Ski Park Kanbiki is a ski area in Hiroshima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 566 and 790 m. Its mapped area is about 1.2 km across, with 8 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 3.6 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 95 cm of snowfall a season, 380th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (154 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2019/20 (51 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 36 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 3.1 km away measured 238 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 111 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −1.5 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 383rd of 397 in Japan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizuho Highland | 6.2 km | 102 cm | 2346 |
| Utopia Saioto | 12 km | 124 cm | 2044 |
| Osa Ski Resort | 23 km | 125 cm | 2029 |
| Geihoku Kokusai | 23 km | 125 cm | 2029 |
| Yawata Highland 191 Resort | 30 km | 125 cm | 2029 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 33% 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 12 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 95 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 51 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 154 cm (3.0 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
98% 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.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 大朝 weather station — 3.1 km from this ski area, 279 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 238 cm |
| 2023/24 | 155 cm |
| 2024/25 | 375 cm |
| 2025/26 | 185 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 111 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
1 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 16.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大朝温泉 | 2.1 km | 16.5℃ cold | — | radioactive (radon) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 断魚渓 | Nature | 14.9 km |
| 千丈渓 | Nature | 16.4 km |
| 神楽門前湯治村 | Hot spring town | 17.6 km |
| Hiroshima Akitakata Kaguraひろしま安芸高田神楽 | Old streets | 17.8 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.
Places to stay nearby
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ゲストイン大朝の杜 ＾ | ¥4,640 | — | 1.4 km | 甲立駅より車で47分 |
| 木戸場ロッジ ＾ | ¥7,200 | — | 1.1 km | 甲立駅から車で約４６分 |
| あさねこロッジ ＾ | — | — | 2.4 km | あき亀山駅から車で39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
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52