【東京から日帰りアクセス抜群】たんばらスキーパーク＆ハンターマウンテン塩原の魅力を徹底紹介！ Discover Tambara Ski Park & Hunter Mountain Shiobara!
By: Tokyu Snow Resort 公式チャンネル · 30 Sept
Japan · Tochigi
Hunter Mountain Shiobara Ski Area
ハンターマウンテン塩原スキー場
Off season Opens 28 Nov (resort’s announcement)
Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥6,000 weekday 1-day (adult) (checked 19 Oct)
No snow on the ground or falling right now. The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 28 Nov (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
Opens
28 Nov
Typical snowfall
193cm
A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →
- Elevation
- 1,138–1,638 m
- Across
- 2.5 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 2 cm. The average for these dates is under 10 cm, so we do not give a percentage yet. The average is over twelve winters on the same weather model. Across Japan →
The resort's mountain is Mount Myojin, in the hills of the Shiobara hot-spring area, and in autumn a gondola carries leaf-viewers up to its summit. In winter a free, reservation-only shuttle bus runs to the slopes from JR Nasushiobara Station. Sources: hunter.co.jp, tochigiji.or.jp, nasushiobara-kanko.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; reviewed by the editor)
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
193cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
130cm
The middle winter of the 12: 194 cm. The best: 243 cm.
World rank
1217
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
275
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
65
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,304 m, 538 m above the national median.
Quality rank
172
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−6.5°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
13%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
10%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
28km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 61
Frequency 28
Freedom from rain 67
Calm when snowing (model grid) 85
The tick marks the median across every Japanese ski area we measure. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score leaves out how much snow falls (it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind).
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edelweiss Ski Resort | 1.6 km | 193 cmsame grid cell | 1217 |
| Aizu Kogen Takatsue Ski Resort | 24.0 km | 322 cm | 393 |
| Aizu Kogen Daikura Ski Resort | 30.0 km | 340 cm | 307 |
| Aizu Kogen Takahata | 33.0 km | 439 cm | 120 |
| Nikko Yumoto Onsen Ski Park | 34.0 km | 214 cm | 1008 |
Compare side by side with Edelweiss Ski Resort and Aizu Kogen Takatsue Ski Resort →
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
1
Run length
0.6km
Lifts
7
Vertical
174m
Top 1,602 m · base 1,427 m
Run map
Other Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.6 km
Steepest pitch24°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs16.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 15%
East 0%
South 0%
West 85%
Only 15% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (85%).
By difficulty
Other 1 · 0.6 km
Lift types
- Chairlift6
- Gondola1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 72% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 44 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
46cmDec
61cmJan
43cmFeb
44cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 193 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 130 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 243 cm (1.9 times as much).
198
130
218
212
174
189
186
243
163
209
235
164
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
On the mountainSlope live camera ↗Operated by: ハンターマウンテン塩原Roads nearby国道4号 ↗From the resort: 19.8 kmOperated by: 関東地方整備局 宇都宮国道事務所
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Aizu webcams & snow report — all 7 ski areas →
Videos
Videos remain the copyright of whoever filmed them. JAPANSNOWLINE stores no video and plays everything through the standard YouTube player.
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 57 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 新湯寺の湯 | 3.1 km | 57℃ hot | 2.3 acidic | sulphur |
| 元湯五色の湯 | 4.2 km | 53.8℃ hot | 6.7 neutral | sulphur |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Worth seeing nearby
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
Show the list
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter Mountain Shiobaraハンターマウンテン塩原 | Nature | 1.2 km |
| Kawaji Onsen川治温泉 | Hot spring town | 6.5 km |
| Shiobara Onsen塩原温泉郷 | Hot spring town | 6.8 km |
| Kinugawa Onsen鬼怒川温泉 | Hot spring town | 12.5 km |
| Tobu World Square東武ワールドスクウェア | Leisure | 14.4 km |
| Edo Wonderland Nikko Edomura日光江戸村 | Leisure | 16.6 km |
Chosen from the places most read about on Wikipedia, favouring those with an English article. Based on the Japanese Wikipedia lists of sights in each prefecture, as compiled in travel-log-data (CC BY-SA 4.0). English names from Wikidata (CC0). The content of this section is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates: 36.9306, 139.7630
Getting there
- By train
- Nasushiobara Station (JR Tohoku Shinkansen): free resort shuttle bus from Nasushiobara Station (reservation required by 16:00 the day before); runs from 12 December 2026 to 28 March 2027
- By car
- about 29 km from Nishinasuno-Shiobara IC (Tohoku Expressway) via Route 400 and the Nichien Momiji Line
- Winter roads
- roads can be icy even without snow, so cars on normal tyres should carry chains; snow and ice on the approach from the Kinugawa side
Source: hunter.co.jp · checked 7 Nov 2026. Shuttle days and times change with the season; check the official site before you go.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Rental
- Not checked
Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 4 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 塩原温泉 やまの宿 下藤屋 | ¥15,400 | 4.59／5 1244 reviews | 3.0 km | 東北自動車道 西那須野塩原I.Cより35分。東北新幹線那須塩原より路線バス55分終点下車。送迎車有り、要予約。 |
| 秘湯にごり湯の宿 渓雲閣 | ¥13,612 | 4.28／5 391 reviews | 3.1 km | JR 那須塩原駅より路線バスにて69分「塩原温泉バスターミナル」下車後定時送迎有(要予約) |
| 塩原温泉 奥塩原高原ホテル | ¥15,400 | 4.40／5 520 reviews | 3.2 km | JR東北新幹線 那須塩原駅 東北自動車道 西那須野塩原I.C R400 日塩もみじライン経由 |
Pick dates and guests to check rooms on Rakuten Travel
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
Places to stay on the map
24 places within 12 km of the slopes, as mapped on OpenStreetMap, many of them small inns and pensions. Many are not on booking sites — open the name for the website or the map.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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