Himekayu Ski Area Closed this season
Official name ひめかゆスキー場
Iwate · 306–486 m · 6 runs
- Closed for the 2026-27 season
- Summit: Today clear 3–8°C / Tomorrow cloudy 3–12°C
- Snow depth 0 cm | New snow, next 12h 0 cm · 24h 0 cm · 48h 0 cm · 7 days 15 cm · 14 days 16 cm
Himekayu is a small city-owned ski area in the Isawa district of Oshu, Iwate. Two pair lifts served six runs over about 180 m of vertical, mostly gentle terrain plus a snowboard line with rails, and the hot-spring facilities at the base made it a popular local day out. When Oshu decided to keep only one of its three ski areas, Kunimidaira, Himekayu was suspended: its last season was 2021-22, ending in February 2022, and it has not opened since the 2022-23 season.
Himekayu Ski Area weather at the top (486 m, hourly, 14 days)
Sunrise today 06:05, sunset 16:35
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| Japan time | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |
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| Temperature | °C | 8° | 6° | 4° | 4° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 8° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 10° | 11° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 0° | 3° | 4° | 3° | 2° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 4° | 4° | 1° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 0° | 2° | 6° | 6° | 2° | 4° | 3° | 4° | 1° | -2° | 4° | 8° | 1° | 1° | 7° | 11° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 6° | 1° | 0° | 4° | 5° |
| Precipitation | mm | 2.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New snow | cm | <.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.1 | <.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | <.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 | 0 | <1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
| Wind | m/s | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind gusts | m/s | 16 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 8 |
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Getting to Himekayu Ski Area and parking
- Parking
- 250 spaces · Free (when it was operating)