The Ikon Pass in Japan: every resort it covers
Thinking about buying the Ikon Pass for a Japan ski trip? Here's every resort it covers this season, and how the pass itself works.
Pass rosters checked 19 September 2026 against the pass's own site. Passes change each season, so confirm your resort is still included before you buy.
Furano Ski Area
Two linked zones in central Hokkaido, some of Hokkaido's driest inland snow.
Read the Furano Ski Area guide
Madarao Kogen
Legal, marked, patrolled tree zones built into the mountain, around 440m of vertical.
Read the Madarao Kogen guide
Okushiga Kogen
The high, quiet corner near Shiga Kogen, a peak close to 2,000m and dry snow into spring.
Read the Okushiga Kogen guide
Suginohara
Famous for its vertical: 1,124m from the summit gondola station to the base, one of the longest runs in Japan.
Read the Suginohara guide
Lotte Arai
A five-star hotel above 951m of vertical, one of the bigger drops in the Myoko mountains.
Read the Lotte Arai guide
Appi Kogen
708m of vertical and 45km of piste, plus cat-accessed tree runs on Mt Nishimori.
Read the Appi Kogen guide
Zao Onsen
Tohoku's biggest resort, with frost-covered snow monster trees reached by ropeway.
Read the Zao Onsen guide
Shiga Kogen
Eighteen linked ski areas on one pass, Japan's biggest connected ski resort.
Includes: Okushiga Kogen, Yakebitaiyama, Sun Valley, Maruike, Hasuike, Giant, Hoppo Bunadaira, Higashitateyama, Nishitateyama, Terakoya, Takamagahara Mammoth, Tanne no Mori, Ichinose, Ichinose, Ichinose, Kumanoyu, Yokoteyama, Shibutoge
Read the Shiga Kogen guide
Niseko United
Four lift-linked ski areas under one pass, Japan's most famous resort.
Includes: Niseko Hirafu, Annupuri, Niseko Village, Hanazono
Read the Niseko United guideAlso on the Ikon Pass, with no guide page of their own yet: Kitanomine (Furano), Yakebitaiyama, Nekoma Mountain, Tenjindaira.