No snow yet. 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 →
- Elevation (est.)
- 845–1,102 m
- Across
- 1.1 km
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Runs cut through the forests of the Hiba mountains on natural snow alone, and in midwinter the beech trees beside them are coated in rime ice. The area belongs to Hiroshima Kenmin no Mori, a prefectural forest park, where a hotel and a campground that stays open in winter share the grounds. Sources: hiroshima-kenmori.com, shobara-info.com (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Resort Nekoyama | 13.0 km | 105 cm | 2319 |
| Dogoyama-Kougen Ski Resort | 13.0 km | 105 cm | 2319 |
| Kotobiki Forest Park Ski Area | 27.0 km | 129 cm | 1976 |
| Ibukinosato Ski Area | 33.0 km | 115 cm | 2167 |
Compare side by side with Snow Resort Nekoyama and Dogoyama-Kougen Ski Resort →
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Chairlift2
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 39% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 16 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 116 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 64 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 169 cm (2.6 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
Worth seeing nearby
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
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| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 広島県民の森 | Park | 0.9 km |
| Mount Azuma吾妻山 (広島県・島根県) | Mountain | 3.1 km |
| Okuizumo Orochi Loop奥出雲おろちループ | Landmark | 6.2 km |
| 鬼の舌震 | Nature | 11.9 km |
| Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park比婆道後帝釈国定公園 | Nature | 15.3 km |
| 斐乃上温泉 | Hot spring town | 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Not checked
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Not checked
- Rental
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
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