A safe tour with KinouN skills and physical fitness levels to keep skiers entertained
KinTouN is a backcountry freeriding guide specializing in snow mountain skiing based in Chigasaki City.
Produce extraordinary experiences through nature play and adventure. We provide guiding services from Hokkaido to various parts of Honshu at the request of our customers. There are many planned tours that are divided according to experience and skills, and there are also overseas tours. Individuals are also welcome to participate in public tours. They also offer lessons for those who want to improve their skills.
Custom-made guides and private guides will respond to individual requests such as "I want to go to this mountain" and "I want to charter a backcountry with my friends". I just love to slide! KinTouN is the one that will entertain the skier to the fullest.
'25-26 season news
For the 2025-2026 season, we plan to hold backcountry training sessions starting around October before the season begins, so that you can learn everything you need to know before setting foot on the snow. We also have beacon training sessions for avalanche prevention, mountaineering events to get you in shape, and more. We are also planning a Georgia trip in March. Please feel free to contact us!
representative
Kenichi Minegishi
Backcountry guide since 2003.
Hosts a members-only club and camp in an old folk house called Kaze no Tani in Yamakita Town in western Kanagawa Prefecture. Together with members connected through the backcountry, they are building campsites and playgrounds in the mountains using DIY methods. ``I want to ski on natural snowy mountains in the same way that I ski on waves, which are the energy of nature, and I want to climb mountains with my own feet and ski the way I want.It is precisely because of the risk that I felt freedom. I want to continue backcountry skiing for the rest of my life.”
[Qualifications]
・JMGA Ski Guide Stage II
*JMGA: Japan Mountain Guides Association
guide area
| main guide area | Kanetsu area |
| Other areas | anywhere on request |
| Representative name (guide qualification) | Kenichi Minegishi (JMGA Ski Guide Stage II) |
| Main guide name (guide qualification) | Kenichi Minegishi (JMGA Ski Guide Stage II) |
| Number of affiliated guides | 1 full-time, 0 part-time (including 1 qualified person) |
| guide ratio | 1 guide: 6 guests |
| percentage of guests | Ski/Snowboard (1 to 1) / Men and Women (7 to 3) |
rental
| snow safety gear | Beacon Probe Shovel (Ant) |
| Backpack | A board can be attached (Ant) |
| ski | Skis with tour bindings (pear) |
| climbing gear | climbing skin (pear) snowshoe (ant) |
price
| 1DAY | From 13,000 yen (Separate guide expenses will be borne) |
| other | Charter from 60,000 yen per day |
Actual contents of the tour
| first participation | BC experience Ali | most difficult | |
|---|---|---|---|
| action time | 4 hours | 6 hours | 12 hours |
| Cumulative elevation difference | About 500-800m | About 800-1,000m | 15,00m |
| average hike time | 1 hour | 2-3 hours | 8 hours |
| Slope content | Good access from the ski resort, slope is about 25 degrees. Slope with as wide a view as possible | With an inclination of around 30 degrees, it is a slope with abundant tree runs and terrain changes. Slope where one run distance can be taken long | Mountains with touring elements that repeat hikes and slides several times, including places with slopes of 40 degrees or more and limited turn widths |
Information
| address | Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| snowtrip@kintoun.jp | |
| Web | https://kintoun.jp/ |
| SNS | guidekintoun guidekintoun |
*The information listed is current as of August 2025.
