Tell ski patrol or resort staff firstOn the mountain, tell any ski patrol or resort staff first — they coordinate rescue and call emergency services for you.
Many Japanese fire departments handle 119 calls in major foreign languages via three-way simultaneous interpretation through a telephone interpretation center, 24 hours a day, year-round. Reviewed 2026-07-21
Medical facilities nearby
This list shows the nearest 15 hospitals, 10 clinics, 10 pharmacies and 5 dentists, plus every emergency hospital. More are in the area.
Facts marked "From website" come from the facility's own website or the town's page. The national medical register does not list them, so check with the facility before you go.
Emergency-designated hospital (prefectural list, valid to 31 August 2028). The registry's special note: phone calls about bookings are taken on weekdays 15:00–17:00, and first-visit patients cannot book by phone; neurosurgery runs on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursdays (14:00–16:00) by appointment only, and urology on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (08:30–12:00) by appointment. The registry marks every department as taking first-visit appointments. The national data records 792 CT and 423 MRI scans in the previous year.From website
Afternoon outpatients are appointment only, except paediatrics and dermatology. Respiratory medicine on Saturdays: 2nd and 4th weeks only. Dialysis is part of internal medicine. Diabetes on Fridays: appointment only. Breast, proctology and thoracic surgery are part of surgery. Rheumatology is part of orthopaedics. Emergency medicine responds at any time. Dermatology Monday–Thursday only, Monday until 11:00. Rehabilitation on Saturdays: once a month only.From website
Appointment only. Book by phone with each outpatient department on weekdays, 14:00–16:00. Internal medicine on Fridays: afternoon of the 2nd week only. Child psychiatry runs irregularly.
Psychosomatic medicine, psychiatry, dentistry and paediatric dentistry are by appointment. First-time patients under another facility's care should bring a referral letter.
Saturday clinics: internal medicine on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Saturdays only; allergy on the 2nd and 4th only; anaesthesiology (pain clinic) on the 1st, 3rd and 5th only.
Required Without a referral letter you pay an extra ¥7,700.
Note
Critical-care centre (救命救急センター). First-visit appointments: orthopaedics and several other departments take first visits by appointment, internal medicine and general surgery do not. The foreign-patient list records an English medical interpreter on weekdays 08:30–17:00 and remote interpretation 24 hours in English, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Indonesian. The national data records 23,213 CT and 10,021 MRI scans in the previous year.From website
Required Without a referral letter you pay an extra ¥7,700.
Note
Emergency-designated hospital (prefectural list, valid to 10 April 2029). The night emergency clinic on the same site is listed separately. The registry's special note: some departments and booked tests also run in the afternoon. Almost every department takes first visits by appointment. The national data records 21,021 CT and 6,798 MRI scans in the previous year.From website
The registry's special note: on Tuesday afternoons internal medicine and paediatrics are basically nursing-home rounds only; Thursday afternoon is closed; on Saturdays only the 1st and 3rd have a morning clinic; on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons home visits and house calls come first. No after-hours service. Medicines are dispensed on site.From website
The registry's special note: hours differ by day — Monday to Thursday and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays 9:00–12:00, Friday 15:00–17:00. No after-hours service.
Night emergency care only, 365 days, for medical, paediatric and surgical cases; it is not a regular clinic. The registry's special note: Nagano City Medical Association doctors see patients on weekdays 19:30–23:00 (medical/paediatric and surgical). Daytime cover on Sundays and holidays is a separate holiday-doctor rota run by the medical association.From website
The registry's special note: closed Sundays, holidays, Thursdays and Saturday afternoons; appointments only, so phone first; occasional closures for school and company check-ups.
Closed 29 December to 3 January. The registry says a pharmacist can be reached by phone outside opening hours and that it takes part in the local holiday and night rota.
Gathered ahead of your trip as a planning aid — details change; verify locally on arrival.
Backcountry policy
Off-piste is prohibited. The rule sheet bans skiing past the boundary ropes, warns that it risks getting lost and setting off avalanches, and says a lift ticket may be confiscated for skiing in a closed area. The trail map defines the managed area as everything inside the red dotted boundary, made up of the courses and closed areas such as sparse forest and the ground under lifts; outside it is marked no skiing. No backcountry gate is published.
As of 2026-10-08
Nearest clinic
The closest is Nagano City's Togakushi Clinic in Toyooka, the Togakushi village centre below the ski area. It sees internal medicine and paediatric patients on weekday mornings, 08:30–12:00, and on the 1st and 3rd Saturday mornings only; afternoons go to house calls and nursing-home rounds, and it is closed Thursday afternoon. For an evening visit, Imai Clinic in Togakushi-Tochiwara takes patients 17:30–19:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 14:00–19:00 on Thursday and 14:00–17:00 on Saturday. Neither has orthopaedics.
As of 2026-10-08
Nearest emergency hospital
There is no hospital in Togakushi. Nagano Red Cross Hospital in Wakasato, central Nagano, is the area's critical-care centre and takes emergency patients 24 hours a day. Nagano Municipal Hospital in Tomitake, north-east Nagano, is emergency-designated, and the night emergency clinic it runs with the city medical association is open every night 19:00–06:00 for medical, paediatric and surgical cases; phone before going. North of the resort, Shinano Town's Shinetsu Hospital in Kashiwabara is also emergency-designated and has orthopaedics, CT and MRI. In an emergency, call 119.
As of 2026-10-08
Pediatric care
Togakushi Clinic and Kinasa Clinic both list paediatrics, mornings only. At night, Nagano Red Cross Hospital runs a paediatric night service on weekdays 19:00–22:00, mainly for children under six, and the Nagano Municipal Hospital night emergency clinic covers paediatrics every night 19:00–06:00. Serious cases go to Nagano Red Cross Hospital's 24-hour emergency department.
As of 2026-10-08
Show this to staff
Each line is in Japanese a receptionist can read, with its meaning underneath.
スキー中にけがをしました。
I was injured while skiing.
ここがとても痛いです。
It hurts a lot here.
診察を受けたいです。
I would like to see a doctor.
海外旅行保険に入っています。
I have travel insurance.
クレジットカードで払えますか？
Can I pay by credit card?
英語を話せる人はいますか？
Is there anyone who speaks English?
保険請求用の診断書と領収書をください。
Please give me a medical certificate and a receipt for my insurance.
Cost, insurance and medicines
Japan's National Health Insurance does not cover tourists — hospitals bill the full cost and generally expect payment upfront by cash or card. Ordinary travel insurance often excludes off-piste and backcountry rescue; dedicated mountain-rescue insurance exists, so check your policy before you ride.
Reviewed 2026-07-21
Some common medicines are restricted in Japan — e.g. codeine-containing products, pseudoephedrine above set limits, and ADHD stimulants — and may require advance permission to bring in. Check the MHLW guidance before you travel.
Reviewed 2026-07-21
Nothing here is medical advice. We compile this information from Japan's national medical registers and the official websites of facilities and resorts, as a planning aid. Hours, phone numbers and services change, and we cannot guarantee that any of it is current or correct. Decisions you make with it are your own responsibility: check with the facility before you go, and in an emergency tell ski patrol or call 119.