Seki Onsen Ski Resort Video Reviews: Slopes & Mountain

A Red Bull documentary episode in which Michelle Parker and a friend visit Myoko to understand Japanese ski culture and its decline, passing abandoned lifts and visiting what they call the oldest ski resort in Japan, run by a husband and wife, where the owner watches skiers from the lift base all day.

Second part of a freeride session at Seki Onsen: a snowboard YouTuber joins a group of well-known pro and local riders and follows them into steep, committing off-piste lines on a deep day. The auto captions are badly garbled, so detail is limited.

A summer 2019 rail-trip vlog: from Naoetsu on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway via the Nihongi switchback to Sekiyama, then a municipal bus up to Tsubame Onsen to bathe in the free Ogon-no-yu and Kawara-no-yu outdoor baths. Not a ski video; Seki Onsen appears only on a map.

Spring freeride at Seki Onsen: snowboarder Igucchan follows stronger riders into steep, thin-snow off-piste lines, with drops, near-misses and a slide-for-life fall. Much of the auto-captioned talk is garbled; no runs are named.

A Taiwanese couple's travel vlog of Guguan hot spring area in Taichung, Taiwan: hotel stay, Meiji Onsen old street, a Hakka trout restaurant, the Central Cross-Island Highway control point and cherry blossoms at Baxianshan Forest Recreation Area. Unrelated to Seki Onsen in Japan; picked up by the 關溫泉 search term.

A guide to four Japanese cities to base a cheap ski trip from — Sapporo, Asahikawa, Nagano and Otaru — comparing hotel prices, nightlife and nearby resorts such as Teine, Kokusai, Furano and Hakuba. Seki Onsen is not discussed.

A Myoko local's day at Seki Onsen after a big storm: gearing up, driving past buried cars, walking up through the tiny onsen village, a 4,000 yen day ticket, powder riding off the two chairlifts, a glide-crack safety warning and an onsen soak to finish.

Part one of Iguchan following pro snowboarder Takafumi Konishi at Seki Onsen on a heavy-snow day. Follow-cam riding through gullies, pillows and drops off the groomers, with talk about speed, stance setback and board choice. Auto-captions are badly garbled and no runs are named.

A short ski edit from two brothers and friends' winter-break trip to Myoko with 80 cm or more of new snow. The transcript is only the lyrics of the soundtrack ('In the Air Tonight'), so there is no narration about any resort, run or conditions beyond the description.

Igucchan returns to Seki Onsen in 2022, a season with around six metres of snow, and finds the terrain completely changed from the year before, with trees and landmarks buried. He rides with a Seki staff member and pro rider Hayashi, tests a RICE28 RT8 154 twin setup, and has tonjiru and steak rice at the restaurant.

A 14-second Traditional Chinese travel short recommending a Japanese-style hot-spring inn in Hokkaido near Sapporo. The transcript is song lyrics only. Unrelated to Seki Onsen; picked up by the Chinese keyword for hot springs.

Part two of Iguchan following pro snowboarder Takafumi Konishi at Seki Onsen. Follow-cam riding through lips, rollers, drops and deep off-piste snow, with Konishi throwing a backroll and Iguchan wading and falling behind him. Auto-captions are badly garbled; no runs are named.

Part three of snowboarder Iguchan following pro rider Takafumi Konishi around Seki Onsen. Mostly riding footage of untracked off-piste lines, gullies and tree zones in poor visibility, with excited reactions; the auto-captions are heavily garbled and no runs are named.

Two Canadian skiers spend their second day in Myoko at Seki Onsen, a small family-run resort. Fresh snow, tight tree lines, old single chairs with no backrest or safety bar, a cash-only lift ticket with a cheap lunch voucher, and a town where hot-spring water clears the road.

Two Canadian skiers on a budget trip move on to Nozawa Onsen after a day at Seki Onsen, which they call possibly the coolest resort they have skied. In Nozawa: a ryokan, ramen and onsen eggs, groomers, a side-country line beyond the boundary, a mogul crash and dogs on the slopes.

A group of adult snowboarders, 'Team Seki Onsen', session natural features in deep snow at Seki Onsen: scouting drops and gaps, hitting cliffs and pillows, and laughing at crashes. The auto captions are almost entirely garbled.

