Who it suits
For mixed-level groups who want many route choices and several ways onto the mountain.
Niigata 新潟県
The Ishiuchi Maruyama trail map, hand-traced run by run and painted in swirling night colours, with the numbers you need before you go and the fastest way there and back.
Ishiuchi Maruyama is a ski resort in Niigata, Japan: 27 runs, summit 920 m, season Dec 18 – Apr 4, adult day pass ¥8,500, 1h55 from Tokyo Station, last way back 20:20.
View full size ↗Trail map of Ishiuchi Maruyama, Niigata, hand-painted by Ski in Sky in the style of Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. It is our own painting, not the resort’s official map: check the resort for today’s open runs and lifts.
Vertical
Runs
Adult day pass
Choose your line
For mixed-level groups who want many route choices and several ways onto the mountain.
Ishiuchi Maruyama lists 27 courses spread above Hatsukaishi, Chuo and North bases; the Sunrise Express rises from the central side.
Choose your arrival base first. The Hatsukaishi, Chuo and North entrances line the lower edge, so follow the lifts and a descent back to that same entrance.
Sources: Source 1 ↗
This is a planning guide; check the resort’s current open runs and lifts before skiing.
Never miss the last ride out.
Last departure · Tokyo StationLast season
Getting there
Take the Joetsu Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Echigo-Yuzawa, then the resort shuttle from the east exit to Ishiuchi Maruyama’s Central Resort Center. Check the seasonal shuttle timetable.
Step-by-step directions (in Chinese) →
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Source ↗Every number that matters.
Season
Dec 18 – Apr 4
Source ↗Summit
920 m
Source ↗Base
256 m
Source ↗Vertical
664 m
Source ↗Runs
27
Source ↗Longest run
4 km
Source ↗Lifts
14
Source ↗Adult day pass
¥8,500
Source ↗Checked 2026-10-21. Every number links to its official source.
Details are from the previous season; confirm current options with the resort.
See rental options ↗Details are from the previous season; confirm current options with the resort.
See lessons ↗Safety record
We have no published incident record for Ishiuchi Maruyama. That does not mean nothing has happened here: our records are incomplete.
See all recorded ski incidents →When you call, say where you are, what happened and how many people are hurt. Inside a ski area, also tell the resort (contacts below).
Current safety information unavailable. Check official resort alerts.
Ski in Sky does not have a live feed of avalanche, weather or closure warnings. No warning here does not mean it is safe.
Read the resort’s rules (official, in Japanese) ↗
Contacts and rules checked 2026-10-21.
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