Mikata Snow Park is a ski area in Hyogo, Japan, on slopes between roughly 496 and 966 m. Its mapped area is about 1.4 km across, with 11 marked runs and 8 lifts (about 7.2 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 235 cm of snowfall a season, 213th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (351 cm), brought more than 6 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (51 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 80 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 5.3 km away measured 528 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 308 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −2.2 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 278th of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 2.3 km | 237 cm | 810 |
| Hachikita Kogen | 3.2 km | 235 cm | 823 |
| Sky Valley Ski Area | 3.4 km | 197 cm | 1174 |
| Hyper Bowl Tohachi | 3.5 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Hyounosen Kokusai Ski Resort | 5.1 km | 205 cm | 1105 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 35% 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 28 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 235 cm, and 4 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 51 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 351 cm (6.9 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
66% 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
- Chairlift8
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.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Hyonosen and Hachikita webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 兎和野高原 weather station — 5.3 km from this ski area, 191 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 308 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
Hot springs nearby, as analysed
4 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 29.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a spring in 香美町(大笹) | 2.8 km | 27.3℃ lukewarm | — | — | 1973 |
| ハチ北温泉 | 2.8 km | 26.9℃ lukewarm | 8.98 alkaline | radioactive (radon) | 2002 |
| 小代温泉1号 | 4.8 km | 26℃ lukewarm | — | — | 1961 |
| 小代温泉2号 | 4.9 km | 29.5℃ lukewarm | — | — | — |
These are analyses of hot spring sources, not a list of baths you can visit. They date from 1910 to 2005, many from decades ago, so today’s temperature and chemistry may differ. Names are as recorded in Japanese. Temperature and pH bands follow Japan’s standard for analysing hot springs.
Source: processed from the hot spring analysis data in the Geothermal Information Database (GRES-DB), Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
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 Hachibuse鉢伏山 (香美町) | Mountain | 1.6 km |
| Ojiro小代区 | Old streets | 5.1 km |
| Mount Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 6.4 km |
| Mount Myōken妙見山 (養父市・香美町) | Nature | 10.3 km |
| 長楽寺 (兵庫県香美町) | Temple | 10.9 km |
| Yumura Onsen湯村温泉 (兵庫県) | Hot spring town | 16 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
31 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ハチ北ホテル 本館ホテルとみや、別館ホテル日の出荘 | ¥4,250 | — | 2.8 km | JR山陰本線八鹿駅からお車で40分 |
| 旅館 なかや | ¥5,500 | 3.57 27 reviews | 2.5 km | ＪＲ八鹿駅から村岡方面行バスにて「ハチ北口」下車（約40分）／乗り換えてハチ北へ ※ハチ北口までは送迎可（要確認） |
| リゾートロッヂ山水館 | ¥6,300 | 1.00 28 reviews | 2.5 km | 中国自動車道→播但自動車道（和田山）→Ｒ９ |
| ハチ北温泉 旅館 さかえ | ¥6,600 | 4.71 59 reviews | 2.6 km | お車：北近畿豊岡自動車道・八鹿氷ノ山ＩＣ～Ｒ9鳥取方面へ30分／電車：ＪＲ八鹿駅より車で40分 |
| ハチ北高原 プチホテル Ａｏｉｔｏｒｉ | ¥7,000 | 3.67 14 reviews | 2.0 km | 八鹿駅からバスで３０分 |
| かどや新館 | ¥7,000 | 4.27 58 reviews | 2.8 km | 八鹿駅から村岡方面行きバス乗車、「ハチ北口」下車、乗り換えハチ北へ |
| ハチ北温泉 内湯旅館 ＳＡＳＡＹＡ | ¥8,000 | 4.88 30 reviews | 2.6 km | 舞鶴若狭自動車道 春日IC～北近畿豊岡～八鹿・氷ノ山IC |
| ハチ北高原 旅館わさびや | ¥8,100 | 4.50 61 reviews | 2.5 km | ＪＲ八鹿駅から村岡・秋岡方面行バスにて「ハチ北口」下車（約４０分）／乗り換えてハチ北へ※ハチ北口までは送迎可（要確認） |
| 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 | 2.8 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 |
| ロッヂ みやま荘 | ¥9,900 | 4.67 81 reviews | 2.9 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 |
| 奥但馬 美方高原コテージ村 | — | — | 1.3 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅から全但バス秋岡行きで約１時間 |
| ロッヂ野間 | — | — | 1.6 km | ＪＲ山陰本線 八鹿駅よりお車にて４０分 |
Show the other 19
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 貸切りサウナに貸切り宿！！モダン古民家リビングで薪ストーブを囲んでくつろぎのひととき！ ＾ | — | — | 2.4 km | 若桜駅から車で約４３分 |
| みはらしや | — | — | 2.4 km | ＪＲ山陰本線 八鹿駅より車で３５分／ハチ北停留所より徒歩10分／お車の場合、大阪より150分・神戸より120分 |
| ホテル やまとよ＜兵庫県＞ | — | 5.00 32 reviews | 2.4 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 |
| ハチ北温泉 お宿 ひさ家 | — | 4.61 126 reviews | 2.5 km | 中国道・吉川JCT - 舞鶴道・春日I.C-北近畿豊岡道-八鹿氷ノ山I.C-R9経由-道の駅ハチ北左折-約5km |
| ハチ北温泉 旅館 向畑 | — | 4.50 18 reviews | 2.6 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅 |
| 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」 |
| ハチ高原荘 | — | — | 2.7 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 |
| Ｈａｃｈｉｋｉｔａ Ｕ Ｂａｓｅ | — | — | 2.7 km | 北近畿豊岡自動車道・八鹿氷ノ山ICより車で約30分、JR八鹿駅より車で約35分 |
| ヴィ ギンレイ | — | — | 2.7 km | 山陰線・八鹿駅〜出会ターミナル〜ハチ高原 |
| ハチ北高原 民宿 坂本屋 | — | — | 2.7 km | JR八鹿駅よりバスで約40分。八鹿氷ノ山ICからお車で約30分。 |
| プラトーこのはな | — | 4.50 10 reviews | 2.8 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 |
| よなごや（米子屋） | — | — | 2.8 km | ＪＲ 八鹿駅 |
| 旅館 えびすや | — | — | 2.8 km | JR八鹿駅より車で40分 /播但道～R312/舞鶴道・氷上I.C→和田山→R9号→ハチ北へ |
| ハチ高原 リゾートイン ロッヂみゆき | — | 3.00 15 reviews | 2.9 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） |
| 旅館 民宿 松屋 | — | — | 2.9 km | 八鹿駅から全但バス（村岡行、秋岡行、湯村温泉行）乗車し約４０分、ハチ北口で下車 |
| ハチ高原 ホテル 谷常 | — | 4.75 30 reviews | 2.9 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 |
| ＡＮＮＥＸフォレストロッヂ | — | — | 3.0 km | ＪＲ 八鹿より、バス又はお車にて約４０分。 |
| ハチ北高原スキー場 ロッヂあさひ | — | — | 3.0 km | 八鹿駅よりバスにてハチ北口まで４０分 |
| パークホテル白樺館 | — | 4.00 16 reviews | 3.0 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 |
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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.
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