Jibusaka Ski Area is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 1,156 and 1,370 m. Its mapped area is about 1.1 km across, with 2 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 1.1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 88 cm of snowfall a season, 384th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2021/22 (138 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (37 cm). March still brings 22 cm on average, close to February, its snowiest month. Snowfall days average −2.9 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 349th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiraya Kogen Ski Area | 6.9 km | 59 cm | 2754 |
| Chausuyama Kogen Ski Area | 15 km | 63 cm | 2725 |
| Komagane Ski Resort | 47 km | 122 cm | 2067 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in February. March brings 92% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 22 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 88 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 37 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 138 cm (3.7 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.
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
Only 44% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift2
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
Road conditions decide whether you can get there at all. Check before you leave.
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Southern Nagano webcams & snow report — all 3 ski areas →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hirugami Onsen昼神温泉 | Hot spring town | 12.1 km |
| Mount Ena恵那山 | Mountain | 12.4 km |
| Chausuyama茶臼山 (愛知県・長野県) | Mountain | 13.9 km |
| Tamoto Station田本駅 | Landmark | 14.8 km |
| Tenryū-kyō天竜峡 | Nature | 16.3 km |
| Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park天竜奥三河国定公園 | Nature | 16.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| なみあい遊楽館 | ¥2,600 | 4.00 54 reviews | 4.3 km | 飯田線「飯田駅」より車で約４０分、バスで約９０分 |
| 星降るログハウス | ¥4,500 | — | 3.9 km | 中央自動車道［昼神］ＩＣから約３５分 |
| 囲炉裏会席と樹氷の宿 不動温泉 華菱（旧：花びし） | ¥11,700 | 4.03 386 reviews | 4.7 km | 飯田駅より車で４0分、園原ＩＣより２５分、飯田山本ICより15分(東京方面からはここで下車、園原は名古屋方面からのみ) |
| 山村体験宿泊施設 けいしょう館 せせらぎコテージ | — | — | 5.1 km | 中央自動車道飯田山本ＩＣよりお車にて３０分 |
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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.
Nearest: 1.1 km
Nearest first
- アイシンリゾート治部坂 悠遊館 Hotel 1.1 km
- Harappa Farm & Guesthouse Guest house 3.5 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Nagano
- A Historic El Niño Is Forecast. Here Is What the Last Big One Did to Japan's Snow. NOAA gives a very strong El Niño better than a 90% chance this winter. We measured every Japanese ski area across the last 12 winters: El Niño winters ran 88% of normal, and the strongest of the twelve left Japan at 63%. But Hakuba held 92% of its average that winter while Niseko fell to 57%.
- Which Famous Ski Resorts Actually Get the Most Snow? 24 Names, Measured Niseko is 526th in the world for snowfall. Zermatt is 554th, Jackson Hole 924th, Aspen 1,201st. Measured identically across 3,069 ski areas, the names everyone books and the places it actually snows turn out to be two different lists.
- How Japan's Early-Bird Lift Tickets Work: At Hakuba Happo-One, Eight of the Nine Need a Japanese ID Card Hakuba Happo-One opened early-bird sales at 10:00 on 1 October. A day costs ¥6,400 against ¥9,800 at the window, 35% off. But every ticket on the list except one needs a My Number Card and a Japanese phone app. A visitor from abroad can buy exactly one of them, at 15% off.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52