Fukushima Prefecture has recorded no visitors since the 2019–20 winter, and lists 2025–26 as a closed season.
Source: www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp (checked 13 Oct 2026)
No snow on the ground or falling right now. Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
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 →
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 6 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 →
Fukushima Prefecture's ski-area visitor figures have recorded no skiers here since the 2019-20 winter. The prefecture lists it as Inawashiro Resort Ski Area, marked as suspended for the season as recently as 2025-26. Sources: pref.fukushima.lg.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inawashiro Snow Paradise | 2.9 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Urabandai Ski Resort | 4.9 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Nekoma Mountain | 5.8 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| Listel Ski Fantasia | 9.4 km | 246 cm | 761 |
| Grandeco Snow Resort | 15.0 km | 379 cm | 206 |
Compare side by side with Inawashiro Snow Paradise and Urabandai Ski Resort →
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.
Only 10% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (63%).
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.
The most snow falls in January. March brings 54% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 59 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 325 cm, and 4 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 139 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 454 cm (3.3 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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6 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 55.1 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 押立猪苗代リゾートホテル2 | 1.2 km | 46.9℃ hot | 7.4 neutral | simple |
| 表磐梯ホテルキング | 2.1 km | 46.4℃ hot | 6.5 neutral | — |
| 磐梯中の湯 | 3.1 km | 55.1℃ hot | 3.6 mildly acidic | simple |
| 表磐梯猪苗代表磐梯猪苗代温泉第2 | 3.5 km | 47.3℃ hot | 6.5 neutral | — |
| 翁島鉱泉たなべの湯 | 3.8 km | 20.2℃ cold | 6.8 neutral | simple |
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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Bandai磐梯山 | Mountain | 2.1 km |
| Lake Hibara桧原湖 | Nature | 10 km |
| Nisshinkan日新館 | Historic site | 10.5 km |
| Lake Inawashiro猪苗代湖 | Nature | 11.9 km |
| Mount Iimori飯盛山 (福島県) | Mountain | 12.8 km |
| Aizuwakamatsu Castle若松城 | Historic site | 15.7 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.
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
We have not yet checked the family facilities (kids’ area, childcare, parking, rental) on the official site.
1 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.
Nearest: 0.9 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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