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): 1 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 →
Kyowa is run by the same public corporation as the Kyowa Onsen Shiki-no-Yu baths, and qualifying lift tickets include one free soak at Shiki-no-Yu or two other local hot springs. A joint season pass with Taiheizan Ski Area Opus in Akita City lets you ski both hills. Sources: kyowasnow.net, city.daisen.lg.jp, sakigake.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiheizan Ski Area Opus | 19.0 km | 216 cm | 988 |
| Tazawako Ski Resort | 33.0 km | 318 cm | 408 |
| Ani Ski Resort (Mt. Moriyoshi) | 33.0 km | 370 cm | 226 |
| Gosannen Ski Area | 37.0 km | 230 cm | 877 |
| Shizukuishi Ski Resort | 46.0 km | 358 cm | 262 |
Compare side by side with Taiheizan Ski Area Opus and Tazawako 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 19% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is west (72%).
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 42% 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 33 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 236 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 180 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 300 cm (1.7 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan the leanest winter was 2015/16; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 49 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 協和 | 1.7 km | 49℃ hot | 8.7 alkaline |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Karamatsu Shrine唐松神社 | Shrine | 10.1 km |
| Taiheizan Prefectural Natural Park太平山県立自然公園 (秋田県) | Nature | 14.8 km |
| Mount Taihei太平山 (秋田県) | Mountain | 15.4 km |
| Kakunodate角館 | Old streets | 16.2 km |
| Kakunodate Cherry Bark Work Museum仙北市立角館樺細工伝承館 | Museum | 16.2 km |
| Akita Prefectural Central Park秋田県立中央公園 | Park | 17.9 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.
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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1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 1 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| からまつ山荘 東兵衛温泉 | ¥6,400 | 4.00／5 43 reviews | 1.7 km | 秋田新幹線 角館駅よりお車にて約40分 |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
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We have no facility list for the 12 km around here yet — search the booking sites below.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
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