Mishima Choei is a ski area in Fukushima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 307 and 378 m. Its mapped area is about 0.3 km across, with 1 marked run (about 0.2 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 371 cm of snowfall a season, 90th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2015/16 (269 cm), reached 73% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 131 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 9.6 km away measured 684 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 366 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −0.1 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 321st of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Koriyama, about 66 km away. Below is a link to its official live camera.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairy Land Kaneyama Ski Area | 8.6 km | 402 cm | 170 |
| yanaizu onsen ski area | 11 km | 264 cm | 655 |
| Aizukogen Nango Ski Area | 24 km | 394 cm | 184 |
| Aizu Kogen Daikura Ski Resort | 32 km | 340 cm | 307 |
| Tadami Ski Area | 32 km | 482 cm | 91 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 34% 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 45 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 371 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 269 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 471 cm (1.8 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
100% 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
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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What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 金山 weather station — 9.6 km from this ski area, 46 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 684 cm |
| 2023/24 | 606 cm |
| 2024/25 | 811 cm |
| 2025/26 | 635 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 366 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
3 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 64 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宮下保養センター | 1.7 km | 64℃ hot | 8.2 mildly alkaline | — | — |
| 赤谷老人休養ホーム | 2 km | 54℃ hot | 7.1 neutral | — | — |
| 早戸鶴の湯 | 3.9 km | 52℃ hot | 6 neutral | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 Tadamigawa Bridge第一只見川橋梁 | Landmark | 3.9 km |
| 早戸温泉 | Hot spring town | 3.9 km |
| Lake Numazawa沼沢湖 | Nature | 5.7 km |
| Oyamazumi Shrine大山祇神社 (西会津町) | Shrine | 8.6 km |
| Enzo-ji Temple円蔵寺 | Temple | 11 km |
| Isasumi Shrine伊佐須美神社 | Shrine | 18 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
2 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 宮下温泉 ふるさと荘 | ¥5,500 | 4.24 158 reviews | 1.9 km | 会津宮下駅より徒歩11分 会津西方駅より徒歩13分 |
| 宮下温泉 栄光舘 | — | — | 1.7 km | 会津宮下駅より徒歩約１０分 |
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Stay nearby
3 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 1.2 km
Nearest first
- Nonbiri Inn Guest house 1.2 km
- Miyashita Onsen Eikokan 宮下温泉 栄光舘 Hotel 1.7 km
- ふるさと荘 Hotel 2 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Fukushima
- Japan Is Sold on Powder. Measured, It Is the Easiest Big Ski Country to Learn In. Half of Japan's pisted kilometres are graded easy or novice — against 24% in the United States and 28% in Canada. And 255 of Japan's 397 ski areas have a natural hot-spring source within 5 km. Here are the numbers, the caveat about grading, and the resorts where a first-timer gets the most of both.
- Tengendai Kogen: Some of Japan's Best Snow Quality, and No Live Camera Snow falls at −7.8 °C, rain arrives on 12% of winter days, and the top station is at 1,860 m. Eight places to stay, and no live camera of its own.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52