Kurobushi Kogen Snow Park Jangle Jungle is a ski area in Yamagata, Japan, on slopes between roughly 800 and 850 m. Its mapped area is about 2.3 km across, with 7 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 7.7 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 302 cm of snowfall a season, 150th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (394 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (140 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 105 cm. Snowfall days average −4.4 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 94th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Yamagata, about 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanagasa Kogen Ski Area | 11 km | 321 cm | 401 |
| Spring Valley Izumi Kogen | 15 km | 146 cm | 1714 |
| Izumigatake Ski Resort | 16 km | 146 cm | 1714 |
| Yakurai Garden Ski Area | 21 km | 139 cm | 1816 |
| St. Mary | 25 km | 216 cm | 988 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 47% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 49 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 302 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 140 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 394 cm (2.8 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
60% 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
- Chairlift3
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sakunami Onsen作並温泉 | Hot spring town | 13.1 km |
| Saihō-ji Temple西方寺 (仙台市) | Temple | 13.3 km |
| Ginzan Onsen銀山温泉 | Hot spring town | 14.9 km |
| Yama-dera Temple立石寺 | Temple | 16.6 km |
| Miyagikyo distillery宮城峡蒸溜所 | Landmark | 17 km |
| Akiu Great Falls秋保大滝 | Nature | 18.6 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 ↗More places to look
Guides covering Yamagata
- 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%.
- When Is There Snow at Japan's Hot Spring Towns? If you want to sit in an outdoor bath with snow on the ground, the question is when, not just where. We measured the snow depth at 14 Japanese hot spring towns across three winters — arrival, departure, and how many days it is actually deep.
- When Is the Best Time to Ski in Japan? January, measured over twelve winters at 397 ski areas. Last season was not typical — its January ran high and its March ran less than half of normal — so here is the average alongside it, month by month.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52