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Japan · Gunma
White World Oze Iwakura
ホワイトワールド尾瀬岩鞍
Off season Opens 12 Dec (resort’s announcement)
Official site Lift tickets (official) 2026/27 adult day ticket ¥5,800 weekday 1-day (adult) (checked 19 Oct)
No snow on the ground or falling right now. The 2026/27 season is planned to open on 12 Dec (the resort’s announcement; it moves with the snow). Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear once snow is on the ground or forecast.
Opens
12 Dec
Typical snowfall
252cm
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 →
- Elevation
- 1,043–1,673 m
- Across
- 3.7 km
This season so far (1 Nov to 9 Nov): 3 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 →
Courses here carry the name of the National Sports Festival, and the mountain has long hosted races. Several runs, including Riesen and Champion B, are left ungroomed. The Milky Way drops in one long line of about 3.2 km from the summit to the base. Sources: oze-iwakura.co.jp (sources read 13 Oct 2026; an AI draft the site operator has not yet checked)
How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
252cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
158cm
The middle winter of the 12: 248 cm. The best: 318 cm.
World rank
712
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
195
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
56
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 1,362 m, 596 m above the national median.
Quality rank
69
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
−6.3°C
Japanese median: −3.6°C
Rain days
10%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
15%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
17km/h
Average daily peak, 10 m above ground across a model grid cell; not the wind on ridges or lift tops
Dryness 59
Frequency 43
Freedom from rain 75
Calm when snowing (model grid) 97
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).
Compared with what is nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katashina Kogen Ski Resort | 1.7 km | 252 cmsame grid cell | 712 |
| Snow Park Oze Tokura | 4.5 km | 252 cmsame grid cell | 712 |
| Oguna Hotaka Ski Area | 6.0 km | 252 cmsame grid cell | 712 |
| Kawaba Ski Resort | 9.7 km | 423 cm | 144 |
| Hodaigi Ski Resort | 11.0 km | 291 cm | 514 |
Compare side by side with Katashina Kogen Ski Resort and Snow Park Oze Tokura →
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.
Marked runs
11
Run length
11km
Lifts
11
Vertical
631m
Top 1,673 m · base 1,043 m
Run map
EasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.9 km
Steepest pitch22°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.4°
Which way the slopes face
North 7%
East 48%
South 28%
West 17%
55% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
By difficulty
Easy 3 · 2.5 km
Intermediate 7 · 7.3 km
Advanced 1 · 0.8 km
Lift types
- Chairlift10
- Gondola1
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 60% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 50 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
61cmDec
83cmJan
58cmFeb
50cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 252 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 158 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 318 cm (2.0 times as much).
247
158
295
249
257
244
239
318
240
258
315
205
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Oze and Marunuma webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
Videos
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Hot springs nearby, as analysed
2 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 52.3 °C).
Show the sources
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 片品萩乃湯(土出温泉) | 2.9 km | 52.3℃ hot | 9.2 alkaline | alkaline simple |
| 尾瀬戸倉水芭蕉の湯 | 3.8 km | 30.9℃ lukewarm | 10 alkaline | alkaline 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
Within 20 km in a straight line, nearest first. Some lie over a pass that is closed in winter.
Show the list
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Hotaka武尊山 | Mountain | 7.1 km |
| Oze尾瀬 | Nature | 13.3 km |
| Mount Nikkō-Shirane日光白根山 | Mountain | 14.9 km |
| Oze National Park尾瀬国立公園 | Nature | 15 km |
| Mount Hiuchigatake燧ヶ岳 | Mountain | 16.2 km |
| Yagisawa Dam矢木沢ダム | Nature | 16.9 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.
Going with children
- Kids’ area
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Childcare
- Yes (details in Japanese on the official site)
- Parking
- Not checked
- Rental
- Not checked
Checked on the official site (13 Oct 2026) · Source. “Not checked” means we have not looked yet. Compare with other ski areas →
Places to stay nearbyPR
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40 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within about 3 km of this ski area. The table shows the nearest 12 with a listed price.
| Property (links to Rakuten Travel) | Lowest listed (per person, tax incl.) | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 土出温泉 尾瀬岩鞍リゾートホテル | ¥13,470 | 4.18／5 126 reviews | 1.2 km | JR上越線:沼田駅よりバスにて約60分 車:関越自動車道沼田ICより約40分 尾瀬岩鞍のゲレンデはすぐ目の前! |
| シャレーラ・ウルス | ¥7,500 | — | 1.6 km | 沼田駅よりバスで約1時間半/沼田ICより車で約40分 |
| かたしな高原 チャイルドロッヂ | ¥6,710 | 4.88／5 51 reviews | 1.7 km | 練馬I.C.から関越道で沼田I.C.(120km)、そこから国道120号経由でかたしなスキー場(29km) |
| 尾瀬 わんこも泊まれるペンション シェルティ | ¥9,900 | 5.00／5 6 reviews | 2.4 km | 関越道 沼田ICよりお車にて約40分 |
| ペンション風集紀 | ¥8,000 | 5.00／5 51 reviews | 2.6 km | JR上越線沼田駅または上越新幹線上毛高原駅よりバス利用 / 関越道沼田ICより約60分 |
| 尾瀬東明荘 ログハウスコテージ | ¥5,200 | 4.30／5 51 reviews | 2.7 km | JR上越新幹線 上毛高原駅から鳩待峠行バスに乗車、古仲下車し徒歩1分 |
| 天然・かけ流しの宿 片品温泉 旅館うめや | ¥8,250 | 4.80／5 213 reviews | 2.7 km | JR上越線 沼田駅下車 バスにて土出温泉下車(約50分)/関越自動車道 沼田ICより45分 |
| 片品温泉 ロッヂ屋形 | ¥3,960 | 4.13／5 126 reviews | 2.8 km | 関越自動車道『沼田IC』よりR120→R401経由で約40分/JR上越線『沼田駅』 |
| 尾瀬山どん | ¥4,950 | — | 2.8 km | 上越線「沼田」駅よりバスで90分 |
| 尾瀬 しんこう荘 | ¥5,800 | 4.57／5 29 reviews | 2.8 km | 沼田ICより車で50分。岩鞍・片品スキー場送迎有り。 |
| 水芭蕉の宿 温泉 ひがし | ¥6,050 | 4.33／5 254 reviews | 2.8 km | 上越新幹線上毛高原駅よりバス約90分JR上越線 沼田駅よりバス約70分 栃坂バス停徒歩約7分 関越道沼田ICお車約40分 |
| 子宝の湯 しおじり | ¥8,800 | 4.38／5 107 reviews | 2.8 km | 沼田駅よりバス戸倉行きで60分(塩尻下車)、沼田インターよりR120で25分R401で5分。 |
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