Joetsu-Kokusai-Ski-jo-mae

Weekday departures: 26/day · Sat & holiday departures: 26/day

First / last departure (weekday): 6:47 / 22:03

Busiest hour: 7:00–8:00 (2)

0:00 ─ 23:00

Figures are typical departures in the timetable data, not a live service count.

Timetable data as of 3 May 2026.

• Joetsu Line: Shiozawa ⇄ Osawa (Niigata)

Jōetsu International Skiing Ground Station opened on 27 December 1997 as a JR East seasonal station on the Joetsu Line, serving the adjacent Jōetsu International Ski Resort in Minamiuonuma, Niigata. It initially operated only between December and March for the ski season. On 1 April 2003 it was upgraded to a year-round station. The two elevated side platforms sit on an embankment and have no internal walkway — passengers cross via the road that passes beneath the tracks. Even today some early-morning and late-evening Joetsu Line trains skip the stop, and Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line through-services bypass it entirely outside winter.

Written out in hiragana, the station's name has 17 characters — "jōetsukokusaisukījōmae" — making it the longest station name in the JR Group network.