Geihoku Kokusai is a ski area in Hiroshima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 706 and 1,117 m. Its mapped area is about 2.5 km across, with 15 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 9.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 125 cm of snowfall a season, 350th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (195 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (63 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 45 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 4.8 km away measured 442 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 139 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −2.9 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 353rd of 397 in Japan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osa Ski Resort | 4.4 km | 125 cm | 2029 |
| Yawata Highland 191 Resort | 6.6 km | 125 cm | 2029 |
| Utopia Saioto | 12 km | 124 cm | 2044 |
| Osorakan Snow Park | 15 km | 116 cm | 2148 |
| Mizuho Highland | 18 km | 102 cm | 2346 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 36% 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 16 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 125 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 63 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 195 cm (3.1 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
93% 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
- Chairlift6
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.
Geihoku (Hiroshima) webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 八幡 weather station — 4.8 km from this ski area, 137 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 442 cm |
| 2023/24 | 367 cm |
| 2024/25 | 691 cm |
| 2025/26 | 267 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 139 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sandan Falls三段滝 | Nature | 9.3 km |
| Nukui Dam温井ダム | Nature | 10.7 km |
| Sandan-kyō三段峡 | Nature | 12.1 km |
| Mount Osorakan恐羅漢山 | Mountain | 15.3 km |
| 筒賀の大銀杏 | Nature | 16.7 km |
| Ini no Tanada井仁の棚田 | Nature | 17.2 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
4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| いこいの村ひろしま | ¥3,400 | 4.27 79 reviews | 7.0 km | 中国自動車道・戸河内ICから国道191号線を北上（約25分）／広島市内より広電バス・三段峡下車 |
| コテージ・レオン | ¥4,300 | 5.00 17 reviews | 4.9 km | 戸河内IC（中国自動車道）より車で約３０分 浜田駅から車で約４５分 |
| 芸北温泉 芸北オークガーデン | ¥7,920 | 4.62 80 reviews | 7.1 km | ＪＲ可部線 可部駅より車で５０分 |
| 民宿 あるぺん屋 | ¥12,100 | 5.00 39 reviews | 5.0 km | 広島市内より車で90分 |
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52