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Yagoshima, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) from Japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Grandee Hatoriko Ski Resort

Ski resort · Japan

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same, usually

Grandee Hatoriko Ski Resort is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

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The resort in two facts

  • Top 1,272 mvillage 951 m
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual snow conditions at Grandee Hatoriko Ski Resort, each day of your trip
DayFresh snow
Mon 2to 8usuallyclosed

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase951 mMid1,112 mTop1,272 mColdestat the top
Dec0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-5°C
Jan0.2 m0.3 m0.3 m-8°C
Feb0.3 m0.5 m0.5 m-8°C
Mar0.1 m0.3 m0.3 m-3°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

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the resort and its town

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About Grandee Hatoriko Ski Resort

Village 951 m, top 1,272 m.

A ski resort with its village at 951 m and its top at 1,272 m. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in February, about 0.5 m at the top (1,272 m). The town to stay in is Yagoshima.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,800–US$3,180 each

about US$1,800–US$3,180 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NRT, estimated from distance and season, 4 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$657–US$1,360
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$201–US$335
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Lift pass5 days at about US$102 a day, average of the resorts we priceabout US$435–US$583
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$174–US$295
Totalabout US$1,800–US$3,180

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 2 towns

Closest

Yagoshima

24 min by car · 1 place to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 1 place to stay in Yagoshima · Booking.com

About Yagoshima its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Yagoshima, 13 km (about 25 min by car)

About US$74 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 21h 35m

About 21h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → NRT, direct, then 4h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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