Tanigawadake Tenjindaira Ski Area is a ski area in Gunma, Japan, on slopes between roughly 743 and 1,460 m. Its mapped area is about 2.9 km across, with 10 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 6.6 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 368 cm of snowfall a season, 94th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2024/25 (483 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (183 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 124 cm. Snowfall days average −4.3 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 75th of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Maebashi, about 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Valley Ski Area | 3.4 km | 368 cm | 233 |
| Okutone | 5.9 km | 198 cm | 1164 |
| Norn Minakami | 9.6 km | 368 cm | 233 |
| Fujiwara Snow&Spa Resort | 11 km | 291 cm | 514 |
| Hodaigi Ski Resort | 12 km | 291 cm | 514 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 52% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Japan (52%). In amount, March brings 64 cm, more than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 368 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 183 cm; the biggest was 2024/25 with 483 cm (2.6 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
89% 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
- Chairlift4
- Gondola1
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.
Minakami webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
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 61.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 湯桧曽貞任の湯 | 3.4 km | 53.5℃ hot | 8.4 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 谷川孤峰の湯 | 4 km | 61.5℃ hot | 8.2 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
| 大穴1号泉 | 4.6 km | 41.6℃ warm | 8.4 mildly alkaline | simple | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doai Station土合駅 | Landmark | 1.4 km |
| Tanigawadake Ropeway谷川岳ロープウェイ | Nature | 1.4 km |
| Mount Tanigawa谷川岳 | Mountain | 2.5 km |
| Naramata Dam奈良俣ダム | Landmark | 12.9 km |
| Yagisawa Dam矢木沢ダム | Nature | 13.2 km |
| Nagurumi Castle名胡桃城 | Historic site | 17.6 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 ↗Places to stay nearby
8 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水上温泉郷 ゆびそ温泉 ホテル湯の陣（伊東園ホテルズ） | ¥6,248 | 3.90 1033 reviews | 3.2 km | ＪＲ 湯桧曽駅から徒歩15分 |
| 湯檜曾（ゆびそ）温泉 清風かおる湯宿 林屋旅館 | ¥7,150 | 4.48 151 reviews | 3.6 km | ＪＲ上越線 湯檜曽駅下車徒歩５分／関越水上ＩＣより１５分／上越新幹線 上毛高原駅よりバス４５分 |
| 福の屋 | ¥7,700 | 3.78 45 reviews | 3.7 km | 湯檜曽駅より徒歩で約5分 |
| ｔａｓ ＋ ｍｉｎａｋａｍｉ ｇｌａｍｐｉｎｇ ｐａｒｋ ＾ | — | — | 1.3 km | 土合駅から徒歩で約１分 |
| 土合山の家 | — | — | 1.4 km | ＪＲ 土合駅より徒歩約５分 |
| 天神ロッジ | — | — | 1.5 km | 土合駅から徒歩で８分, 水上駅から谷川岳ロープウェイ方面の関越バス（約15分）、水上ICから約車で約15~20分 |
| 水上温泉郷 まごころの宿 旅館 永楽荘 | — | — | 3.7 km | ＪＲ 水上駅より車で１０分 |
| リバーサイドオアシスみなかみグランピング | — | — | 4.1 km | 関越道 水上ＩＣ→R２９１を宝川温泉方面へ→約３ｋｍ／最寄り駅【水上駅】【湯檜曽駅】 |
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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