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Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan NP, Nagano
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Kurohime Family Park has more than 1,000 snow-play items and STRIDER balance bikes to use for free. You can ride its lift in boots and take a sled along—here, the lift ride can be part of the fun, not just a way uphill.
In the dedicated Snow Dog Area, dogs can ride the lift with their people, run leash-free on designated courses, then warm up in an indoor dog run. It’s a whole day on the slopes designed to include the family dog.
In a local legend, Kurohime was a lord’s daughter courted by a serpent from Shiga Kogen. After the serpent caused a flood, the story says she leapt into a pond atop Mt. Kurohime, and the floodwaters calmed.
When snow season ends, the slopes become a cosmos garden with around 1 million flowers. The plants are set out by hand, and seeds gathered at Kurohime are raised and planted there again in following seasons.
At the park’s Maeyama Plaza, local café BlueStar serves a recommended burger made with 100% Shinshu beef. It’s a hearty way to bring a taste of Nagano to a break between runs.
From the resort’s summer panorama lift, you can look out toward Lake Nojiri. The Environment Ministry says a major collapse of Mt. Kurohime blocked a valley and helped form the lake.
Kurohime’s ski-area development began in 1966. A tourism feature says the 1980s ski boom helped spur newcomers to open pensions in the area during the 1990s; it reported about 20 pensions in 2020.
