Recreate a trip by the japanese royal family when they came to the mountains of matsunoyama onsen in niigata prefecture to ski use a couple of the lifts at the matsunoyama ski resort to get to the top of the mountains and then strap on your snowshoes and hike up to the pass from there ski or snowboard down through the native beech forests and then there is one more hike to the top of an abandoned ski resort where you have a break for lunch from there you can ski or snowboard all the way do