Kashimayari Snow Resort is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 857 and 1,488 m. Its mapped area is about 2.6 km across, with 12 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 8.3 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 449 cm of snowfall a season, 52nd of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2019/20 (353 cm), reached 79% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 146 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 8.6 km away measured 240 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 465 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −3.3 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 101st of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 31 km away. Below are links to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hakuba Sanosaka Snow Resort | 2.5 km | 415 cm | 153 |
| Jiigatake Snow Resort | 5.3 km | 449 cm | 110 |
| Hakuba Goryu | 7.3 km | 414 cm | 155 |
| Hakuba 47 | 8.0 km | 668 cm | 21 |
| Hakuba Happo-One | 11 km | 414 cm | 155 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 49% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 71 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 449 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 353 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 589 cm (1.7 times as much).
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
57% 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
- Chairlift5
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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Hakuba Valley webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大町 weather station — 8.6 km from this ski area, 388 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 240 cm |
| 2023/24 | 262 cm |
| 2024/25 | 333 cm |
| 2025/26 | 126 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 465 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Nakatsuna中綱湖 | Nature | 1.3 km |
| Lake Aoki青木湖 | Nature | 2.2 km |
| Lake Kizaki木崎湖 | Nature | 4.8 km |
| Kurobe Gorge黒部峡谷 | Nature | 13.9 km |
| Kurobe Dam黒部ダム | Landmark | 15.4 km |
| Mount Tsurugi剱岳 | Mountain | 19.1 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
12 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹿島槍スポーツヴィレッジ | ¥3,000 | 3.86 51 reviews | 0.5 km | 長野自動車道安曇野ICよりお車にて60分。 |
| マウンテン ロッジ Ｗｉｚ（ウィズ） | ¥4,500 | 4.67 113 reviews | 1.1 km | 中央道経由安曇野ＩＣ・関越道経由長野ＩＣより約６０分／ＪＲ大糸線簗場駅より徒歩１5分／鹿島槍スキー場まで0分 |
| やまなか館 | ¥5,000 | 4.80 46 reviews | 1.3 km | ＪＲ大糸線 やなば駅／長野道豊科ＩＣより車で４０分 |
| ＷＨＩＴＥ ＨＯＴＥＬ ＧＲＡＮＤ ＨＡＫＵＢＡ | ¥5,500 | 4.33 10 reviews | 2.1 km | JR大糸線簗場（やなば）駅より送迎１０分／長野自動車道｜安曇野ＩＣ・上信越自動車道｜長野ＩＣより約６０分 |
| フォレスト イン 上手屋（わでや） | ¥6,500 | — | 1.1 km | 車：長野道豊科ICより北アルプス山麗エリアへ40分 電車：JRやなば駅より徒歩5分 |
| ラウム山荘 | ¥7,500 | 4.80 21 reviews | 2.0 km | ＪＲ大糸線「簗場駅」より徒歩１５分。(送迎あり、到着時間をお知らせください。）国道１４８号線。 |
| プチペンション アルファ | ¥9,790 | 4.25 95 reviews | 2.5 km | 長野道安曇野Ｉ.Cから５０分 青木湖畔 |
| Ｌａｋｅｓｉｄｅ ｖｉｌｌａ ＳＵＩ ＨＡＫＵＢＡ | ¥30,000 | — | 1.5 km | 簗場駅より徒歩11分、安曇野ICより車で約50分 |
| 民宿 柏屋 | — | — | 1.2 km | ＪＲ大糸線・簗場駅より徒歩７分／長野自動車道・豊科ＩＣ白馬方面 |
| 民宿 中綱館 | — | 4.40 111 reviews | 1.2 km | ＪＲ大糸線 簗場駅下車徒歩約3分／長野道 安曇野ＩＣよりＲ１４７経由 白馬方面 |
| ＬＯＤＧＥ ＧＲＡＭＰ | — | — | 2.1 km | 電車：JR大糸線簗場駅より徒歩19分 車：安曇野インターより52分 白馬より19分 |
| カントリーイン キャンプ | — | — | 2.1 km | ＪＲ簗場駅／中央道－長野道豊科ＩＣ下車－北アルプスパノラマ道路－Ｒ１４８－やなば |
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Stay nearby
1 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.3 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Nagano
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52