What the best deal for getting out of Tokyo to the mountains?
Yuzawa in Niigata is probably the easiest place to get to from Tokyo – just 80 minutes or so direct on the Joetsu Shinkansen. Some bus tour companies as well as JR offer some special day-trip deals, and being so close a day trip really is possible. That isn’t the only choice though with resorts in Nagano, Gunma, Niigata, Tochigi and more all possible day trips. If you have a few days then you could choose from many many resorts.