Yomase Onsen Ski Area is a ski area in Nagano, Japan, on slopes between roughly 725 and 1,208 m. Its mapped area is about 2.0 km across, with 11 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 7.4 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 327 cm of snowfall a season, 130th of the 397 ski areas we measure in Japan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2016/17 (428 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (214 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 111 cm. Snowfall days average −3.2 °C at mid-mountain, and its snow-quality score ranks 131st of 397 in Japan.
The nearest city of any size is Nagano, about 27 km away. Below is a link to its official live camera.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| X-JAM Takaifuji | 1.2 km | 568 cm | 53 |
| Kijimadaira Ski Resort | 3.2 km | 349 cm | 285 |
| Kitashiga Komaruyama Ski Resort | 4.0 km | 327 cm | 370 |
| Ryuoo Ski Park | 5.5 km | 405 cm | 167 |
| Shiga Kogen Ichinose Yamanokami Ski Area | 10 km | 333 cm | 333 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 44% 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 49 cm, about the same as the median of 46 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 327 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 214 cm; the biggest was 2016/17 with 428 cm (2.0 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
Only 25% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift6
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.
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 94.5 °C).
| Source | Distance | Temperature | pH | Type | Analysed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 上条瑠璃の湯 | 4.5 km | 94.5℃ hot | 8 mildly 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jigokudani Monkey Park地獄谷野猿公苑 | Park | 7.8 km |
| Shiga Highlands志賀高原 | Nature | 12.7 km |
| Lake Nojiri野尻湖 | Nature | 17.3 km |
| Shibu-tōge渋峠 | Nature | 17.5 km |
| Mount Kusatsu-Shirane草津白根山 | Nature | 19.1 km |
| Manza Onsen万座温泉 | Hot spring town | 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
16 properties on Rakuten Travel lie within 3 km of this ski area, listed cheapest first.
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| よませ温泉 ホテル セラン | ¥6,000 | 3.85 261 reviews | 1.0 km | 長野電鉄湯田中駅より、無料送迎車にて１０分、上信越自動車道信州中野ＩＣ下車、R292→R403を北志賀高原方面へ約15分 |
| ホテル シャレー竜王 | ¥6,510 | 4.25 16 reviews | 2.5 km | 信州湯田中駅から北志賀竜王高原スキーパークまでシャトルバス |
| よませ温泉 ホテル明幸 | ¥7,500 | — | 2.0 km | 上信越道信州中野ＩＣより北志賀高原方面約２０分 |
| オーベルジュ グルービー | ¥20,900 | 5.00 29 reviews | 3.0 km | 車・上信越道豊田飯山ＩＣより２５分。 電車・北陸新幹線飯山駅タクシー又はレンタカーで２０分〔送迎なし〕 |
| ユール・ニッセ | — | — | 0.6 km | 長野電鉄 湯田中駅よりお車にて約１０分（送迎有り） |
| よませ温泉 リゾートイン・ケルン | — | 4.56 70 reviews | 0.6 km | 上信越道信州中野ＩＣより車で２０分長野電鉄湯田中駅よりタクシー１０分事前予約0269-33-3161送迎公共交通機関なし |
| ロマコティ・キーピス | — | — | 0.6 km | 長野電鉄 湯田中駅から車で１０分 |
| グランベル ミヤツ | — | 3.00 5 reviews | 0.8 km | 上信越道信州中野ICよりお車にて20分 湯田中駅よりお車にて約10分 |
| ロッヂ ベアーズ＜長野県＞ | — | — | 1.9 km | 私鉄長野電鉄 よませ駅より車で５分 |
| ホテル ディライト北志賀 | — | — | 1.9 km | 車：上信越道信州中野ICより30分 電車：長野電鉄信州中野駅 |
| 北志賀温泉 ゆうリゾートホテル | — | — | 2.0 km | 長野電鉄 信州中野駅／関越自動車道（藤岡ＪＣＴ）→上信越自動車道（更埴ＪＣＴ）→信州中野ＩＣ→高井富士スキー場方面へ |
| 北志賀高原ヒュッテ | — | — | 2.1 km | 信州中野駅よりバスにて３０分 |
Show the other 4
| Property | From | Rating | Distance | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| フォレストプラザ | — | 5.00 7 reviews | 2.2 km | 長野電鉄・夜間瀬駅／上信越道・信州中野ＩＣ〜北志賀高原方面へ約２０分 |
| ロッヂなべふ | — | — | 3.0 km | ＪＲ 館山駅から車（送迎も有り） |
| シャンブル・ドット ミューズ（Ｂ＆Ｂ） | — | — | 3.2 km | 長野電鉄 信濃竹原駅より徒歩約５分 |
| Ａｃｔｉｖｅ Ｈｏｕｓｅ Ｒｙｕｏ（一棟貸） ＾ | — | — | 3.4 km | 夜間瀬駅から車で約１３分 |
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Stay nearby
16 places within 12 km of the slopes. Most of them do not take online bookings — open the map for contact details.
Nearest: 4.4 km
Nearest first
- ホテル白銀 Hotel 5.2 km
- High Quality Hostel AIBIYA Hostel 5.4 km
- 御園ホテル Hotel 5.4 km
- Yudanaka Shibu Onsen-kyo Suimei Hotel 5.5 km
- Zen Hostel Hostel 5.5 km
- Hoshikawa-kan Hotel 5.6 km
Accommodation data: OpenStreetMap
More places to look
Guides covering Nagano
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- Which Famous Ski Resorts Actually Get the Most Snow? 24 Names, Measured Niseko is 526th in the world for snowfall. Zermatt is 554th, Jackson Hole 924th, Aspen 1,201st. Measured identically across 3,069 ski areas, the names everyone books and the places it actually snows turn out to be two different lists.
- How Japan's Early-Bird Lift Tickets Work: At Hakuba Happo-One, Eight of the Nine Need a Japanese ID Card Hakuba Happo-One opened early-bird sales at 10:00 on 1 October. A day costs ¥6,400 against ¥9,800 at the window, 35% off. But every ticket on the list except one needs a My Number Card and a Japanese phone app. A visitor from abroad can buy exactly one of them, at 15% off.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52