Japan Tourism Agency has selected 14 areas as target snow resorts under its program to create world-competitive snow resorts, which supports them in infrastructure development and creation of after-skiing tourism contents or activities in a green season.
The selected 14 areas are as follows:
Taisetsu area in Hokkaido
Sapporo in Hokkaido
Hachimantai in Iwate Prefecture
Geto Kogen in Iwate Prefecture
Zao in Yamagata Prefecture
Aizu Bandai in Fukushima Prefecture
Nasu Shiobara in Tochigi Prefecture
Echigo Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture
Myoko in Niigata Prefecture
Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture
Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture
Shirakaba Kogen in Nagano Prefecture
Gujo in Gifu Prefecture
Maibara in Shiga Prefecture
