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Insights

This section introduces a collection of interactive charts, graphs and visualisations based on data published by SnowJapan. Additional charts can be found elsewhere on the site, including seasonal snowfall charts within the Daily reports section and snow depth charts on individual ski area pages throughout the Ski areas section. All data presented is collected and published exclusively by SnowJapan.

All Japan data

Compare the number of ski areas and ski lifts in each prefecture, or view how ski areas are distributed by lift count.

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Explore the distribution of ski lift types across Japan, or focus on a single lift type for comparison.

Chart showing the types of ski lifts and ski areas in Japan

Compare key statistics for ski areas across Japan, with the option to filter by prefecture and sort by individual statistics.

Japan ski area statistics

Explore ski lift totals for ski areas across Japan, with the option to filter by prefecture and sort by lift type.

Japan ski area lifts

Navigate from prefectures to towns and discover the ski areas located within each one.

Ski areas in Japan by prefectue and town

See how ski areas of different sizes are distributed across Japan using a range of lift-count categories.

Explore the towns and cities of Japan with operating ski areas, or focus on the towns within a single prefecture.

Prefecture data

Explore ski area data for each prefecture in interactive bubble chart and bar chart format. Results can be sorted and filtered by town within each prefecture.

Bubble chart

Bar chart

Observed snowfall data (Now reports)

Explore seasonal snowfall trends through these interactive visualisations based on observed snowfall recorded in our Now daily reporting sections. All individual season links in this section take you to the relevant page within each Now report on SnowJapan, where additional data is also available. For information on how observed snowfall is recorded and how to interpret these numbers, please see the About our daily reports page.

Season progression

Watch how observed snowfall accumulated throughout each season and compare how seasons ranked over time.

Monthly breakdown

See how observed snowfall was distributed across the months within each season.

Monthly comparison

Compare observed snowfall for each month across all seasons, with the option to show or hide individual seasons.

Single season

Focus on a single season at a time to explore observed snowfall month by month.

Snow depth data resources

Individual ski area snow depth data

Historical snow depth charts for more than 350 ski areas across Japan are available on the corresponding ski area listing pages throughout SnowJapan. Each chart is updated annually to include data from the most recently completed winter season.

Daily snow depth chart

During the ski season, SnowJapan publishes an updated daily chart showing the latest official snow depth data reported by ski areas across Japan.

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Season dates

Discover the confirmed first and last dates of the season, along with the season length, for individual ski areas across Japan in recent years.

Season visualisation

Former ski areas

Explore Japan's former ski areas through this interactive graph. Navigate from prefectures to towns to discover ski areas that are no longer operating.

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