Niseko Grand Hirafu Mapcode
ニセコグラン・ヒラフ·北海道
The mapcode for Niseko Grand Hirafu is 398 414 276*38.
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Details
- Mapcode
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398 414 276*38 - Coordinates
42.863500, 140.698100- Address
- 〒044-0080 北海道虻田郡倶知安町ニセコひらふ１条４丁目５−１８
- Japanese name
- ニセコグラン・ヒラフ
About this place
Niseko Grand Hirafu is the largest of the Niseko United ski areas, on the slopes of Mount Niseko-Annupuri in Kutchan Town, Hokkaido. In winter it is a resort village; the rest of the year it is a scattering of lodges along mountain roads where addresses are hard to type.
Winter is the reason to carry the code rather than the name: the approach roads are snow-walled, side turnings vanish under drifts, and a navigation unit that has locked onto the right point saves you a reversing manoeuvre on a slope. Aim for the resort centre first, then navigate to your lodge from there.
Need a mapcode for somewhere else?
This site covers 30 places. Your hotel, the rental return lot, the restaurant you booked — those need mapcodes too, and they are not on this list. The app converts any Japanese address or place name, in English, Korean, Chinese or Japanese. Free.
How to enter this in your car navigation
- On the navigation home screen, choose Destination (目的地).
- Choose Mapcode (マップコード) from the search methods.
- Type the digits, then the asterisk and the last two digits.
- Confirm the map preview shows the right area before you set the route.
Most Japanese rental cars (Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Times, Orix) accept mapcodes. Some older units ignore the *nn suffix — that is fine, it only refines the pin.
Where these coordinates come from
This place was one of the search failures that prompted this page. Its Japanese name contains a middle dot — ニセコグラン・ヒラフ — and search queries that omit or mistype that character returned nothing, six times in a thirty-day window. The coordinates here were cross-checked against Wikipedia’s resort-centre position rather than taken from a single geocoder.
Coordinates last verified 2026-07-23
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the mapcode for Niseko Grand Hirafu?
- The mapcode is 398 414 276*38, pointing at a spot in 北海道. Written as decimal degrees the same point is 42.863500, 140.698100. A navigation unit takes the mapcode in far fewer keystrokes than the coordinates, so enter the code.
- What is a mapcode?
- A mapcode is a short numeric code that identifies a spot in Japan, developed by Denso. Japanese car navigation systems accept it directly, which avoids typing a Japanese address on a Japanese keyboard.
- How do I enter a mapcode in a Japanese rental car?
- On the navigation unit choose Destination (目的地), then Mapcode (マップコード), then type the digits. The two digits after the asterisk are an optional precision suffix; older units simply ignore them.
- What do the digits after the asterisk mean?
- They are a high-resolution suffix that narrows the point to roughly a few metres. Without them the code still resolves, just to a slightly wider area.