Naeba Ski Resort Facilities

Naeba is a ski resort that has plenty of trimmings. The Naeba Prince Hotel has the necessary facilities and services for skiing and snowboarding, and day trippers are incredibly well catered for too. One end of the hotel, the “N-Plateau”, has lots of services and facilities for day guests including an information booth, lockers, a kids room, nursing room, and a food court. 

Facilities for Children

Pandaruman is a program for 3 to 9 year old children where they can have group or private ski lessons. Indoors is Pandaruman House that is heaven for small children. It features indoor artificial mat slopes to learn to ski. This kiddies’ area is amazing for the wee ones to practise, and then the instructors progress them to the outdoor slopes.

The Pandaruman Adventure Park with its tubing and sledding unfortunately closed after the 2023-24 season. The only upside of this is that the rest of us don’t have to listen to their hideous music anymore!

It also appears that the Heidi Nursery that offered babysitting and childcare is no longer in operation.

There are a few kids’ activities at Naeba.

Naeba Ski School

Sherpa International School offers private lessons in English for adults and for children aged 3 and up for skiing, and ages 5 and up for snowboarding. Reservations are highly recommended due to the limited number of English speaking instructors.

Naeba Ski Hire and Snowboard Rental

For Prince Hotel guests and day trippers there are a few ski and snowboard rental stations throughout the hotel building. Prices are reasonable considering the quality of the gear they rent out, and they even have some fat skis.

Much cheaper ski and snowboard hire is available at a few shops in the town of Naeba. A couple of the shops have good quality rental equipment, whilst some have rear entry boots and other gear that’s from about the same era as the buildings.

Eating On Mountain

Naeba has an abundance of options for lunch, although most of these are at the base. Our fave is the Whistler Café at the base of #2 gondola, where you can get a filthy feed of poutine, Japanese style. Or at the top of the #2 gondola is Restaurant Prince where you can enjoy the great views on fine days.

Alternatively down at the Prince Hotel are various restaurants, or head to the food court for inexpensive fare such as pizza, ramen, pasta, hot dogs, curry, rice dishes, and assorted crepes.

The base area also has an assortment of food trucks.

Banking Facilities

You won’t have any trouble getting hold of yen at Naeba. The Prince Hotel has a 7-Eleven ATM in wing 4. The post office in Naeba town has an ATM that accepts international cards. Your other option is to visit the 7-Eleven store near Echigo-Yuzawa Station.