LeadOSAKA snowboarders try a 'mushroom jump' challenge at Seki Onsen: a pro demonstrates how to drop off a snow pillow without a big ollie, then a rider attempts it several times in heavy, settled snow. Banter-heavy; no runs named.

Lead OSAKA's presenter visits Seki Onsen for the first time for a YouTube shoot hosted by OTA OUTDOORS' Yossy, with a hired cameraman. He describes Seki as tiny, with just a single and a pair lift, but with terrain packed into a compact area that powder fans travel for, then rides deep tree terrain with the crew.

A comparison of ski resorts reachable from Nagano city: Hakuba, Seki Onsen, the Myoko resorts, Lotte Arai, Shiga Kogen, Madarao/Tangram and Nozawa Onsen. Seki gets a short segment as a tiny, family-run, powder-day-only hill with a cheap lift-and-lunch ticket and tight trees off the ridge.

An instructor's first day back on snow at Seki Onsen in mid-January, six months after breaking ten bones including a collarbone that has not fully healed. He promises to take it easy, then drifts into the steeper powder zones anyway, with banter about low-snow seasons and practising on hard snow.

A short follow-cam clip from OTA OUTDOORS' Seki Onsen series: the host chases snowboarder Rama through fast, deep powder and tree lines, joking about the pressure of being chased by a 360-degree camera. Mostly riding with music; captions are garbled.

A skier's day report from Seki Onsen on Tuesday 21 February after about 100 cm of new snow: high snow walls on the road, buried cars, the retro drying hut at the lift base, the century-old single chair, bottomless powder that is exhausting to ride, and a pork-soup set lunch.

A couple snowboards a week in Myoko Kogen: Akakura Kanko and Akakura Onsen in a storm, a 55 cm powder day at Suginohara including the 8.5 km run, and a bluebird day at Ikenotaira, then recommend resorts by level. Seki Onsen gets one line at the end.

The final part of OTA OUTDOORS' Seki Onsen series: riding until closing with Igucchan, Nakajima, Rama, Takato, Shah and pro Konishi, scouting and dropping steep off-piste faces in deep snow. The auto captions are heavily garbled.

OTA Outdoors rides Seki Onsen with pro snowboarder Takafumi Konishi, who drives over from Hakuba. The group pushes through thick bamboo bush in a thin-snow zone, then finds pillows, mushrooms and tree lines. Captions are garbled; no runs are named.

A Myoko trip overview from Classic Resorts Japan: huge overnight snowfall, a stop at Seki Onsen helping locals clear snow, a visit to Togakushi Shrine, a Japanese-style dinner, and praise for Myoko's tree skiing.

Snowboarder Igucchan rides an 80 cm deep powder day at Seki Onsen with a large crew including OTA OUTDOORS, Yossy and Takafumi Konishi, testing a RICE28 RT8 twin tip. Riders get buried, lose lines in flat light, find cracks and hard spots, and enjoy steep tree and gully laps.

OTA Outdoors and friends, including pro Takafumi Konishi, session a well-known jump spot at Seki Onsen until closing. Riders get coached to flow into the drop from above instead of starting from a standstill, and several fall. Captions are garbled; no runs are named.

OTA OUTDOORS follows YouTuber Igucchan around Seki Onsen with Nakajima, Rama, cameraman Shah and pro Konishi, riding mushroom-shaped snow features and powder from the first run. Short and mostly riding footage; captions are garbled.

An Australian lodge and ski-school owner based in Myoko gives an insider's planning guide to the Myoko area: when resorts open, the four main commercial ski areas, lift, rental, lesson and food costs, where to stay, car hire and onsen. Seki Onsen gets one passing line as a small, family-run club field.

A beginner-to-intermediate snowboarder's Myoko Kogen guide: snowfall, the main resorts, day-pass prices, getting there by shinkansen and rental car, accommodation and where to eat on the mountain. Seki Onsen is only listed among the area's resorts (garbled in the captions).

Unreleased footage from Lead OSAKA's group day at Seki Onsen with OTA OUTDOORS' Yossy and Nakajima: riders take turns on jumps and natural features off-piste, comment on each other's speed and technique, and set up the next session. Auto-captions are mostly music and fragments.

A snowboarder's day at Seki Onsen during a sudden cold wave with knee-deep powder after chest-deep the day before. Cars got stuck on the drive up, she rides the single chair she says has run since the resort opened about 100 years ago, and finishes with lunch. Captions are garbled; no runs are named.

