Wassamu Higashiyama Ski Resort is a ski area in Hokkaido, Japan. The terrain spans roughly 150–355 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.0 km². 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 204 cm of snowfall a season, 1043rd (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. 1 official live camera is linked below. 41 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 | 9.3 / 18.4 | 17.2 |
| ⛈️ 28 Sept | 0 | 11.7 / 22.4 | 17 |
| 🌦️ 29 Sept | 0 | 11.2 / 16.9 | 25 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 9.6 / 17.9 | 10.4 |
| ⛈️ 1 Oct | 0 | 8 / 15.4 | 23.8 |
| 🌧️ 2 Oct | 0 | 5.5 / 8.6 | 18.6 |
| 🌦️ 3 Oct | 0 | 5.3 / 10 | 10.9 |
Runs and lifts
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.
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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.
Live Cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. The nearest live view is the road below.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pippu Ski Slopes | 13 km | 219 cm | 935 |
| Asahi Ski Area | 17 km | 249 cm | 763 |
| Kokusetsu Horotachi Ski Area | 23 km | 256 cm | 694 |
| Touma Ski Area | 24 km | 236 cm | 842 |
| Santa present park | 32 km | 200 cm | 1085 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 64% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (51%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 36 cm, less than the median of 45 cm.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 和寒 weather station — 1.1 km from this ski area, 102 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 428 cm |
| 2023/24 | 455 cm |
| 2024/25 | 396 cm |
| 2025/26 | 434 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 204 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 和寒町郷土資料館 | Museum | 1 km |
| Shiokari Pass Museum塩狩峠記念館 | Museum | 8.1 km |
| Kembuchichoehonnoyakata剣淵町絵本の館 | Museum | 8.5 km |
| Sheep and cloud hill羊と雲の丘 | Historic site | 15.9 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.
Places to stay nearby
1 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 剣淵温泉レークサイド桜岡 | ¥7,100 | 4.18 159 reviews | 6.7 km | 宗谷本線 剣淵駅より温泉送迎バス有り |
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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.
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28