Japan · Hokuriku
Ski Resorts in Gifu
Ski area map
No snow marks yet. The dots are ski areas; once it starts snowing, places with 3cm+ in 48 hours get a mark.
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Snow in Gifu
The Mino plains in the south have a Pacific-side climate, but Okumino and Hida in the mountains catch the monsoon off the Sea of Japan and get more snow. The ski areas cluster in northern Gujo, around Takasu, Shirotori, Yamato and Meiho, many of them close to exits on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway. Both Nagoya and the Kansai region are within a day trip. Sources: data.jma.go.jp、pref.gifu.lg.jp、city.gujo.gifu.jp、kankou-gifu.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Opening dates in Gifu this season
Dates checked on each resort’s own site. They move with the snow.
- Washigatake Ski Area
- Takasu Snow Park official site: 2026-27 season scheduled to open Fri 11 Dec (planned date)
All ski areas in Gifu
In order of typical snowfall. Press a column heading to re-sort.
| Ski area | Typical snowfall | Quality (Japan) | Top | Runs | Day ticket (official) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hirayu Onsen Ski Area top 1,781 m · 3 runs | 384 cm | #40 | 1,781 m | 3 | — |
| 2 | Hida Takayama Municipal Ski Resort top 1,534 m · 6 runs | 354 cm | #83 | 1,534 m | 6 | — |
| 3 | Honokidaira Ski Area top 1,537 m · 16 runs | 354 cm | #92 | 1,537 m | 16 | — |
| 4 | Hida Kawai Ski Resort top 1,213 m · 4 runs | 345 cm | #152 | 1,213 m | 4 | — |
| 5 | Takasu Snow Park top 1,520 m · 40 runs | 322 cm | #106 | 1,520 m | 40 | — |
| 6 | Dynaland | 322 cm | #105 | — | — | — |
| 7 | WINGHILLS Shiratori Resort top 1,339 m · 13 runs | 266 cm | #223 | 1,339 m | 13 | — |
| 8 | Hida Nagareha Resort top 1,398 m · 14 runs | 258 cm | #166 | 1,398 m | 14 | — |
| 9 | Gujo Vacances Mura Ski Area top 1,113 m · 3 runs | 220 cm | #262 | 1,113 m | 3 | — |
| 10 | Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort top 1,034 m · 6 runs | 220 cm | #251 | 1,034 m | 6 | — |
| 11 | Washigatake Ski Area top 1,347 m · 14 runs · ¥5,500 | 220 cm | #226 | 1,347 m | 14 | ¥5,500 |
| 12 | WhitePIA Takasu top 1,394 m · 20 runs | 220 cm | #208 | 1,394 m | 20 | — |
| 13 | Meiho Ski Resort top 1,577 m · 18 runs | 193 cm | #258 | 1,577 m | 18 | — |
| 14 | Hida Funayama Snow Resort Arkopia top 1,259 m · 10 runs | 150 cm | #332 | 1,259 m | 10 | — |
| 15 | Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park top 1,162 m · 7 runs | 150 cm | #334 | 1,162 m | 7 | — |
| 16 | Motai Onsen Ski Resort top 895 m | 132 cm | #315 | 895 m | — | — |
Ski area webcams in Gifu
15 ski areas, those with a camera on the slopes first. Each name opens the camera section of that ski area's page.
- Meiho Ski Resort
- Takasu Snow Park
- Hirugano Kogen Ski Resort
- Washigatake Ski Area
- Mont Deus Hida-kuraiyama Snow Park
- Hirayu Onsen Ski Area
- Honokidaira Ski Area
- Hida Nagareha Resort
- Hida Takayama Municipal Ski Resort
- Hida Kawai Ski Resort
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Onsen towns in Gifu
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