Lead OSAKA's annual late-season 'gravel snowboarding' session at Seki Onsen in spring: a crew including Nakajima and Igucchan scouts thin, patchy snow with exposed dirt and rocks before a customer gravel tour, hits drops onto bare ground and laughs through crashes. Mostly garbled auto-captions.

OTA Outdoors films pro snowboarder Takafumi Konishi's first days of the season at Seki Onsen: spins, drops and thin early-season cover on the left side. At the end he realises he has lost his season pass in the snow. Mostly music; no runs are named.

A group of strong snowboarders gathered at Seki Onsen hold a tongue-in-cheek 'first wild-riding certification', each following the same line through deep snow and getting graded by the hosts. Mostly laughter and banter; no runs named.

A snowboarder's multi-day Myoko Kogen trip in January storms: train access via Nagano, a pension near Akakura, riding Akakura Kanko and Myoko Suginohara with almost no lift lines, onsen, and a favourite ramen shop. Seki Onsen does not feature.

A snowboarder returns to Seki Onsen for the first time in over ten years, the small, homely resort where he says he learned free-riding and powder as a student. Snow and fog; the terrain is exposed and tricky. Most captions are garbled.

Pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma introduces Seki Onsen to a comedian on his first visit, with local riders: deep-snow heritage, natural jumps and terrain everywhere, a natural halfpipe, a resort that has raised Olympic and X Games riders, and a family-run restaurant whose homemade pizza they rave about.

A 38-second short presenting Seki Onsen as a powder mecca: two chairlifts, an average of about 15 m of snow a season, no grooming, and a family owner who sells tickets himself and always promises good snow tomorrow.

A Lead Osaka snowboard-shop crew rides Seki Onsen's natural terrain, which turns into an off-road adventure: mushrooms, narrow creek gullies where getting stuck in the middle is the end, and wading through deep snow. Mostly music and riding; captions are garbled and no runs are named.

A GoPro montage from a Finnish skier's trip to Japan, filmed at four resorts including Seki Onsen in the Myoko area. Opens with a news clip about repeated snowstorms, then deep-powder riding set to music. There is no commentary and no runs are named.

A short accommodation guide to Myoko Kogen from a ski tour operator: why to base yourself in Akakura village, and a run through a budget lodge, three mid-range Japanese hotels with onsen, and a ski-in ski-out hotel at Akakura Kanko. Seki Onsen is not covered.

A 38-second deep-powder clip from Seki Onsen by Freeride Adventure / Yu's ski channel. The transcript is only song lyrics from the soundtrack, so nothing is said about runs, terrain or conditions beyond the title's 'deep pow day'.

A five-minute guide to Nozawa Onsen in Nagano: access by Shinkansen and bus, a walkable 700 m village, 36 runs over 1,000 m vertical served by the Nagasaka and Hikage gondolas, January-February powder, 13 free soto-yu baths, restaurants and off-snow activities. It is not about Seki Onsen.

A shop crew's annual spring 'gravel snowboarding' session at Seki Onsen: riding thin, patchy late-season snow between brown ground and bamboo grass, picking lines where snow remains, with near misses and banter. The auto captions are heavily garbled.

Pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma, a 25-year Seki Onsen local, checks Seki on 21 February during a cold-snap: towering snow walls at the car park, a thin layer of new snow over yesterday's tracks, laps of the north slope and the edge of the front face, run-ins with visiting pros, and a long lunch at the on-hill restaurant Tabe.

A drone aerial film of Seki Onsen Ski Area by Drone Danshi 7sky creative, titled as a first visit to a 100-year-old ski area loved worldwide with only two lifts. The transcript is music only, so no information is spoken about runs or conditions.

A shop channel returns to Seki Onsen in April, a week before closing, for a relaxed spring-snow session with snowboarders Sou (ENEMYS) and Manato (MA7TV), riding thinning snow, trees and natural lips. Mostly music over riding; captions are garbled.

A one-minute 'honest review' from pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma: he heads to Seki Onsen on 23 February after hearing a strong cold wave had arrived, but little snow fell overnight and yesterday's lines are still visible on the No. 3 lift side. He rides anyway and calls it fun.

A drone aerial video of Seki Onsen Ski Area by the channel Drone Danshi, titled as Japan's oldest small ski area loved by fans worldwide. The transcript contains only an English pop song soundtrack, so nothing is said about the resort, its runs or conditions.

