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 →
Fukushima Kotsu buses bound for Shiozawa Onsen run from JR Nihonmatsu Station to the stop outside the ski area. The slope faces north, and the resort says the lie of the land means its lifts are seldom stopped by wind. By car, the road from the Nihonmatsu exit of the Tohoku Expressway has no steep climbs. Sources: tohoku-safaripark.co.jp (sources read 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adatara Kogen Ski Resort | 2.1 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Minowa Ski Resort | 6.3 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Yokomuki Onsen Ski Area | 6.8 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Numajiri Ski | 8.3 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Listel Ski Fantasia | 19.0 km | 246 cm | 761 |
Compare side by side with Adatara Kogen Ski Resort and Minowa 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.
100% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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 65% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 36 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 170 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 122 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 234 cm (1.9 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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Adatara webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 95.2 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 塩沢湯川荘 | 0.6 km | 32℃ lukewarm | 7.9 mildly alkaline | simple |
| 新塩沢新塩沢 | 3.2 km | 26℃ lukewarm | — | simple |
| 岳鉄山 | 4.3 km | 88.5℃ hot | 2.5 acidic | simple |
| 土湯第1号 | 5 km | 95.2℃ hot | 8.9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Adatara安達太良山 | Mountain | 4.1 km |
| Tsuchiyu Onsen土湯温泉 | Hot spring town | 4.6 km |
| Nihonmatsu Castle二本松城 | Historic site | 9.7 km |
| Mount Azuma-kofuji吾妻小富士 | Mountain | 12.4 km |
| Takayu Onsen高湯温泉 | Hot spring town | 12.5 km |
| Fukushima Race Course福島競馬場 | Leisure | 19.4 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 (12 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese.
4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 4 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 空の庭クレセントムーン | ¥26,000 | — | 2.3 km | 東北本線二本松駅より車で10分 |
Prices are the lowest Rakuten Travel lists; a property name, or “Pick dates and guests” above, shows prices and rooms for your dates.
Contains advertising. Property names and Rakuten Travel’s booking pages are in Japanese. · Property data by Rakuten Travel (Supported by Rakuten Developers)
3 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: 3.2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗ · Rakuten Travelad ↗
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Planning a trip · 28 Sep 2026
Japan for Beginners: Half Its Pisted Kilometres Are Graded Easy, Twice the US ShareHalf of Japan's pisted kilometres are graded easy or novice — against 25% in the United States and 28% in Canada. And 255 of Japan's 397 ski areas have a natural hot-spring source within 5 km. Here are the numbers, the caveat about grading, and the resorts where a first-timer gets the most of both.
Where the snow falls · 5 Sep 2026
Tengendai Kogen