Kamui Ryugasaki Snowboard Park Closed

Kamui Ryugasaki Snowboard Park was an indoor snow slope in Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, run by Kamui Co. and known simply as 'Kamui'. Open from around 1997, it used crushed-ice snow and was famous for one of the largest kickers at any indoor slope, plus a halfpipe in its early years, drawing snowboarders and skiers who came to train before the real season. It started with four lanes either side of a central escalator, later cut back to two, and closed on 30 January 2011.