Tonami Yumenotaira Ski Ground is a ski area in Toyama, Japan, on slopes between roughly 295 and 481 m. Its mapped area is about 1.1 km across, with 3 marked runs and 1 lift (about 1.7 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 218 cm of snowfall a season, 239th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (472 cm), brought more than 10 times as much as the leanest, 2019/20 (46 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 81 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 6.4 km away measured 246 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 251 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −0.4 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 342nd of 397 in Japan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOX-AROSA | 20 km | 314 cm | 430 |
| Kanazawa Municipal Ski Resort | 25 km | 314 cm | 430 |
| Hida Nagareha Resort | 36 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Tateyama Sanroku Ski Area | 36 km | 682 cm | 20 |
| Awasuno Ski Area | 38 km | 425 cm | 142 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 25% 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 20 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 218 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 46 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 472 cm (10.3 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
- Chairlift1
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
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 砺波 weather station — 6.4 km from this ski area, 319 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 246 cm |
| 2023/24 | 155 cm |
| 2024/25 | 303 cm |
| 2025/26 | 279 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 251 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
7 hot spring sources with published analyses lie within 5 km of this ski area, nearest first (the hottest is 40 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 赤岩温泉 | 2.4 km | — | 7.4 neutral | chloride, sulphate | 1954 |
| 庄川温泉鳥越 | 2.5 km | 13.2℃ cold | 6 neutral | chloride, bicarbonate, iron | 1957 |
| 庄川温泉庄川峡温泉予定源泉 | 2.5 km | 11.8℃ cold | 5.8 mildly acidic | — | 1955 |
| 庄川温泉 | 2.9 km | — | — | chloride, iron | 1950 |
| 湯谷温泉 | 2.9 km | 39.5℃ warm | 8.8 alkaline | — | 1953 |
| 湯の谷温泉 | 2.9 km | 40℃ warm | 9.2 alkaline | — | 1962 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zuisen-ji Temple真宗大谷派井波別院瑞泉寺 | Temple | 5.1 km |
| Takase Shrine高瀬神社 | Shrine | 6.5 km |
| Ōmaki Onsen大牧温泉 | Hot spring town | 9.6 km |
| Zuiryū-ji Temple瑞龍寺 (高岡市) | Temple | 16.9 km |
| Takaoka Castle高岡城 | Historic site | 18.4 km |
| Gokayama五箇山 | Nature | 19.1 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
9 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 庄川温泉郷 美肌の湯 となみ野庄川荘一萬亭（ＢＢＨホテルグループ） | ¥7,000 | 4.09 143 reviews | 2.3 km | JR城端線砺波駅南口より車で15分 |
| 閑乗寺ＪＯＹＢＡＳＥ | ¥11,000 | 4.83 15 reviews | 3.9 km | JR砺波駅よりお車で約２０分 |
| 眺望の湯宿 弁天 | ¥12,800 | — | 1.8 km | 砺波IC・砺波駅から車で15分 |
| 庄川温泉風流味道座敷 ゆめつづり | ¥13,310 | 4.53 342 reviews | 2.5 km | 北陸新幹線 新高岡駅乗換 ＪＲ城端線 砺波駅より車で１５分 砺波ⅠCより車で１５分 |
| 人肌の宿 川金 | ¥15,400 | 4.79 66 reviews | 2.8 km | 北陸自動車道 砺波ＩＣより約１０分 ＪＲ城端線：砺波駅より送迎サービスあり(事前予約制) |
| 庄川温泉郷 鳥越の宿 三楽園 | ¥18,953 | 4.56 821 reviews | 2.8 km | お車：北陸自動車道 砺波ICより156号線岐阜方面へ8km(15分) JR：城端線・砺波駅下車（送迎あり・事前予約制） |
| 夢の平コスモス荘 | — | — | 0.4 km | ＪＲ 砺波駅からお車で約２５分 |
| 泊まれる古民家バーベキュー場 ＹＡＤＯ２ | — | — | 2.8 km | 砺波駅よりお車で16分 |
| 古民家柚子季 | — | — | 3.1 km | 砺波駅より車で約２０分、北陸自動車道砺波ＩＣより約１５分 |
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Stay nearby
7 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 2.6 km
Nearest first
- 薬師温泉庄永閣 Hotel 2.6 km
- メルキュール富山砺波リゾート&スパ Hotel 3.4 km
- APA Hotel Hotel 8.3 km
- おわらビューホテル Hotel 9.8 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Toyama
- Shirakawa-go's Snow Falls at Around 0°C. That Is Why the Roofs Are 60 Degrees. Japan has thatched villages all over the country, and only one of them built roofs like praying hands. We measured the snow at four of them: Shirakawa-go gets twelve times Miyama's depth, and it arrives at the heaviest temperature snow can fall.
- The Deepest Snow You Can Sleep in an Old Japanese House Is Not Shirakawa-go We measured the snow at seven villages where you can stay in traditional architecture, and how far each is from a lift. Shirakawa-go is 15.6 km from a middling ski hill. Shiozawa is 2.2 km from the world's =67th snowiest.
- Which Japanese Prefecture Gets the Most Snow? Niigata's 48 ski areas average 554 cm a season — more than Toyama, more than Hokkaido, and more than the snowiest resort in any Alpine country.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52