hoshino Resorts NEKOMA Mountain
Hoshino Resorts NEKOMA Mountain
星野リゾート ネコマ マウンテン
福島県磐梯町
The interactive map below shows the location of the ski area. Further down the page you will find information on getting there by train, public transport and road, along with the address, nearby ski areas and, where available, Street View imagery.
Address
Sarashina 6838-68, Bandai-machi, Yama-gun, Fukushima-ken, 969-3396
福島県耶麻郡磐梯町
By train and public transport
55.2km from Koriyama Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line
6.8km from Bandai Machi Station on the Banetsu Sai line
17.1km from Aizu Wakamatsu Station on the Banetsu Sai line
The closest train station to the Bandai Area base is Bandai Machi Station (7km) on the Banetsu Saisen line. Aizu Wakamatsu Station on the same line is just over 17km from the ski area.
Koriyama Station is the closest stop on the Tohoku Shinkansen and is about 55km from Alts Bandai.
Various bus services to Nekoma Mountain are available.
A bus operates between Koriyama Station and the South Area. The journey takes about 70 minutes and there are normally four services daily. Reservations are required. 1,500 yen per adult; 750 yen per child.
A bus operates between Aizu Wakamatsu Station and the South Area. The journey takes about 45 minutes. Reservations are required. 1,000 yen per adult; 500 yen per child.
A free bus also operates around the Urabandai Area, and that includes the North Area of the ski area.
By road
10.8km from the Bandai Kawahigashi IC on the Banetsu Expressway
19.2km from the Inawashiro Bandai Kogen IC on the Banetsu Expressway
49km from the Koriyama IC on the Tohoku Expressway
Nearest national route: Route 49 (11.4km away)
Nearest prefecture road: Prefecture Road 64
The Bandai Area (previously known as Alts Bandai) is just under 11km from the Bandai Kawahigashi IC exit of the Banetsu Expressway.
From the Bandai Kawahigashi IC exit, turn left onto Prefecture Road 64 for just over 1km to a set of traffic lights. Turn right onto Prefecture Road 7 and then continue for 2km until the turn off for the Gold Line road (Prefecture Road 64). Turn left and continue for just over 2km and take the road to the right to head up to Alts Bandai base. Note that the Gold Line toll road is not open in the winter months and so it is not possible to get to the ski area using that road.
Free parking is available at various car parks by the Bandai Area base. (The South A car park costs 1,000 yen per day on weekends and holidays, though it is free after 2pm).
On weekends and holidays a free shuttle bus is available from Car Park B to the ski area base.
Also nearby
Other ski areas in the region (or the nearest ski area for more remote destinations). Distances shown are approximate driving distances using main roads during the winter season.
Inawashiro (about 15km)
Listel Ski Fantasia (about 17.9km)
Numajiri (about 29.6km)
Urabandai (about 31.9km)
Grandeco Snow Resort (about 34.1km)
Minowa (about 34.6km)