Single park
Village gate ticket
Date Jidaimura only
- Adult3,300 yen
- Child1,700 yen per child
- Closes17:00 in summer
Price for your group
Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura tickets and Bear Park: hours, ropeway
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Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura tickets cost 3,300 yen for adults, and the neighboring bear park costs 3,200 yen with its ropeway ride included.
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A samurai village and a mountaintop bear park sit in the same hot-spring town. Here is what each costs in yen, when each closes, and how the overseas-guest combination ticket works.
Editorial team, sapporodaytrip.com · Updated November 2, 2026 · Roughly 7 minutes to read
Basics at a glance
- Date JidaimuraAdults pay 3,300 yen; open 9:00 to 17:00 from March 20 to October 31.1,2
- Bear ParkAdults pay 3,200 yen and the round-trip ropeway is included.3,4
- Combo ticketOverseas guests: 4,400 yen for two parks or 6,500 yen for three, valid 3 days.5,6
- Reaching the townDate Jidaimura is 6 minutes by bus from JR Noboribetsu Station.7
- Closed onceBear Park shuts April 5 to April 23, 2027 for ropeway inspection.8
What each gate costs
Both attractions publish their own prices in yen, and the numbers are close. Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura charges adults of middle school age and older 3,300 yen, elementary school children 1,700 yen and toddlers from age 4 up 600 yen.1 Noboribetsu Bear Park charges adults 3,200 yen and children from age 4 to sixth grade 1,600 yen, and children aged 3 and under are admitted free.3 Neither number is a surprise once you know the other, so the question is usually which one is worth the afternoon.
The Bear Park fee has one detail that changes the comparison: the round-trip ropeway fare is included in the admission price, so there is no extra counter to queue at.4 The park can only be reached by that ropeway from Noboribetsu Onsen, which means the fee also covers the only way in.9 Date Jidaimura sells its tickets at its own gate.
Prices here are the parks' own figures in yen, never converted by us, and they can change. Check the official sites before you set out, especially for a winter day when programs and hours shift. If you book a ticket through a platform, the price shown at checkout is the one that counts, and a platform price is not the same as the gate price.
Laid out together
The two parks and the combination tickets
| Ticket | Adult | Child | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Jidaimura | 3,300 yen1 | 1,700 yen per child1 | Open until 17:00 in summer2 |
| Bear Park | 3,200 yen3 | 1,600 yen per child3 | Ropeway included4 |
| Overseas 2-park | 4,400 yen5 | 2,300 yen5 | Valid 3 days6 |
| Overseas 3-park | 6,500 yen5 | 3,400 yen5 | Adds Marine Park Nixe20 |
Child means elementary school at Date Jidaimura, ages 4 to sixth grade at Bear Park and ages 4 to 12 on the overseas ticket.1,3,5
Date Jidaimura: samurai streets, ninja houses and shows
Date Jidaimura is a theme park that recreates an Edo-period village, and the park has ninja houses and a theater. The Kasumi Ninja House stages a ninja sword show on its stage, and the Japanese Culture Theater stages an oiran show in which one member of the audience is invited to play the guest of honor.15,16 Plan around show times, which the park posts on its own schedule page.
The setting has a real link to the town. Noboribetsu was first developed as an onsen area in the Meiji period by descendants of Katakura Kojuro, the right hand of Date Masamune.17 Even if the shows are not your thing, the lanes make a short, easy walk, and the shop fronts are good for photographs on a bright day. It works well for families who want something other than waiting at a viewpoint.
The park is open 9:00 to 17:00 from March 20 to October 31 and 9:00 to 16:00 from November 1 to March 19, and admission ends one hour before closing.2,14 Coin lockers by the entrance range from 400 to 700 yen by size, and wheelchairs are lent free, with baby carriages for 200 yen.18,19 That is a friendly set of services for a day with children or a big bag.
