Japan/Honshu: Shiga Kogen Skiing

Shiga Kogen is a ski resort in the Shiga Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Nagano, the site of the Japanese winter Olympics. While the size of the resort is massive, the mountains are not that high to allow for long runs. What the resort doesn’t make in height, it makes in the snow amount and quality – every year huge amount of snowfall blanket the mountain during the winter months.