[2025 Myoko Stay] Travel Guide for Lotte Arai Resort (Updated Apr)

🏔️Lotte Arai Resort is located in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is a resort that perfectly combines skiing, hot springs and various activities. This is not only a paradise for ski lovers, but also an ideal place for families and groups of friends to relax. 🏂 Key Features - Ski Paradise: The resort has many ski slopes suitable for skiers of all levels. There are 5 cable cars connecting 3 beginner, 3 intermediate and 3 advanced ski slopes, allowing visitors to choose freely according to their abilities. It is recommended to get a map to understand the route first, and various ski equipment can be rented. Adult ticket prices start from 3,500 yen and vary depending on the number of days and cable car ticket type. ♨️ Hot spring facilities - The resort offers a variety of hot spring options, allowing visitors to relax after skiing and enjoy Japan's traditional hot spring culture. Guests staying in the hotel can use the hot spring free of charge. The opening hours are 05:00 - 10:00 from Monday to Friday, and 05:00 - 23:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (please refer to the official website for details). 🌄 Various activities - In addition to skiing, the resort also offers a variety of outdoor activities such as hiking and cycling, allowing visitors to enjoy the beauty of nature all year round. In addition, there is a table tennis court in the resort, where you can play a game after skiing, and there is also a gym available for use, so you don’t have to worry about muscle loss. 🍽️ Must-visit restaurants - Within the resort, restaurants that you cannot miss include Steak House BECO and Bar Liuli, which offer exquisite dining experiences to indulge your taste buds with luxury. Sky Restaurant ZEN is a must-visit rest area after riding the two-stage cable car, where you can enjoy delicious food while admiring the magnificent mountain views. 🚆 Transportation convenience - Getting to Lotte Arai Resort is very convenient. You can take the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Joetsu-Myoko Station, and then transfer to a reserved shuttle bus directly to the #resort. 💰 Room Prices - The room price is about HK$2,200/night, with complete facilities, which is very cost-effective for a ski resort. Lotte Arai Resort is not only an ideal place for skiing in the winter, but also provides a perfect venue for outdoor activities in the summer. The unique natural beauty and high-quality facilities here will surely leave unforgettable memories for every visitor. Whether you are seeking an exciting skiing experience or craving a relaxing hot spring trip, Lotte Arai Resort can meet your needs. #resort #tokyotravel #outdoor activities #skiing #family friendly #dating

This vast resort facility will lift your spirits. The hotel grounds and parking lot are separate, so it's a wonderful complex that makes you feel like you're overseas❣️⁡ ⁡ The grounds include a hotel, restaurant, hot springs, and ski resorts, so you'll want to stay there for days👍⁡ ⁡ If you're going to ski, first⁡ you take the gondola up to "Roppongi Station," but be careful because anything above that is only for intermediate and advanced areas💡⁡ ⁡ For advanced to super advanced skiers,⁡ the entire area from the top is a freeriding zone with courses and ungroomed snow, so you can ski in the way you like depending on the snow surface of the day🏂⁡ ⁡ ⁡ Please go and check it out🎵⁡ ⁡ ⁡ ⋈ ････Notes･･･ ⋈⁡ ⁡ Parking: All areas are free and can be accessed at all times⁡ #tripdomestictravel #skiresort #Niigatatrip #Niigatasightseeing #snowscenery #hotspring

Lotte Arai Resort is a multi-purpose resort facility in Myoko Kogen, Niigata Prefecture, where Korean-owned LOTTE Hotel, which operates more than 30 hotels in seven countries, has made its first foray into Japan. In the spring, you can enjoy spring skiing and cherry blossom viewing, in the summer the largest tree adventure and indoor pool in the country, in the fall the leaves change color, and in the winter, skiing on the finest powder snow in one of Japan's snowiest areas. Mount Okenashi, towering behind Lotte Arai Resort, is one of the snowiest areas in Japan, with an annual snowfall of about 18m, and the snow quality is the finest powder snow that skiers from Japan and abroad long for! There are a total of 14 slopes. About 80% of the slopes are ungroomed areas (avalanche terrain) for advanced skiers. This overwhelming amount of snow and superb slopes have been recognized, and it won the top prize in the Japan category at the World Ski Awards 2020, the highest honor in the ski industry, and won four categories in the Japan category at the Ski Asia Awards 2020 hosted by SKI ASIA: Best Ski Resort, Best Powder Ski Resort, Best Family Ski Resort, and Best Snow Sports School. Personally, I don't ski, so I just took the ropeway up, but on a good day, you can see all the way to the Sea of ​​Japan, and it was quite a spectacular spot. Indeed, the snow quality is powdery, so you can't make snowmen or snowballs. It would have been nice to ski. There are also plenty of kids' facilities here, so you can safely play on snow sleds and outdoor play equipment, which looked like fun. I visited during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were many foreign residents stationed there. The hotel's restaurant was buffet style, and the large bath was a hot spring open-air bath with a snow view! It was lit up at night, creating a fantastic snow-viewing corridor. #Hotel review #Niigata Prefecture #Ski resort #Resort #Snow scenery

Be sure to go to Rakuten Arai Ski Resort after a heavy snowfall! I promise, this is definitely a powder snow paradise around Tokyo! ! ! Today was a great day of skiing on the powder snow! ! ! Lotte Arai is a ski-in, ski-out resort hotel, and staying here on a snowy day is a real steal! Want to hit traceless powder snow? Do you have to get up early? Compete with fellow skiers for the first line? There is no need for that here! Because the wild snow area here is really large, there is no need to worry about the snow not being slippery enough! The terrain is also very interesting, and you can switch routes at will, which makes it very playable. It is highly recommended to take the cable car directly to the transfer station and then transfer to the cable car to the top of the mountain. From here, there is a small forest of wild snow within the planned scope of the ski resort, and you can switch back to the regular ski slope at any time. The scenery at the top of the mountain is super beautiful! Sitting on the cable car going up through the clouds, below you will see the gurgling stream and the seamless powder snow as tempting as a cream cake! The last section of the downhill section of the ski resort is a winding and narrow ski trail. The scenery is really amazing, but it is more suitable for double-board skiing. If you want to slide on a single board, you need to speed up a little to slide to the foot of the mountain in one breath. Don't stop! We will be skiing in this trip and will visit many ski resorts. The 3-day Joetsu-Myoko area ski pass is very cost-effective. Some of the ski resorts in this generation are connected, and some are very close. You don't need to worry about the ski resorts that are far away. With the ski pass, you can also take the tour bus to travel between these ski resorts and surrounding hotels. It was really great to ski on different terrains and slopes at multiple ski resorts in 3 days!