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When I was at Ishiuchi recently I noticed what looked like (surely!) a ski jump - on the far left Yuzawa side of the resort. It didn't look open at all..... do they use that?

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Good question! I had noticed that myself but never really knew the story behind it. I've just spoken to the resort and this is what I found out.

 

The jump facility is actually currently owned and managed by Minamiuonuma-shi (the city that is made up of what used to be Shiozawa town, Muikamachi town and Urasa) - not the Ishiuchi Maruyama ski resort.

 

Apparently it hasn't been used for a number of years, but it will be used in 2009 for the "kokutai" event in Niigata and that is one of the reasons why at the moment Minamiuonuma-shi is currently trying to transfer ownership to Niigata-ken.

 

Thanks to Ishiuchi Maruyama for that info.

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Wasn't used at all this winter. Quite a bit of activity last summer though.

 

It's open as a tourist attraction and you can actually go up to a viewing platform at the top of both jumps. Not for the fennt hearted though as the stairs up are mesh and it's a long way down.

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