From Kyoto, we took a very scenic train ride to Nagano and, from Nagano, a short bus ride to Shiga Kogen. Shiga Kogen is the largest Ski Resort in Japan (21 interlinked resorts). Never a line more than three people deep and to our good fortune it snowed about 3 inches on the second night.
Another Torii...
The Sunroute Hotel.
For more information see:
http://www.shigakogen.gr.jp/english/