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Ski Resorts in Shiga
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 Shiga
Biwako Valley in Otsu is a bus and ropeway ride up from Shiga Station on the Kosei Line, and you ski looking down on Lake Biwa. The other ski areas are in the mountains of Kohoku and Kosei, north and west of the lake. Snow increases the farther north you go, and the former town of Yogo, in Kohoku, is the southernmost of Japan's designated heavy-snow areas. The plains in the south see little that settles. Sources: jma-net.go.jp、pref.shiga.lg.jp、city.nagahama.lg.jp、biwako-visitors.jp、ja.biwako-visitors.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Opening dates in Shiga this season
Dates checked on each resort’s own site. They move with the snow.
- Gransnow Okuibuki the resort's earliest opening ever, per its own site
- Hakodateyama Ski Resort official site: 'Open Season 2026.12.25' (planned opening)
All ski areas in Shiga
In order of typical snowfall. Press a column heading to re-sort.
| Ski area | Typical snowfall | Quality (Japan) | Top | Runs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yogo Kogen Resort top 737 m · 6 runs | 249 cm | #302 | 737 m | 6 |
| 2 | Gransnow Okuibuki top 1,221 m · 17 runs | 194 cm | #242 | 1,221 m | 17 |
| 3 | Akoyama Skijo Snowpal top 228 m · 1 runs | 142 cm | #387 | 228 m | 1 |
| 4 | Kutsuki Snow Park top 577 m · 3 runs | 118 cm | #381 | 577 m | 3 |
| 5 | Ohana Resort top 588 m · 6 runs | 116 cm | #362 | 588 m | 6 |
| 6 | Hakodateyama Ski Resort top 684 m · 9 runs | 113 cm | #365 | 684 m | 9 |
| 7 | Biwako Valley top 1,172 m · 7 runs | 98 cm | #357 | 1,172 m | 7 |
Compare the top three (Yogo Kogen Resort, Gransnow Okuibuki, Akoyama Skijo Snowpal) →
Ski area webcams in Shiga
7 ski areas, those with a camera on the slopes first. Each name opens the camera section of that ski area's page.
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