Wakasa Hyonosen Ski Resort is a ski area in Tottori, Japan, on slopes between roughly 747 and 1,188 m. Its mapped area is about 1.6 km across, with 14 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 4.1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 205 cm of snowfall a season, 256th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2021/22 (313 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (66 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 70 cm. Snowfall days average −3.3 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 288th of 397 in Japan.
Below are links to 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyounosen Kokusai Ski Resort | 3.7 km | 205 cm | 1105 |
| Hachikogen Ski Resort | 5.8 km | 237 cm | 810 |
| Mikata Snow Park | 7.7 km | 235 cm | 823 |
| Hyper Bowl Tohachi | 7.8 km | 200 cm | 1149 |
| Banshu Tokura Snow Park | 8.2 km | 205 cm | 1105 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 43% 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 30 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 205 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 66 cm; the biggest was 2021/22 with 313 cm (4.7 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
64% 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
- Chairlift5
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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Hyonosen and Hachikita webcams & snow report — all 10 ski areas →
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 Hyōno氷ノ山 | Mountain | 2 km |
| Hachibuse Highlands鉢伏高原 | Nature | 5.5 km |
| Fudō-in Iwaya-dō Temple不動院岩屋堂 | Temple | 7.7 km |
| Ojiro小代区 | Old streets | 12.6 km |
| Mount Myōken妙見山 (養父市・香美町) | Nature | 15.5 km |
| 長楽寺 (兵庫県香美町) | Temple | 18.6 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
3 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ヒュッテ白樺 | ¥4,400 | — | 0.6 km | 若桜駅からバスで約２０分。氷ノ山ふれあいの里行き 、スキー場前下車 |
| 氷ノ山高原の宿「氷太くん」 | ¥9,500 | 4.00 14 reviews | 1.3 km | 若桜鉄道「若桜駅」よりバスで約20分／鳥取自動車道「河原ＩＣ」より車で約40分 |
| アルパインヒュッテ | — | — | 0.7 km | 若桜駅よりバスにて３０分（送迎有り） |
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More places to look
Guides covering Tottori
- How Accurate Is ERA5 Snowfall in Japan? Against 63 Weather Stations, It Reports About Half We compared ERA5 against 63 Japan Meteorological Agency stations near ski areas. The model returns 56% of what the ground measures — and the higher the station, the worse it gets. At 700 m and above it returns 39%.
- Is Western Japan Snowier Than It Looks? Our Model Against the Weather Stations Western Japan's ski areas look thin in our data — a median of 125 cm against a national 249 cm. Against 16 Japan Meteorological Agency stations, the model we use returns 44% of what the ground records there. The region is far snowier than our own numbers say.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52