Gala-Yuzawa Station (ガーラ湯沢駅, Gāra-yuzawa-eki), COWABUNGA Ski Center and Gala-no Yu spa (Yuzawa, Niigata)

 cafe, tourist information centre/center, onsen, Shinkansen, aerial tramway/ ropeway/ gondola lift/ skilift / cable car station (transport in the air), train station, equipment/tool rental, locker room / lockers

A seasonal railway station located in Yuzawa, Niigata, Japan. The station is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

The station is served by the Gala-Yuzawa Line from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, and forms the only station on this 1.8 km branch line. Services are classed as "Limited express", although they are actually extensions of Jōetsu Shinkansen Tanigawa services. The station is open to passengers only during the winter ski season, usually from mid-December until April.

At the station, there is the Ski Center COWABUNGA (www.galaresort.jp/winter/english/general/general_info.h... which includes an apres-ski spa Gala-no Yu, Irori resting lounge (free, but massage chairs are paid) and courier service counter and rental shop (3rd floor),
ski pass & information counter, coin lockers, shop and Milano Cafe (2nd floor),
free shuttle buses station and train station itself (1st floor)

GALA Yuzawa Snow Resort
Zip/Postal Code 949-6101 1039-2 Aza Kayabira Oaza Yuzawa Yuzawamachi
Minamiuonuma-gun Niigata pref.
TEL.080-3703-7795