Bear Park: a ropeway, then the bears
Bear Park sits above the onsen town, and the ropeway is the way in. Gondolas leave the base station every 15 seconds and the ride takes roughly 7 minutes, though weather that slows the cable can stretch it to about 10.22,11 From December to March salmon hangs from the gondolas to dry into jerky for the bears, which is a small, odd detail that visitors remember.23 At the top, the park says a visit takes about 60 minutes if you are quick and about 90 if you take it slowly.12
The bears themselves are the point. The park says that every May through July, in mating season, the brown bears fight to reach the peak of the mountain, and that cubs can be seen in the Bear Cub Kindergarten only in the year they were born, between early May and early December.24,25 Visitors may buy bear food inside the park and feed the bears in designated areas, but food brought from outside is not allowed for the animals.26 Visitors may bring their own food and drinks for themselves.27
There is more than bears on the summit. A Brown Bear Museum shows taxidermied bears from one day old to adult, with nearly 300 materials.28 A Yukara Village recreates Ainu life as it was in the early Meiji period.29 From the platform above the museum you see Lake Kuttara, which the park gives as 145 m deep and 8 km around.30 The park is generally open all year, winter included, so a snowy day is not a reason to skip it.31
Pick your ticket
One park or both?
Count the parks you will really visit before choosing
If I will visit only the bears
Pay at the Bear Park gate
If I will visit only the village
Pay at the village gate
Adults pay 3,300 yen.1
If I will visit both parks
Overseas two-park ticket
If I will drive myself
Bear Park first
It is 1 hour 25 to 1 hour 40 minutes from Sapporo.21
If I go by rail
Village first
It is 6 minutes by bus from the station.7
Three ticket choices
How to pay for the parks
Single park
Bear Park ticket
Ropeway included
- Adult3,200 yen
- Child1,600 yen per child
- RopewayRoughly 7 minutes
Foreign nationals
Overseas pair ticket
Two parks, three days
- Adult4,400 yen
- Junior2,300 yen
- ValidThree-day validity
The overseas-guest ticket, and when it pays off
Date Jidaimura and Bear Park take part in a discount scheme for guests from abroad. The Noboribetsu Theme Park Ticket covers Date Jidaimura, Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe and Bear Park and is sold only to foreign nationals.20 A two-park ticket costs 4,400 yen for an adult and 2,300 yen for a junior aged 4 to 12, and a three-park ticket costs 6,500 yen and 3,400 yen.5 The ticket is good for three days.6
Set those numbers beside the single-park prices and the choice is clear to anyone with a calculator: Date Jidaimura alone is 3,300 yen and Bear Park alone is 3,200 yen, against 4,400 yen for the two-park pass.1,3,5 If you visit both parks, the combination ticket is the cheaper way to do it, and the third park is a bonus if you have time. If you plan to see only one, buy at the gate and skip the pass.
The scheme is sold at five locations: the Noboribetsu Tourism Association, the Tours by Noboribetsu Gateway Center and the three parks themselves.32 Bring your passport as proof of nationality, since the ticket is for foreign nationals only. Each park keeps its own opening hours and may change its programs for weather, so the ticket does not guarantee a show or a ropeway on any given day.
A day in the hot-spring town
Parks in the order that fits their closing hours
Morning
Ropeway up to the bears
Tickets go on sale at 9:00 from April 21; the gondola ride takes about 7 minutes.10,11
About 60 to 90 min
Bears, museum and the lake view
The park gives 60 minutes for a quick visit and 90 for a slow one.12
Midday
Down to the town
Date Jidaimura is 10 minutes by car from the onsen town.13
Afternoon
Date Jidaimura gate
Admission ends one hour before the park closes at 17:00 in summer.14,2
Near closing time
A ninja or oiran show
The Ninja House and the Japanese Culture Theater run staged shows.15,16
Getting to both from Sapporo
By car, Sapporo to Bear Park takes 1 hour 25 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes, and parking at the ropeway base station costs 500 yen for a regular vehicle.21,33 Date Jidaimura is 10 minutes by car from the onsen town.13 A free weekday shuttle links the onsen town to the ropeway station if you leave the car elsewhere.34 The tourism association puts the onsen town at about 8 km from JR Noboribetsu Station by road.35
On public transport the village is the easy one: Date Jidaimura is 6 minutes by bus from JR Noboribetsu Station.7 The limited express from Sapporo takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes, and the bus from the station to the springs takes 20 minutes.36,37 Bear Park adds the ropeway on top of the bus leg. A day that visits both without a car is a full one, so start early and keep the closing times in mind.
