yanaizu onsen ski area is a ski area in Fukushima, Japan, on slopes between roughly 270 and 478 m. Its mapped area is about 0.8 km across, with 4 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 0.9 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 264 cm of snowfall a season, 171st of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2014/15 (427 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2019/20 (172 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 96 cm. Weather models read low in the mountains: a Japan Meteorological Agency station 7.4 km away measured 375 cm a winter over the last three seasons, against 252 cm from the model. Snowfall days average −1.0 °C at mid-mountain, close to freezing, so the snow is often heavy, and its snow-quality score ranks 328th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mishima Choei | 11 km | 371 cm | 221 |
| Fairy Land Kaneyama Ski Area | 18 km | 402 cm | 170 |
| Sannokura | 27 km | 384 cm | 201 |
| Nekoma Mountain | 30 km | 347 cm | 289 |
| グランドサンピア猪苗代リゾートスキー場 | 31 km | 325 cm | 383 |
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 32 cm, less than the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 264 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2019/20 with 172 cm; the biggest was 2014/15 with 427 cm (2.5 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
81% 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
- T-bar2
- 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
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.
What was actually measured nearby
Total snowfall from December to March recorded at the 西会津 weather station — 7.4 km from this ski area, 209 m below its mid-slope.
| Three-season average | 375 cm |
| 2023/24 | 232 cm |
| 2024/25 | 516 cm |
| 2025/26 | 377 cm |
The figure calculated on this page is 252 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 26.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 柳津荒湯 | 1.3 km | 26.5℃ lukewarm | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enzo-ji Temple円蔵寺 | Temple | 1.2 km |
| No. 1 Tadamigawa Bridge第一只見川橋梁 | Landmark | 7 km |
| Shōjō-ji Temple勝常寺 | Temple | 14.1 km |
| Isasumi Shrine伊佐須美神社 | Shrine | 14.5 km |
| Lake Numazawa沼沢湖 | Nature | 15.5 km |
| Aizuwakamatsu Castle若松城 | Historic site | 19.9 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
4 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ｔａｂｉｓｔ 花ホテル 滝のや 会津柳津 | ¥5,800 | 4.50 72 reviews | 1.4 km | 磐越自動車道会津坂下インターから5キロ |
| 柳津温泉 つきみが丘町民センター | ¥6,650 | 3.88 372 reviews | 1.5 km | ＪＲ只見線 会津柳津駅より徒歩２０分 |
| 柳津温泉 旅館 内田屋 | ¥9,900 | 4.25 108 reviews | 1.2 km | 只見線会津柳津より徒歩７分／磐越自動車道坂下ＩＣより５分 |
| 会津柳津温泉 瀞流の宿 かわち | ¥9,900 | 4.59 396 reviews | 1.4 km | 磐越自動車道『会津坂下IC』下車R252直進5分/只見線『会津柳津駅』 |
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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.
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