Hyounosen Movie Vol1
By: kokusai hyounosen · 2016-02-01
Hyounosen Kokusai Ski Resort is a ski area in Hyogo, Japan, on slopes between roughly 557 and 1,092 m. Its mapped area is about 2.0 km across, with 3 marked runs and 4 lifts (about 2.3 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 205 cm of snowfall a season, 255th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2021/22 (313 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (66 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 70 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 9 km away measured 528 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 247 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −2.3 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 306th of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 5 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.
Temperature
14.1℃
Max wind
6.7km/h
Elevation (est.)
557–1092m
Across
2.0km
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.
Seasonal snowfall
205 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
66 cm
A typical winter: 215 cm. The best: 313 cm.
World rank
1105
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
255
of 397 in Japan
Elevation rank
177
Highest to lowest, of 397 in Japan. The centre point sits at 817 m, 51 m above the national median.
Quality rank
306
of 397 in Japan
Temp when snowing
-2.3°C
Japanese median: -3.5°C
Rain days
25%
Japanese median: 16%
Days over 5 cm
14%
Japanese median: 15%
Wind when snowing
20 km/h
Dryness 0.31
Frequency 0.39
Freedom from rain 0.35
Calm when snowing 0.94
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 2.8 km | 237 cm | 810 |
| Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort | 3.7 km | 205 cm | 1105 |
| Hyper Bowl Tohachi | 4.1 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Sky Valley Ski Area | 4.8 km | 197 cm | 1174 |
| Mikata Snow Park | 5.1 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 43% 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 30 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
53cmDec
70cmJan
52cmFeb
30cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 205 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 66 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 313 cm (4.7 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.
66
313
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.
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
3
Run length
2.3km
Lifts
4
Vertical
337m
Top 943 m · base 606 m
Run map
EasyIntermediate Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map0.9 km
Steepest pitch21°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 25%
East 68%
South 6%
West 0%
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
Easy 1
Intermediate 2
Lift types
- Chairlift4
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
On the mountainWatch live ↗Operated by: 氷ノ山国際スキー場Roads nearby国道482号 ↗From the resort: 3.9 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 倉吉河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道29号 ↗From the resort: 7.4 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 姫路河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道9号 ↗From the resort: 8.4 kmOperated by: 近畿地方整備局 豊岡河川国道事務所Roads nearby国道29号 ↗From the resort: 8.5 kmOperated by: 中国地方整備局 鳥取河川国道事務所