The coach tour this site sells does not list either park among its stops. Its stops are Jigokudani, Cape Chikyu, the Silo Observation Deck, Mt. Usu-Shinzan, Showa-shinzan and a closing break in Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Only one listing in our set names a bear stop, a Bear Farm trip that lists the Showa Shinzan Bear Ranch, which is a different place from Bear Park. If these two parks are why you are coming, read the options below and plan them on your own.
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Ninja village in Hokkaido: Noboribetsu Date Jidai Village
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Noboribetsu, now known nationwide as a popular onsen area, was first developed in the Meiji period by descendants of Kojuro Katakura
Checklist
Before the gates
Prices and opening times3
- Pick a single or an overseas combination ticket
- Enter Date Jidaimura before last admission, one hour before closing
- Avoid April 5 to April 23, 2027 for Bear Park
For the bears3
- Buy bear food inside; do not bring your own for the animals
- Wear warm clothing in cold months; the park is mostly outdoors
- Allow 60 to 90 minutes on the summit
Inside the village3
- Coin lockers cost 400 to 700 yen by size
- Wheelchairs are free to borrow
- Check the show schedule on the park's site
Options if you do not drive
For a ticket without the planning, a one-day pass for Date Jidaimura is listed from $19, rated 4.38 by 13 reviewers, and you may cancel at no cost a full 24 hours ahead. That listing is a ticket to the village, not a transfer, so you still need a way to reach the town. The rating is based on a small number of reviews, which is worth knowing before you rely on it.
The Bear Farm trip from Sapporo is from $71, runs 10 hours and lists the Silo Observation Deck, Lake Hill Farm, the Showa Shinzan Bear Ranch and Noboribetsu Hot Spring. Its rating is 3.13 from 16 reviews, the lowest of the listings we looked at, so read its recent reviews carefully. A tour that mixes a ranch with the volcano sights is a different experience from the ropeway park.
The site tour is from $47 and carries the volcano stops, with lunch and every entrance fee paid separately. You could pair it with a night in the onsen town and a second day at the parks, which gives you the strongest result at the lowest planning cost. Wherever you start, check the March to April closure of Bear Park before fixing a date in early spring 2027.8
FAQ
Common questions, plain replies.
How much is Date Jidaimura admission?
3,300 yen for adults.
Elementary school children pay 1,700 yen and toddlers from age 4 pay 600 yen.1
How much is Noboribetsu Bear Park?
What time does Date Jidaimura close?
How long does the Bear Park ropeway take?
About 7 minutes one way.
It can take about 10 minutes in weather that slows it.11
How long should I plan for Bear Park?
About 60 to 90 minutes.
The park gives 60 minutes for a quick visit and 90 for an unhurried one.12
Is there a combination ticket?
Can I feed the bears?
Yes, with food bought in the park.
Bear food is sold inside and fed in designated areas.26
Sources
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Access ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Access ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Shows ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Shows ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · What is Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura? ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Access ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Ropeway ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Ropeway ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Bears ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Bears ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Ainu and museum ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Ainu and museum ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Ainu and museum ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (official site) · Fees and business hours ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu Bear Park (official site) · Information: hours, fees, FAQ ↩
- Noboribetsu International Tourism and Convention Association · Directions ↩
- Noboribetsu International Tourism and Convention Association · Directions ↩
- JR Hokkaido · Recommended Routes: Noboribetsu and Otaru ↩
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