Shopping
A ski holiday in Myoko Kogen offers some small opportunities for shopping, but it’s certainly not a place where you’d go on a shopping spree.
Myoko Souvenir Shopping
The main street of Akakura Onsen has six gift shops that sell fairly typical Japanese souvenirs: Hello Kitty knick knacks; souvenir confectionary and cakes; a few chopsticks and simple homewares; and lots of sake and food stuffs that feature Niigata’s famous rice.
The town of Myoko Kogen has various gift shops with the greatest concentration near the train station. These shops sell the usual Japanese gifts as well as more unique local souvenirs.
General Shopping
There are two convenience stores in Akakura Onsen that offer more opportunities to buy sake, and the base area of Suginohara Ski Resort has a shop selling lots of snacks, beverages and ski accessories. The town of Myoko Kogen also has a 7-Eleven. For more substantial grocery purchases there is the Da-Ichi Super down in Myoko Onsen.
Akakura Onsen has a drug store at the top of the main street that sells various pharmaceuticals and other pharmacy goods such as sports tape, knee braces, eye drops and other useful products that you may need to mend your ski battered body.
Myoko Kogen Ski Shops
Myoko Kogen has various ski-osks dotted across the areas selling basic ski and snowboard accessories such as gloves, beanies and goggles. However if you need a new snowboard, skis or a spanking outfit then buy it before you arrive in Myoko Kogen.