[Cheap! Fujimi Panorama Resort one-day ski/snowboard tour] I went for 5,100 yen including lift ticket
Hello, WhatsApp! In January 2024, I took a day trip bus tour from Shinjuku to Fujimi Panorama Ski Resort. The price is 5,100 yen per person including lift ticket! Uhahahaha! I enjoyed skiing to the fullest, even though I was worried about whether I would be able to pay for myself. In today’s blog, I will introduce the situation at that time. I hope this blog post will be helpful to those considering a day trip bus tour. Here we go, to the kingdom of dreams and magic!
Contents of the day trip bus tour
Tour fee
The bus tour with a one-day gondola/lift ticket costs 5,100 yen.
The rental fee for a snowboard and boots set or a 3-piece set of skis, shoes, and poles is 2,700 yen.
I rented skis, so the total tour cost was 7,800 yen.
Rental skis are Salomon’s latest model!
The tour company is “Orion Tours”.
schedule
Outward journey
- Meet at the bus stop in the Shinjuku Metropolitan Government Building basement (Kichijodori Street basement) at 7:40.
- The bus came around 7:50 and I got on the bus.
- Departs Shinjuku at 8am
- 8:58am Arrive at Dangozaka Service Area
- 9:20am Depart from Dangozaka Service Area
- 10:28 Arrive at Fujimi Panorama Resort
Return trip
- 5:10am Depart from Fujimi Panorama Resort
- Arrive at Dangozaka Service Area at 6:10am
- Depart from Dangozaka Service Area at 6:30am
- Arrive at Shinjuku at 7:40am
- dissolution
Bus and toilet conditions
There are no toilets on the bus. There are also no restrooms at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building underground bus stop where you depart. The restrooms at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building are not open as it is early in the morning. The closest restroom is in the basement of the Shinjuku Mitsui Building on the opposite side of Chuo-dori Street from the west exit.
There is a 20-minute toilet break at the Dangozaka service area on both the outbound and return trips.
Seats are fixed. When I attended, the place was full and I was sitting next to an elderly man who was a solo participant.
Skis and snowboards can fit on the bus, so those who bring their own are welcome.
Rental fees and rental stations
The rental fee is
- snowboard & boots set
- Skis, shoes, and poles 3-piece set
Both costs 2,700 yen per day.
Ski/snowboard wear rental is 3,500 yen per day.
When you get off the bus, first get a lift ticket at the counter and proceed to the rental station.
The tour information said that a driver’s license was required for rental, but I was never asked to show it.
locker room
After receiving the rental skis and boots, go to the changing room and change.
Lockers cost 300 yen, plus a deposit of 100 yen. The lockers are cash only, so be sure to have some change ready. If you pay 300 yen, you can open and close the locker as many times as you like in a day.
Ski boots are also put on in the changing room. Place your shoes in the locker in the changing room along with your clothes and luggage.
Fujimi Panorama Resort
Features
Features of Fujimi Panorama Ski Resort
- One of the highest elevation differences in Japan
- Good access
- High rate of clear skies
is. Let’s explain them in order.
Difference in height
At Fujimi Panorama Resort, you can take a long cruise on a gondola over an altitude difference of 730 meters. Moreover, most of the courses are for intermediate and advanced players. The biggest attraction of Fujimi Panorama Resort is that you can efficiently ride the gondola as many times as you want on an intermediate-to-advanced course with one of the highest elevation differences in Japan.
access
Fujimi Panorama Resort is 7 minutes from the Suwa Minami IC on the Chuo Expressway. It can be accessed on the Chuo Expressway in 90 minutes from Hachioji, 130 minutes from Shinjuku, 130 minutes from Yokohama, and 150 minutes from Nagoya.
It’s close to the city center, so you can enjoy plenty of skiing on the day trip bus tour I took from Shinjuku.
If you are accessing by train, it is 135 minutes from Shinjuku on the limited express Azusa to Fujimi Station, and 10 minutes from Fujimi Station on the free shuttle bus.
Clear sky rate
The clear weather rate at Fujimi Panorama Resort is 85%! You can enjoy comfortable skiing under the blue sky while looking at the majestic Mt. Yatsugatake and Mt. Fuji.
restaurant
There are restaurants at the center house at the base and at the gondola summit station. The menu and prices were almost the same for both. When I went there, the steak gozen was only available at the mountaintop restaurant.
I had dried sardines chashu noodles at the base restaurant. The boiled eggs were very delicious. The menma was also extremely delicious. Of course, the char siu was well soaked with flavor and was soft and delicious. And there were a lot of them. Water is free.
The dried sardine chashu noodles were 1450 yen.
Pictures of the slopes
The gondola station from the center house is far away for carrying skis, so it’s best to take the 4th lift and ski downhill.
All lifts except the 1st and 4th will close at 4pm.
The view while riding the gondola.
Even though it was a weekday, there were a lot of middle school students and children in ski lessons, but the gondola was always empty. There are almost no people on the slopes where you can ride a gondola down the mountain.
Beginners, children, and students gather on the family slope and center slope on the left, with the ski center on the slope map in the back, so I think the gondola course is empty.
Lifts 1 and 4 are open until 4:30.
The meeting point with the Linden slope (advanced ski slope) after getting off the 4th lift.
A large icicle at the top of the mountain.
This is where you get off the 5th lift and join the Alpine slope (intermediate course). You can also see Mt. Fuji in front of you here.
I enjoyed my last ski on the 4th lift, which is open until 4:30, and returned my skis at the rental station.
After that, I slowly changed my clothes, did some shopping at the souvenir shop, and boarded the return bus at 5:10.
[Fujimi Panorama Resort Day Trip Ski/Snowboard Tour] Summary of 5100 yen including lift ticket
“[Fujimi Panorama Resort Day Trip Ski/Snowboard Tour] I went for 5,100 yen including lift ticket” ends here.
My impressions of participating in the Fujimi Panorama Resort day trip ski/snowboard tour from Shinjuku is that we arrived at the ski resort at 10:30 and the 4th lift closes at 4:30 pm, so we were able to enjoy a full 6 hours of skiing there.
Before participating, I was a little concerned about what it would be like to go skiing on a day trip, but I was able to ride a gondola over and over again on one of the slopes with some of the highest elevation differences in Japan, and both the gondola and slopes were empty. So, I was so satisfied that my mind and body were enveloped in a pleasant feeling of fatigue.
Moreover, I think that 5100 yen including a lift ticket is extremely cheap for skiing this much. It’s 7800 yen including ski rental! I’m actually starting to worry about how they’re making a profit, haha!
We highly recommend this tour, where you can enjoy skiing at a low price on comfortable ski slopes with a high chance of sunny skies!
Thank you for reading to the end this time.
See you again somewhere in the world, have a nice trip full of smiles!
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