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Hyonosen and Hachikita webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
See the snow in motion
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Official YouTube channel
More than we show here.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 兎和野高原 weather station — 9 km from this ski area, 284 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 528 cm |
| 2023/24 | 303 cm |
| 2024/25 | 699 cm |
| 2025/26 | 582 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 247 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 1.8 km |
| Hachibuse Highlands鉢伏高原 | Nature | 2.4 km |
| Ojiro小代区 | Old streets | 10.1 km |
| Fudō-in Iwaya-dō Temple不動院岩屋堂 | Temple | 11.4 km |
| Mount Myōken妙見山 (養父市・香美町) | Nature | 11.8 km |
| 長楽寺 (兵庫県香美町) | Temple | 15.8 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.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 35.3641, 134.5284
Places to stay nearby
24 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民宿 京口屋 | ¥3,850 | 4.50 22 reviews | 1.7 km | ＪＲ八鹿駅～鉢伏行バスにて丹戸中央入口まで1時間／和田山IC～約1時間 |
| リゾートロッヂ山水館 | ¥6,300 | 1.00 28 reviews | 2.7 km | 中国自動車道→播但自動車道（和田山）→Ｒ９ |
| ハチ高原 かつみや | ¥6,500 | 4.00 172 reviews | 1.1 km | ★北近畿豊岡自動車道 八鹿氷ノ山ＩＣ下車３０分 ★ＪＲ山陰本線 八鹿駅より全但バス（鉢伏行）にて約５０分 |
| グリーンホテルやまなみ（旧：ヒュッテやまなみ） | ¥8,500 | 4.33 18 reviews | 2.2 km | 北近畿豊岡自動車道八鹿氷ノ山ＩＣから約40分、JR八鹿駅からバスで35分 |
| 西村屋 | ¥8,800 | 3.20 82 reviews | 1.1 km | 山陰本線 八鹿駅から車で４０分 北近畿豊岡自動車八鹿・氷ノ山インター下車30分 |
| ロッヂ みやま荘 | ¥9,900 | 4.67 81 reviews | 2.2 km | 舞鶴自動車道 春日ＩＣ～北近畿自動車道和田山IC～国道９号線、鳥取方面～関宮町関神社交差点左折～鉢高原 |
| 民宿たちばな | — | 4.75 68 reviews | 1.1 km | お車でお越しの際は八鹿氷ノ山インターを通り過ぎないよう道中気を付けてお越しください |
| 岡口屋 | — | — | 1.2 km | お車：八鹿氷ノ山ICよりR9を湯村温泉・鳥取方面→関宮交差点を左折→大久保方面へ／電車：八鹿駅下車、全但バスで約50分 |
| 満月 | — | — | 1.2 km | ＪＲ山陰線 八鹿駅より車で４０分 |
| ロッジ ニューなわて | — | — | 1.2 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅から連絡バスにて約５０分（終点、鉢伏下車） |
| ハチ高原 ふる里 あさぎり荘 | — | — | 1.2 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅よりお車にて約５０分 |
| ナラヤ（旧：ロッヂ ヤングハウス ナラヤ） | — | — | 1.3 km | 山陰線 八鹿駅～全但バス（鉢伏行）約５５分終点「鉢伏」下車／北近畿豊岡自動車道八鹿・氷ノ山IC下車約30分 |
Show the other 12
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ハチ高原 プチホテル ホワイトウイング | — | — | 1.5 km | 北近畿豊岡道 八鹿・氷ノ山IC→R９ 鳥取方面→関神社前を左折→三叉路を氷ノ山国際、大久保方面へ |
| ロッジ えびすや | — | — | 1.5 km | ＪＲ山陰本線 八鹿駅より全但バス（鉢伏行）にて約５０分 |
| 民宿 谷中屋 | — | — | 1.8 km | 丹戸駅より徒歩で３分 氷ノ山国際スキー場まで車で10分 ハチ高原スキー場まで車で15分 |
| ハチ高原 リゾートイン ロッヂみゆき | — | 3.00 15 reviews | 2.2 km | ★ お車では、ハイパーボウル東鉢スキー場経由で、ハチ高原駐車場にお越しください。(雪上車にて送迎） |
| パークホテル白樺館 | — | 4.00 16 reviews | 2.3 km | 北近畿自動車道、八鹿・氷ノ山ＩＣ下車４０分、ＪＲ八鹿駅からタクシー４０分 |
| ハチ高原 ホテル 谷常 | — | 4.75 30 reviews | 2.3 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅より全但バス鉢伏乗車、終点にて下車、自家用車で送迎 |
| ヴィ ギンレイ | — | — | 2.4 km | 山陰線・八鹿駅〜出会ターミナル〜ハチ高原 |
| ハチ高原荘 | — | — | 2.4 km | 八鹿・氷ノ山ICより9号線、鳥取方面へ。関神社前信号を左折ハチ高原へ/ＪＲ山陰本線八鹿駅下車、全但バスで50分 |
| ＡＮＮＥＸフォレストロッヂ | — | — | 2.5 km | ＪＲ 八鹿より、バス又はお車にて約４０分。 |
| プラトーこのはな | — | 4.50 10 reviews | 2.5 km | ＪＲ山陰本線八鹿駅より定期バス、出合でふれあいバスに乗換。ふれあいバスは日祝祭日運休 |
| サンダイフク | — | 4.60 8 reviews | 2.6 km | 「ＪＲ山陰線 八鹿駅」より「全但バス 鉢伏行き、出合ターミナル下車」、市営バス（ふれあいバス）に乗り換え「ハチ高原中央」 |
| ホテル やまとよ＜兵庫県＞ | — | 5.00 32 reviews | 2.6 km | 播但道和田山から約１時間／ＪＲ八鹿駅から全但バス鉢伏行終点下車 |
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Stay nearby
4 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
Guides covering Hyogo
- 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