Owani Onsen Ski Resort International Area is a ski area in Aomori, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 97–513 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.8 km². Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 15 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 9.9 km of piste. There is no settled snow at the moment — the season has not started here yet. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 267 cm of snowfall a season, 635th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 3 official live cameras are linked below. 27 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 27 Sept | 0 | 13.3 / 23 | 7.4 |
| 🌧️ 28 Sept | 0 | 14.2 / 23.4 | 10.6 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 12.7 / 20 | 10.2 |
| 🌤️ 30 Sept | 0 | 10.9 / 21.1 | 11.1 |
| ⛈️ 1 Oct | 0 | 10.4 / 18 | 17 |
| 🌦️ 2 Oct | 0 | 8.5 / 13.3 | 22.4 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 7.6 / 14.6 | 14.8 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
55% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
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.
Live Cameras
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iwakisan Hyakuzawa Ski Resort | 25 km | 344 cm | 312 |
| Hakkoda Kokusai Ski Area | 30 km | 445 cm | 124 |
| Fujisato Choei Ski Area | 31 km | 227 cm | 891 |
| Aomori Spring Resort | 31 km | 344 cm | 312 |
| Moya Hills | 32 km | 418 cm | 150 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). In amount, March brings 35 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 碇ケ関 weather station — 4.7 km from this ski area, 170 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 477 cm |
| 2023/24 | 364 cm |
| 2024/25 | 634 cm |
| 2025/26 | 432 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 267 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
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
8 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 78 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 上牡丹森湯とぴあ | 1.1 km | 30.3℃ lukewarm | 7.4 neutral | simple | — |
| 萢頭萢頭 | 1.1 km | 64℃ hot | 8.2 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 大鰐青柳温泉3号泉 | 2.2 km | 78℃ hot | 6.8 neutral | — | — |
| 苦木苦木観音橋の湯 | 2.9 km | 43℃ hot | 8 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 島田島田 | 3.5 km | 13.6℃ cold | 7.4 neutral | simple | — |
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
Places within 20 km of this ski area, for a day off the slopes or an evening. Chosen from those most read about on Wikipedia, favouring places with an English Wikipedia article, and listed nearest first.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Daien-ji Temple大円寺 (青森県大鰐町) | Temple | 2.2 km |
| Owani Onsen大鰐温泉 | Hot spring town | 2.3 km |
| Japan National Route 339国道339号 | Landmark | 12 km |
| Seibi-en盛美園 | Park | 12.8 km |
| Nagabashiri Fuketsu長走風穴 | Nature | 13.6 km |
| Hirosaki Castle弘前城 | Historic site | 14.9 km |
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.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗Places to stay nearby
8 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 昭和温泉旅館すみれ | ¥3,850 | 3.74 39 reviews | — | ＪＲ 大鰐温泉駅より徒歩約１１分 |
| 大鰐温泉 民宿 河鹿荘 | ¥5,000 | 4.64 328 reviews | — | ＪＲ大鰐温泉駅より徒歩５分／高速弘前・大鰐より車で１０分 |
| 大鰐温泉 昇泉閣 紅葉館 | ¥7,000 | 4.00 6 reviews | — | ＪＲ 大鰐温泉駅より徒歩７分／東北自動車道 大鰐・弘前ＩＣより車で１５分 |
| 大鰐温泉 登録有形文化財の宿 ヤマニ仙遊館 | ¥8,000 | 4.65 254 reviews | — | JR大鰐温泉駅より徒歩12分(TAXIで3分）、高速弘前大鰐インターより車で15分 |
| 大鰐温泉郷 青森ワイナリーホテル | ¥9,900 | 4.20 497 reviews | — | JR大鰐温泉駅～ホテル間の無料送迎バス有【2日前までの予約制】 9:00～18:45の間で運行。公式HPに時刻表有。 |
| 大鰐温泉 不二やホテル | ¥10,450 | 4.50 901 reviews | — | 東北自動車道 大鰐・弘前ＩＣより約10分。 JR奥羽本線大鰐温泉駅下車 徒歩１５分 |
| 大鰐温泉 料理旅館 福士館 | — | — | — | 大鰐温泉駅より徒歩５〜１０分 |
| 温泉民宿 赤湯 | — | 4.63 79 reviews | — | 大鰐温泉駅より徒歩にて７分 |
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Stay nearby
2 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.1 km
Nearest first
- Hoshino Resorts KAI Tsugaru Hotel 1.1 km
- 合宿所 Guest house 11.7 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28