Nihonmatsu Shiozawa is a ski area in Fukushima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 768 and 993 m. Its mapped area is about 0.8 km across, with 7 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 1.1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 170 cm of snowfall a season, 296th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2018/19 (122 cm), reached 72% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 55 cm. Snowfall days average −3.4 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 284th of 397 in Japan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adatara Kogen Ski Resort | 2.1 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Minowa Ski Resort | 6.3 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Yokomuki Onsen Ski Area | 6.8 km | 296 cm | 496 |
| Numajiri Ski | 8.3 km | 283 cm | 554 |
| Listel Ski Fantasia | 19 km | 246 cm | 761 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 65% 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 36 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 170 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 122 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 234 cm (1.9 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
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
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
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.
Adatara webcams & snow report — all 5 ski areas →
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 95.2 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 塩沢湯川荘 | 0.6 km | 32℃ lukewarm | 7.9 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 新塩沢新塩沢 | 3.2 km | 26℃ lukewarm | — | simple | — |
| 岳鉄山 | 4.3 km | 88.5℃ hot | 2.5 acidic | simple | — |
| 土湯第1号 | 5 km | 95.2℃ hot | 8.9 alkaline | — | — |
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 Adatara安達太良山 | Mountain | 4.1 km |
| Tsuchiyu Onsen土湯温泉 | Hot spring town | 4.6 km |
| Nihonmatsu Castle二本松城 | Historic site | 9.7 km |
| Mount Azuma-kofuji吾妻小富士 | Mountain | 12.4 km |
| Takayu Onsen高湯温泉 | Hot spring town | 12.5 km |
| Fukushima Race Course福島競馬場 | Leisure | 19.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 空の庭クレセントムーン | ¥26,000 | — | 2.3 km | 東北本線二本松駅より車で10分 |
| 渓流の宿 青木荘 | — | — | 1.2 km | ＪＲ東北線二本松駅より車で２０分 |
| ぺんしょん 杜の泉 | — | — | 1.5 km | 東北自動車道二本松ＩＣより２０分／ＪＲ東北本線二本松駅 |
| ペンション イノセントエイジ | — | — | 3.6 km | 東北本線 二本松駅／東北自動車道二本松インター下車１５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: 3.2 km
Nearest first
- Safari Hotel Hotel 3.2 km
- Yumori Onsen Hostel Hostel 4.8 km
- 福島県自治研修センター Hotel 8.2 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