A five-minute powder montage titled 'Powder Festival in Seki Onsen', set to music. The description says the resort is in its 100th year and that this is a good powder season. There is no spoken commentary; the captions are song lyrics.

A Taiwanese snowboarding channel spends a foggy day at Myoko Suginohara: gondola laps on wide, empty beginner-friendly runs, beginner technique and board-stiffness tips, the 32-degree Super Mogul black run, and lunch. Suginohara is called quiet and good for practice. Seki Onsen does not appear.

A 2021 vlog: the drive up to Seki Onsen past towering snow walls, recalling a scary icy-road incident years ago, then a powder day riding alongside the ENEMYS crew who were filming. He praises Seki after heavy snow for powder lovers.

Pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma and friends hike from the top of Seki Onsen's No. 3 lift for a short sidecountry tour on 26 January 2022, about a week after the last snowfall, and still find powder. Mostly music and riding; the captions are garbled and no runs are named.

A short Taiwanese clip about a one-night, three-meal package at a hot-spring hotel in Guguan, Taichung: buffet breakfast, afternoon tea, dinner set, mountain-view hot spring and free parking. Unrelated to skiing or Seki Onsen; it was picked up by the 關溫泉 keyword.

A Reuters news report on a planned US$1.4 billion mega-resort in the Myoko highlands by Singapore's Patience Capital Group, and local worries about overdevelopment, rising prices and foreign ownership in Akakura, with views from a shop owner, a ski-school operator, the developer and the mayor. Seki Onsen is not mentioned.

A tour company's promotional overview of Myoko Kogen centred on Akakura Kanko: family-friendly beginner and intermediate terrain, a terrain park, a snow-sports school, Lake Nojiri ice fishing, onsen, the snow monkeys, Hotel Windsor, and a one-metre powder day. Seki Onsen is not mentioned.

Pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma rides Seki Onsen on a heavy-snowfall day when the Myoko area was hammered, calling it in a class of its own. Short powder clips, a chat with viewers from Shizuoka in the lift line, and snowfall getting heavier through the day. No runs are named.

A one-minute promotional edit of Seki Onsen from a channel introducing its picks of Japan's best powder resorts (volume 6). Music only, no narration.

Pro snowboarder Itaru Fujinuma rides Seki Onsen on its second day open in a heavy, sideways blizzard with almost nobody on the hill: zero visibility, powder everywhere, a dropped phone, a steak lunch at the base, and a chest-deep wallow trying to get back out.

A driving vlog on 31 January 2024 from Sekiyama up the prefectural road to Seki Onsen and Tsubame Onsen in a very low-snow winter. The narrator checks road and snow conditions, briefly looks at Seki Onsen ski area from the road, and tries the Tsubame Ogon-no-yu outdoor bath, which is too lukewarm.

A Japan-based Taiwanese channel shares three mistakes they made choosing ski areas for a beginner snowboarder: trusting 'beginner' labels on maps, picking popular crowded resorts, and prioritising scenery or onsen. They recommend uncrowded, wide, gentle slopes and lessons. Seki Onsen is not mentioned.

A music-only powder riding edit from three days in January 2019 at Myoko Suginohara, Akakura Onsen and Madarao Kogen. The transcript is just song lyrics; Seki Onsen does not appear.

A short powder clip from Seki Onsen after more than 80 cm fell overnight, set to a parody of the old 'bath song'. Riders take deep turns and a small jump, and at the end someone gives the snow depth as 195 cm and admires a hand-made board. No runs are named.

An eight-second social clip of powder riding at Seki Onsen. The only words are a cheer over music.

Episode 10 of tomo outdoor life, a vlog by a man in his thirties who took up photography, documenting a snowboarding trip to Seki Onsen, called a sacred place for powder. The transcript is only music and stray words, so there is no narration about runs or conditions.

A two-minute music-only edit from KAZU△BASE of snowboarding at Seki Onsen, billed as the snowiest resort in the Myoko area, showing riders playing on natural terrain and powder. There is no narration and no runs are named.

A powder-tour edit by the Kanto amateur group dojo-session celebrating Seki Onsen's 100th anniversary, with all footage shot at Seki. The transcript is only soundtrack lyrics and stray words, so there is no spoken information about runs or conditions.

