75 min Shinkansen from Tokyo, longest ski season (Nov–May), affordable condos. Browse chalets, mountain cabins and akiya within ~18 km of the Naeba / Kagura lifts, with English listings, live asking prices and freehold foreign ownership.
Measured from active listings within ~18 km of the resort centre, refreshed hourly. Land plots are excluded from these figures — a vacant plot has no building, floor area or build year.
6 houses · 6 condos
¥5.7M
5th to 95th percentile of asking prices
Typically built 1992
The most recently listed properties inside the Naeba / Kagura search radius, newest first, each with its straight-line distance from the resort centre. 12 homes are listed in the area in total — search the map to see every one.
Showing 1–6 of 6 within ~18 km of Naeba / Kagura.
Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture
175-1 Tsuchitaru, Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture
Kandatsu, Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture
Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture
Yuzawa Town, Minamiuonuma District, Niigata Prefecture
Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture
Municipal hubs in the Naeba / Kagura area, with every listing we track.
The closest curated ski valleys, by distance from Naeba / Kagura.
All 16 Japanese ski valleysAcross the 12 homes for sale within ~18 km of Naeba / Kagura, the median asking price is ¥5.7M (about $36k). Most of the market sits between ¥343,000 and ¥64M, with the upper end driven by ski-in/ski-out and new-build chalets. Figures are asking prices from live listings and are refreshed hourly.
Yes. Japan places no citizenship, visa, or residency restriction on buying land or buildings, so a non-resident purchaser in Niigata receives the same freehold title, registered with the Legal Affairs Bureau, as a Japanese citizen. Naeba / Kagura sits in Yuzawa Town, and the municipality publishes the local zoning, building and vacant-house information that governs what you can do with a property once you own it.
Naeba / Kagura averages 11–13m / season. 75 min Shinkansen from Tokyo, longest ski season (Nov–May), affordable condos. Season length and snow depth vary year to year — the Japan Meteorological Agency publishes the official station records for Niigata if you want to check a specific winter before committing to an area.
Yes. Under Japan's Private Lodging Business Act (minpaku / 住宅宿泊事業法) a residential property can be let short-term for up to 180 nights a year after registering locally. Operating year-round without that cap requires a hotel/inn licence under the Ryokan Business Act, which depends on the zoning of the specific plot — check with Yuzawa Town before you budget on rental income.
