Niseko United links four base areas - Grand Hirafu, Niseko Village, Hanazono, and Annupuri - on a single lift network near the Annupuri summit; this is one of the very few Japanese multi-resort groupings that is genuinely lift-connected, rather than shuttle-linked. One pass covers all four, and Hokkaido's legendary snow volume applies across the whole complex.
51 km
Skiable area
1435 cm
Avg annual snowfall
940 m
Vertical drop
Skiable terrain, annual snowfall and season length are shared across the whole connected area — the same value applies to every town below. Vertical drop is the one exception: it's measured from this area's highest lift-served point down to each specific town's own base elevation, so it genuinely varies depending which town you start skiing from — see each town's own page for its figure. On leaderboards, this area counts once, not once per town.
Gnarliness
More gnarly than 53% of resorts with data
Groomed vs off-piste
More groomed than 80% of resorts with data
Backcountry access
Less backcountry than 60% of resorts with data
These describe the terrain reachable from any town on this network, so they're the same everywhere in the area — not specific to whichever town you start from.
Nightlife
Quieter than 73% of resorts with data
Unlike the terrain characteristics above, nightlife genuinely varies by which specific town you base yourself in — this is an average across every town in the area with data, not one shared figure.
¥100,000/month
Avg monthly rent
¥181,250/month
Avg monthly salary
¥741
Price of a beer
Averaged across the 4 town(s) in this area with data for each figure — individual towns can vary a fair amount either side of this.
¥7,000
day pass
¥77,000
season pass
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