Tsugaike 栂池
Tsugaike Mountain Resort
Tsugaike 栂池
Giant beginner and family area at the north end of the valley, plus a high plateau that becomes a different mountain in a storm. Evergreen runs a Tsugaike base. Stay here if this is your hill — do not commute from Happo every morning with small kids.
- Beginner
- Family
- Powder
- No-car
- Night
- No
Good for
- family
- first-timer
- no-car if you stay in Tsugaike Kogen
Watch-outs
- Far from Happo dinner. Budget the bus. Happo to Tsugaike is a proper commute, especially with kids.
- Official Tsugaike ski school is Japanese-only. English is Evergreen or private.
Shuttle: Valley bus does run Happo to Tsugaike — allow 40 minutes plus. Check this winter’s timetable.
2026–27 ticket prices for Tsugaike and the Hakuba Valley pass: Hakuba lift passes.
Stay nearby
Which village suits this hill: where to stay in Hakuba. Links go to Booking.com and Agoda. Same price as going there yourself.