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Ask your assistant about Hokkaido with Ride Hokkaido behind it

Ride Hokkaido runs a read-only Model Context Protocol server. Add it to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client and the assistant can search the towns, stays, operators, resorts, resort groups, backcountry, lift passes, onsen and camper vans in this guide, then link you to the page it used.

Endpoint

https://ridehokkaido.com/api/mcp

Streamable HTTP, POST, no authentication.

Add it

In Claude, open Settings, then Connectors, add a custom connector and paste the endpoint. In ChatGPT, add it as a connector from the apps settings. Other clients take the same URL as a remote MCP server.

Tools

  • search_places: Find anything in Ride Hokkaido by free text, type and region: towns, stays, operators, resorts, resort groups, backcountry, lift passes, onsen and camper vans. Returns the name, local name, region, a one-line summary and the page URL for each match.
  • get_place: The full record for one entry by type and slug: every fact the site holds, the editorial text, quick answers, sources and when they were checked.
  • find_nearby: Entries of one type within a radius of any place in the guide, nearest first, with the distance in km.
  • get_resort: Facts for one ski resort by slug: elevations, vertical, runs, lifts, tickets with their season, night riding, the off-piste rule, ratings, zones, notable runs, winter access, the run stats measured from OpenStreetMap and the elevation model, and quick answers.
  • get_runs: Every mapped run at a resort with its grade, length (m), vertical (m), average and steepest pitch (degrees, steepest over 60 m) and the way it faces, measured from OpenStreetMap and the elevation model, joined to our notes where we have them. Give a grade to narrow it.
  • compare_resorts: Side-by-side numbers for two to six resorts: top, vertical, runs, lifts, mapped piste by grade, the steepest pitch, the adult day ticket with its season, passes, night riding, the off-piste rule and ratings.
  • find_resorts: Resorts that take a lift pass, run night lifts, allow riding off the marked runs or reach a given vertical, optionally in one region, biggest first.
  • get_alerts: The safety notices in force today: avalanche danger, road closures, volcanic alert levels and others, each with its level on the issuer's own scale, the day it was checked and the issuer's page. Give a kind or a place slug to narrow it.
  • get_zone: Facts for one backcountry zone by slug: summit and trailhead, ascent, tour time, aspects, grade, hazards, named routes, the published GPS lines with their publishers, licences and closures, dated trip reports, guides, the avalanche service to read before any tour and the site's no-liability notice.

Try asking

  • Find towns and neighbourhoods in Niseko & Yotei.
  • Tell me about Akaigawa, with the sources Ride Hokkaido used.
  • Which places to stay are within 5 km of Akaigawa?
  • What should I know before visiting adex inn?

Plain text

An assistant without MCP can read /llms.txt, a map of every page, or /llms-full.txt, which holds the full text and data in one file.