Tangram Madarao Tokyu Resort

Hotel Tangram at the Madarao Tokyu Resort is an elegant hotel at the foot of Mt Madarao. The hotel is right on the slopes and thus ski in and ski out access! The hotel features 245 rooms all of which are a spacious 40sqm and features ensuite bathrooms. The hotel has several elegant restaurants featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and a fireplace to set the right winter mood. There's also an indoor pool, a games room, tennis courts and an onsen with indoor and outdoor baths with natural hot spring water. There is a great lobby shop with souvenir shopping and plenty of winter clothing on offer along with a convenience store and free car parking.

Madarao and Tangram Ski Resorts are interconnected and you can ski and snowboard both resorts in the same day with the All Mountain Pass. The great thing is with these resorts being interconnected you have so much more terrain to explore with smooth pistes, moguls, and terrain parks, great tree powder skiing opportunities and the powder snow there is famous, often referred to locally as Madapow.

Hotel Tangram Madarao is an all-season resort and during the non-winter months it sports a golf club. One of the highlights at Tangram is the viewing platform near the top of the mountain. You take a cable car ride up near the top and there are two special viewing platforms that offer the best views of the Myoko area you will ever see. You can see Lake Nojiri, Mt Kurohime, Mt Myoko and even all the way to Joetsu city on a clear day.

The Hotel Tangram Madarao Tokyu is well equipped for families with children, with a nursery and snow activity classes available, so that the older folks can go out and rip up the great powder snow this resort is famous for. The hotel is surrounded by beautiful mountains, offering a quiet and peaceful environment. The hotel is managed by Tokyu Resort, which is one of Japan’s leading resort-development companies.

Accessing Madarao and Tangram out of the Iiyama Bullet Train Station it is 45 minutes by bus from the station or a 15 minute taxi ride to the ski resort hotels. Ski Madarao and Ski Tangram have something for everyone. With increasing English language services available, good public transportation, and activities for kids and non-riders too, this is a highly recommended area for any ski trip.