Azo Koen Ski Area is a ski area in Tottori, Japan, on slopes between roughly 295 and 366 m. Its mapped area is about 0.4 km across, with 3 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 0.4 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 108 cm of snowfall a season, 371st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2025/26 (169 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (53 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 41 cm. Snowfall days average 0.6 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 388th of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 3 official live cameras.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski & Board Resort Tsuguro Kogen | 29 km | 121 cm | 2077 |
| Chikusa Highland Ski resort | 36 km | 139 cm | 1816 |
| Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort | 39 km | 205 cm | 1105 |
| Tajima Farm Park Ski Area | 41 km | 187 cm | 1267 |
| Ojiro Ski Resort | 42 km | 235 cm | 823 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 27% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 11 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 108 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 53 cm; the biggest was 2025/26 with 169 cm (3.2 times as much). For 63% of the 397 ski areas in Japan, the leanest winter was the same 2015/16: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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
99% 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
- Rope tow2
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
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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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saji Observatory鳥取市さじアストロパーク | Museum | 8.5 km |
| Mount Mitoku三徳山 | Mountain | 9.4 km |
| Nageire-dō投入堂 | Landmark | 9.6 km |
| Sanbutsu-ji Temple三佛寺 | Temple | 9.9 km |
| Hakuto Shrine白兎神社 | Shrine | 14.1 km |
| Tottori Castle鳥取城 | Historic site | 19.8 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
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹿野町国民宿舎 山紫苑 | ¥6,800 | 4.17 399 reviews | 7.7 km | ＪＲ山陰本線『浜村駅』より約5ｋｍ／中国自動車道『佐用JCT』より鳥取自動車道『浜村鹿野温泉IC』にて下車。 |
| かわはら三滝荘 | — | — | 3.4 km | ＪＲ西日本 鳥取駅から車で４０〜５０分。 |
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Stay nearby
8 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 6.5 km
Nearest first
- しかの宿 本田中家 Hotel 6.5 km
- 国民宿舎 山紫苑 Hotel 7.7 km
- Ceres Observatory Hostel 8.5 km
- Astraea Observatory Hostel 8.6 km
- Pallas Observatory Hostel 8.6 km
- 浜村温泉 魚と屋 Hotel 11.8 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Tottori
- How Accurate Is ERA5 Snowfall in Japan? Against 63 Weather Stations, It Reports About Half We compared ERA5 against 63 Japan Meteorological Agency stations near ski areas. The model returns 56% of what the ground measures — and the higher the station, the worse it gets. At 700 m and above it returns 39%.
- Is Western Japan Snowier Than It Looks? Our Model Against the Weather Stations Western Japan's ski areas look thin in our data — a median of 125 cm against a national 249 cm. Against 16 Japan Meteorological Agency stations, the model we use returns 44% of what the ground records there. The region is far snowier than our own numbers say.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52