A two-day family trip vlog to Guguan hot springs in Taichung, Taiwan: visitor centre, hot-spring plaza, suspension bridges and Meiji Hot Spring old street. Music only in the captions. Unrelated to skiing or to Seki Onsen in Japan.

Part two of a Taichung family's trip to Guguan (谷關) hot springs in Taiwan, unboxing a stay at a Guguan hot-spring hotel. The transcript is music only. It has nothing to do with Seki Onsen and was picked up by the Chinese keyword 關溫泉.

A Myoko-based ski school owner compares Myoko and Hakuba on snowfall, resort access, terrain, lift tickets, lessons, rentals, nightlife and transport. Seki Onsen gets a short aside as a small two-lift, lightly groomed resort that shines on powder days.

A one-minute music edit featuring Seki Onsen as part of a 'Top 15 Japow snow resorts' series, filmed on GoPro. The transcript is music with a couple of unintelligible words; there is no commentary on runs, conditions or the resort.

A Niigata UX TV news item (18 November): the first snow of the season settled at Seki Onsen in Myoko, about 900 m up, with around 3 cm by 8:30 a.m. A local resident is half glad and half uneasy about snow clearing starting again, and forecasters warn of heavy rain and snow.

A Japanese railway professional explains how to reach the Myoko ski area from Tokyo and western Japan, comparing the Nagano and Joetsu-Myoko Shinkansen transfer routes, fares, local-train frequency and IC-card limits, after a one-minute overview of Akakura, Suginohara and Lotte Arai. Seki Onsen is not mentioned.

Day 17 of a snowboarder's Hakuba stay: a day trip to Seki Onsen with a coach friend for powder riding. The auto-generated captions are almost entirely garbled, so beyond fresh snow, lift laps and some talk of technique, little can be told.

A 2013 music video by a Taiwanese painter at the Guguan hot-spring hotel in Taichung, Taiwan, promoting her oil-painting exhibition. The captions are English song lyrics. Unrelated to skiing or to Seki Onsen in Japan.

A short powder clip from Seki Onsen on 30 January 2026 during a cold wave: a 4,500 yen day ticket, the upper single chair not running because staff could not clear the snow, and snow so deep the rider keeps getting stuck.

A 52-second clip titled 'myoko seki-onsen' by sinclair n, dated 10 January 2010 in the description. The transcript contains only two stray fragments, so there is no spoken information about the resort, runs or conditions.

The last day of a New Year car-camping ski trip from Hakuba to Myoko: plans for Lotte Arai change and the group ends up at Seki Onsen, which they call superb in powder. Mostly music over riding; the captions are garbled and no runs are named.

A guide to Togari Onsen in Nagano's Chikuma Valley, pitched as one of Japan's best spring-skiing resorts: east-facing sun, about 15 km of runs, 650 m vertical, a strong park and certified mogul run, farmer-built history. Not about Seki Onsen.

A 39-second clip of the Meiji Hot Spring lane in Guguan, Taiwan, asking whether it looks like a scene from Spirited Away. Music only, no narration. Unrelated to skiing or to Seki Onsen in Japan; it was picked up by the Chinese spelling of the resort name.

A 90-second riding clip at Seki Onsen on a powder day with near-zero visibility. Almost no speech beyond exclamations and one joke about falling into his 'third crevice for the day'. No runs are named.

A snowboarding edit from the 2021-22 season at Seki Onsen by Hrys Omr. The transcript is only music markers and a few stray words, so nothing is said about runs, terrain or conditions.

A 35-second powder-day clip from Go Myoko. Its description calls Seki Onsen the smallest of the five ski fields on Mt Myoko and a great place to head on a classic powder day; the transcript is music only.

A skier's helmet-cam from Seki Onsen on 12 January 2026: a queue of 100-200 people at the lift, powder already tracked out unless you line up an hour early, the single chair opening just before 11, and deep snow on the upper mountain.

A group of English-speaking riders lap the trees at Seki Onsen on a powder day, chasing fresh tracks, taking tree hits and a few wipe-outs. Banter only; no runs are named and there is little information about the resort.

A 33-second clip at Seki Onsen of friends cheering on a rider struggling down through deep snow ('pull hard, you can do it'). Light-hearted, no runs named and no information about the resort.

Riding footage from Seki Onsen on 24 January 2026, the first of a series. The auto captions are only mis-heard fragments over music, so nothing about conditions or runs can be read from the transcript.