Closed since the 2024-25 season. The city cited fewer users after local school mergers and ageing equipment, and said it had no plans to reopen.
Source: www.hokuroku.co.jp (checked 13 Oct 2026)
Not open yet for 2026/27. We have not yet found an official opening date. The snowfall below is a model figure and does not mean the slopes are skiable.
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 →
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 4 | 8 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 6 | 7 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 1 to 15 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 7 to 16 | 17 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 7 to 15 | 14 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 8 to 14 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −2 to 9 | 20 |
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
A small city-run ski hill at Ani-Koyawatari, within walking distance of Hitachinai Station on the Akita Nairiku Line. Kitaakita suspended it from the 2024-25 season, citing fewer users after local school mergers and ageing equipment, with no plans to reopen. Sources: hokuroku.co.jp, www1.g-reiki.net, cocospo.go.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ani Ski Resort (Mt. Moriyoshi) | 8.5 km | 370 cm | 226 |
| Taiheizan Ski Area Opus | 23.0 km | 216 cm | 988 |
| Kyowa Snow Park | 25.0 km | 236 cm | 816 |
| Tazawako Ski Resort | 32.0 km | 318 cm | 408 |
| Akita Hachimantai Ski Area | 32.0 km | 437 cm | 122 |
Compare side by side with Ani Ski Resort (Mt. Moriyoshi) and Taiheizan Ski Area Opus →
The most snow falls in January. March brings 48% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 55 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 351 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 203 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 493 cm (2.4 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 阿仁合 weather station — 10.9 km from this ski area, 175 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 678 cm |
| 2023/24 | 583 cm |
| 2024/25 | 754 cm |
| 2025/26 | 697 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 386 cm.
A weather station is not a ski slope. We picked one at a similar elevation, but it stands in a valley or a village. More snow falls on the mountain above it. We have not tried to guess how much more.
Source: Japan Meteorological Agency historical records
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 38 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH |
|---|---|---|---|
| セセラギ | 0.8 km | 38℃ warm | 7.6 mildly 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bear Garden阿仁熊牧場 | Museum | 7.5 km |
| Mount Moriyoshi森吉山 | Mountain | 12.4 km |
| Yasu Falls安の滝 | Nature | 14.7 km |
| Mount Taihei太平山 (秋田県) | Mountain | 16.7 km |
| Taiheizan Prefectural Natural Park太平山県立自然公園 (秋田県) | Nature | 17.3 km |
| Tamagawa Dam玉川ダム (秋田県) | Nature | 18.1 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.
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