Niigata is famous as one of the major resorts in Japan. You can enjoy a vast ski area on the scale of European resorts only 90 minutes from Tokyo by Bullet train. Naeba alone is Japan's largest single ski resort and provides more than enough for a day's adventure in the snow. skiers can now ride the world's longest gondola, called the "Dragondola", 5.5km from the slopes of Naeba directly to the Tashiro area.