くじゅうスキー場 PV 初心者から上級者まで 魅力満載
By: くじゅうスキー場【公式】 · 19 Sept
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.
Typical snowfall
29cm
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
- 1,159–1,319 m
- Across
- 1.1 km
The resort now operates as Kuju Ski Resort. Natural snow is scarce in Kyushu, so snow guns and snowmaking machines turn out a fine, icy-grained snow to cover the slopes. Hot-spring towns sit close by, starting with Sujiyu Onsen about five minutes away by car, with Kurokawa Onsen also within reach. Sources: kujyuski.co.jp (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.
Seasonal snowfall
29cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
13cm
The middle winter of the 12: 24 cm. The best: 72 cm.
World rank
2923
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
396
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
76
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,207 m, 441 m above the national median.
Quality rank
396
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−3.5°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
26%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
0%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
25km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 39
Frequency 1
Freedom from rain 35
Calm when snowing (model grid) 89
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).
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
10
Run length
2.2km
Lifts
4
Vertical
160m
Top 1,319 m · base 1,159 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateOther Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.6 km
Steepest pitch20°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs7.8°
Which way the slopes face
North 26%
East 0%
South 8%
West 66%
Only 26% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (66%).
By difficulty
Novice 2 · 1.1 km
Easy 2 · 0.5 km
Intermediate 1 · 0.2 km
Other 5 · 0.4 km
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Magic carpet1
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 33% 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 4 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
6cmDec
12cmJan
7cmFeb
4cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 29 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 13 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 72 cm (5.5 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
22
16
39
72
13
26
20
34
36
22
35
17
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
Roads nearby国道57号 ↗From the resort: 15.6 kmOperated by: 九州地方整備局 熊本河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道210号 ↗From the resort: 15.9 kmOperated by: 九州地方整備局 大分河川国道事務所
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Videos
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Official YouTube channel
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Hot springs nearby, as analysed
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 98 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 筋湯ゆのもと荘 | 1.9 km | 57℃ hot | 3.5 mildly acidic | simple |
| 瀬の本雀地獄 | 2.6 km | 73.1℃ hot | 2.6 acidic | acidic |
| 黒川富士屋 | 4.5 km | 98℃ hot | 3.4 mildly acidic | — |
| 長者原 | 4.9 km | 57.6℃ hot | 6.1 neutral | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hatchobaru Geothermal Power Plant八丁原発電所 | Landmark | 1 km |
| Kurokawa Onsen黒川温泉 | Hot spring town | 4.5 km |
| Kuju Mountains九重山 | Mountain | 6.2 km |
| Kuju Flower Parkくじゅう花公園 | Park | 7.9 km |
| Mount Daikanbō大観峰 | Mountain | 15.7 km |
| Aso Shrine阿蘇神社 | Shrine | 17.8 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
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Not checked
- Parking
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- 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 →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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33 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 筋湯温泉 九重 悠々亭 | ¥13,200 | 4.00／5 209 reviews | 1.1 km | JR久大線 豊後中村駅よりバスで60分/大分自動車道 九重インターより車で30分 |
| 名水の宿 宝珠屋 | ¥6,600 | 4.07／5 112 reviews | 1.5 km | 大分高速道路九重ICより四季彩ロードを経て30分 |
| 筋湯温泉 九重いやしの里 ホテル大高原 | ¥7,700 | 4.05／5 670 reviews | 1.5 km | 大分自動車道『九重IC』より車で約30分 / JR九大線『豊後中村駅』 |
| 筋湯温泉 宿房 花しのぶ | ¥9,000 | 4.54／5 173 reviews | 1.8 km | 大分自動車道九重ICから車で約30分。筋湯温泉に入り「旅の宿 山椿」さんがあるT字路からお越し下さい※ホームページ参照 |
| 筋湯温泉 たからや旅館<大分県> | ¥7,700 | 3.82／5 126 reviews | 1.9 km | 豊後中村駅より九重登山口行きバスにて約50分/九州自動車道九重ICより約30分 |
| 旅荘 小松別荘 | ¥12,480 | 4.56／5 123 reviews | 1.9 km | 豊後中村駅よりバスで40分 |
| 筋湯温泉 旅館 清風荘 | ¥6,050 | 4.55／5 237 reviews | 2.0 km | 豊後中村駅 |
| 筋湯温泉 旅館白滝 | ¥14,300 | 4.59／5 167 reviews | 2.0 km | 豊後中村駅より日田バスで1時間 |
| 高原の隠れ家 スパ・グリネス | ¥17,325 | 4.79／5 180 reviews | 2.0 km | 九州自動車道日田IC~車で約50分 熊本IC~車で約90分 【飛行機】福岡空港~約2時間 /熊本空港~約90分 |
| 民宿 遊雀荘 | ¥9,500 | 4.75／5 42 reviews | 2.1 km | JR豊後中村駅/大分自動車道九重ICより車で20分 |
| 筋湯温泉 旅館 ふるさと | ¥13,860 | 4.69／5 110 reviews | 2.1 km | 大分道(九重インター)からお車で30分 |
| オーベルジュ ア・マ・ファソン | ¥26,400 | 5.00／5 101 reviews | 2.1 km | 九州横断バス 筋湯温泉入口バス停下車、徒歩3分または熊本空港から車で約1時間40分/福岡市内から車で2時間30分 |
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Places to stay on the map
26 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: 3.3 km
Show the nearest places
Nearest first
- Yamamizuki 3.3 km
- Kan-no-jigoku Ryokan 4.4 km
- Okyakuya 4.5 km
- Wafuryokan Misato 和風旅館 美里 4.5 km
- FuMoTo 4.6 km
- Auberge Cosmos 4.9 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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