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Ski Resorts in Akita
Akita has 13 ski areas on JAPANSNOWLINE, 2 of them with an official live camera. 5 currently report settled snow, the deepest being Akita Hachimantai Ski Area at 12 cm. The highest terrain on file reaches about 1202 m. Snow depth, snowfall, temperature and wind are refreshed every day.
Where it’s snowing
Ski areas with 3cm+ of snow in the last 48 hours. Anything over 15cm gets a snow mark.
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Snow in Akita
In Akita the snow is lighter along the coast and gets deeper the farther inland you go. Tazawako Ski Area is about 30 minutes by local bus from Tazawako Station on the Akita Shinkansen, and its slopes look down on Lake Tazawa. In the north, the gondola at Moriyoshi-zan Ani runs through winter, and the rime-ice trees are a short walk from the top station. Sources: data.jma.go.jp、media.jreast.co.jp、city.semboku.akita.jp、sakigake.jp、city.kitaakita.akita.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
All ski areas in Akita
In order of today’s Powder Score. Press a column heading to re-sort.
| Ski area | Typical snowfall | Quality (Japan) | Top | Runs | Day ticket (official) | Powder Score | Base depth | Snow 48h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akita Hachimantai Ski Area top 1,196 m · 2 runs · ¥4,200 | 437 cm | #14 | 1,196 m | 2 | ¥4,200 | 38 | 12 cm | 5 cm |
| 2 | Ani Ski Resort (Mt. Moriyoshi) top 1,202 m · 12 runs | 370 cm | #39 | 1,202 m | 12 | — | 27 | 1 cm | 2 cm |
| 3 | Tazawako Ski Resort top 1,173 m · 16 runs | 318 cm | #98 | 1,173 m | 16 | — | 23 | 1 cm | 1 cm |
| 4 | Hanawa Ski Area top 744 m · 4 runs | 263 cm | #194 | 744 m | 4 | — | 14 | 1 cm | 0 cm |
| 5 | Jeunesse Kurikoma Ski Area top 771 m · 13 runs | 407 cm | #163 | 771 m | 13 | — | 12 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 6 | Gionyama Ski Area top 350 m · 3 runs | 321 cm | #291 | 350 m | 3 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 7 | Kyowa Snow Park top 440 m · 10 runs | 236 cm | #325 | 440 m | 10 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 8 | Taiheizan Ski Area Opus top 330 m · 7 runs | 216 cm | #336 | 330 m | 7 | — | 10 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 9 | Yashima Ski Area top 685 m · 6 runs | 467 cm | #176 | 685 m | 6 | — | 8 | 1 cm | 0 cm |
| 10 | Tengamori Ski Area top 366 m · 3 runs | 377 cm | #247 | 366 m | 3 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 11 | Gosannen Ski Area top 82 m · 5 runs | 230 cm | #318 | 82 m | 5 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 12 | Inakawa Ski Area Suberotta top 256 m · 1 runs | 229 cm | #333 | 256 m | 1 | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| 13 | Yakushiyama Ski Area top 132 m | 160 cm | #370 | 132 m | — | — | 8 | 0 cm | 0 cm |
Ski area webcams in Akita
8 ski areas, those with a camera on the slopes first. Each name opens the camera section of that ski area's page.
Onsen towns in Akita
Designated national health-resort onsen in this prefecture, snowiest first.
Deep snow close to a city
Ski areas averaging 300 cm or more, by straight-line distance from the nearest large city.
Snowfall is the 12-winter average from the ERA5 reanalysis, and the model runs low on mountain snow, by different amounts in different regions (the regional map on the Japan page adds that difference back; the figures on this page do not). Read the ranks and the comparisons rather than the centimetres. The month-by-month pattern uses the last 12 winters; rain days, snow-day temperature and 5 cm days use the last three. How we measure