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Several ski & snowboard schools offer lessons in English and other languages!
Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, lessons can be tailored to your skill level and needs.
Reservations must be made in advance. Please contact the schools directly for details.
*All the prices in this page are for one person, tax included.

Y’s snow & Outdoor School

✓ English lessons available *Please contact the availability
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Group Lesson

• 2h (AM / PM) ￥30,000
• Full day ￥45,000

Private Lesson

• For 1 person: 1h ￥10,000, 2h ￥12,000, 3h ￥16,000, 4h ￥20,000
• For 2 persons: 1h ￥12,000, 2h ￥14,000, 3h ￥20,000, 4h ￥25,000
• For 3 persons: 1h ￥14,000, 2h ￥18,000, 3h ￥24,000, 4h ￥28,000
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

Skiwi Ski School

✓ English, Italian and Spanish lessons available
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Private Lesson

• 1h ￥18,000～
• 2h ￥26,000～
• 3h ￥32,000～
• 4h ￥39,000～
• 5h ￥45,000～
• 6h ￥50,000～
• Lift pass is not included so make sure to bring a valid lift pass!

Sugiyama Ski & Snowsports School

✓ English lessons available
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Private Lesson for Ski & Snowboard

• Maximum of 9 people per group
• 2h ￥17,000
• 3h ￥25,000
• 4h ￥32,000
• 5h ￥38,000
• 6h ￥45,000
• Extending 30mins ￥6,000
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

Group Lesson for Ski

• 2h (10:00-12:00 or 13:15-15:15) ￥6,500
• Available only on weekdays

Group Lesson for Snowboard

• 1.5h (9:00-10:30: / 11:00-12:30 / 13:30-15:00) ￥6,500
• Available only on weekends

Kids Ski Lesson

• Half day ￥6,500
• Full day ￥9,500
• Lunch and lift pass are not included

Shiga International Ski School

✓ English lessons available. Other languages may be provided based on request
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Group Lesson for Ski

▼ For Adults and teens (13 years old and older)

• Maximum of 6 people per group
• Half day (10:00-12:00 or 13:00-15:00) ￥10,500
• Full day (10:00-12:00 + 13:00-15:00) ￥15,000
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

▼ For Kids (12 years old and under)

• Maximum of 6 people per group
• Half day (09:30-12:00 / 2.5h) ￥10,700
• Half day (13:00-15:00) ￥9,500
• Full day (09:30-15:00 / 5.5h / Lunch included) ￥15,800
• Lift pass is included!

Group Lesson for Snowboard

▼ For Adults and teens (13 years old and older)

• Maximum of 6 people per group
• Half day (10:00-12:00 or 13:00-15:00) ￥10,500
• Full day (10:00-12:00 + 13:00-15:00) ￥15,000
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

*Children under 12 can only participate in private lessons. If you’d like them to join adults, please book a private lesson for multiple participants.

Private Lesson

Private lessons offer personalized coaching, allowing you to advance at your own pace with undivided attention from your instructor.

• Maximum of 4 people per group
• 2h ￥25,000
• 3h ￥34,000
• 4h ￥45,000
• 5h ￥53,000

*Several languages available
*Start time, duration and meeting point can be arranged

Takimoto Snow School

✓ English, Chinese and Danish lessons available *Please contact the availability
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Private Lesson

• Half day ￥25,000
• Full day ￥40,000
• This plan includes rental, transportation, lunch, and access to the hot spring.

Canyons Shiga Snowsports School

✓ English, Italian and Spanish lessons available *Please contact the availability
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels

Private Lesson

• Maximum of 6 people per group
• Half day (3h/9:00-12:00) ￥43,000
• Half day (3h/13:00-16:00) ￥34,000
• Full day (6h/9:00-16:00 *1h lunch break) ￥72,000
• PREMIUM Full day (6h/8:00-16:00) ￥90,000
• The Premium Full Day package includes 6 hours of lessons and 1 hour of support outside of lessons. Round-trip transportation from local accommodations is also available.

 
 

RIDE SHIGA

✓ English, Italian and Spanish lessons available *Please contact the availability
✓ Ski Lessons for kids and adults for all levels
✓ Snowboard lessons for all levels
 

Location: Hotel Khuls Shigakogen in Ichinose Area
Website: Ride-Shiga
Contact: info@ride-shiga.com / +81 70 9209 5829 or +81 269 34 3355

 

Private Lesson

• 1h ￥15,000/Instructor
• 2h ￥24,000/Instructor
• 3h ￥33,000/Instructor
• 4h ￥44,000/Instructor
• 5h ￥54,000/Instructor
• 6h ￥62,000/Instructor
• 7h ￥69,000/Instructor
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

 

Group Lesson

• Half day (3h) ￥15,000/person
• Full day (6h) ￥26,000/person
• Lift pass is not included. Please make sure to bring a valid one.

 

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