Hanawa Ski Area
Official name 花輪スキー場
Akita · 257–744 m · 3 runs · 3 lifts
- 2025-26 season: Jan 2 – Mar 8
- Summit: Today clear 2–3°C / Tomorrow clear 1–10°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 0 cm · 24h 0 cm · 48h 0 cm · 7 days 18 cm · 14 days 28 cm
- Snow report (official) →
Hanawa Ski Area sits beside Alpas, Kazuno City's sports complex in north-east Akita, and is one of the few places in Japan that can stage alpine, ski jumping and cross-country events at the same venue. Opened in 1954, it hosted the 1997 winter National Sports Festival. Three lifts serve three runs — the advanced Giant and Panorama Paradise courses and a beginner Family course — over about 490 m of vertical. Its all-season Hanawa jumping hill is where Beijing 2022 gold medallist Ryoyu Kobayashi trained as a student. Alpas provides lodging, a restaurant and a hot spring with a view.
Hanawa Ski Area weather at the top (744 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:07, sunset 16:33
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| Temperature | °C | 3° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 5° | 3° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 6° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 1° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 1° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 0° | 2° | 2° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | -2° | -2° | 2° | 5° | 1° | 1° | 0° | 2° | -2° | -2° | 3° | 4° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | -2° | -3° | 3° | 5° | -3° | -3° | 6° | 10° | 4° | 3° | 6° | 2° | -2° | -2° | 2° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation | mm | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | <.1 | <.1 | <.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | <.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | <.1 | 1.8 | <.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snow depth | cm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | <1 | <1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 |
| Wind | m/s | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
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Hanawa Ski Area lift tickets and prices
2025-26 prices
- 1-day ticket
- Adult ¥3,300 · Child ¥2,600 · Senior ¥2,600
- Half day
- ¥2,800
- Season pass
- ¥30,000
Discounts
- Ski Children's Day (March 1 and 8, 2026): lifts free for elementary and under
- Free children's rental day (March 7, 2026)
- Alpas guests get a discount on 1-day lift tickets (adult ¥2,000, etc.)
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- Group 1-day ticket (15+ people) adult ¥2,700
- Ski class 1-day ticket (Kazuno city and county, elementary from ¥700)
Opening hours
- Lifts
- 9:00–16:00
- Night skiing
- no night skiing
Getting to Hanawa Ski Area and parking
- Car
- Kazuno-Hachimantai IC, Tohoku Expressway, 10 min
Train
- Kazuno-Hanawa Station JR Hanawa Line → 10 min by car
Hanawa Ski Area runs and lifts
Lifts
Runs
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Rental, lessons and facilities
- Rental (adult set ¥2,100)
- Accommodation (hotel at the resort)
- Hot spring