Yakushisan is a ski area located in Kitaakita City in the northern region of Akita Prefecture.
This small ski area is west of central Kitaakita city and has two surface lifts on east-facing slopes.
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
120
Vertical (m)
60
Bottom/base (m)
60
Beginner runs (%)
60
Intermediate runs (%)
40
Advanced runs (%)
0
Longest course (m)
500
Steepest slope (°)
20
Number of courses
4
Ski lifts
2
Ropeway cable car
0
Gondola
0
Quad lift (4-person)
0
Triple lift (3-person)
0
Pair lift (2-person)
0
Single lift (1-person)
0
Surface lift
2
Information
Normal season dates
Yakushiyama usually plans to be open from mid- to late December until early May. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Yakushiyama is open from 9:00am until 4:00pm in the daytime.
Night skiing
Night skiing is from 6:00pm until 9:00pm.
Lift ticket prices
2025-2026 season
Information for the upcoming 2026-2027 season will be added by December 2026
1 day
Adult: 1,500 yen
Half day
Adult: 1,000 yen
Night
Adult: 800 yen
Child: 400 yen
Season ticket
Adult: 8,000 yen
Child: 4,000 yen
Historical snow depth data
The following ski season and official snow depth data have been independently compiled by SnowJapan for publication on this website. Where available, the data is updated annually after each ski season.
First and last dates of recent seasons
2024-2025 season: Unconfirmed - 8th March
2023-2024 season: Unconfirmed - 29th February
2022-2023 season: 24th December - 28th February (66 days)
2021-2022 season: 25th December - 9th March (74 days)
Deepest recorded snow depth
Data is not available for this ski area.
Resources
Weather & snowfall (Japan Meteorological Agency) [open in new window]
Introduction to the region
Akita Prefecture is located in the Tohoku region, on the northwestern side of the main island of Japan, facing the Sea of Japan.
Akita shares borders with Aomori Prefecture to the north, Iwate Prefecture to the east, Miyagi Prefecture to the southeast and Yamagata Prefecture to the south.
The ski areas in Akita Prefecture are distributed across the mountains from north to south. Two of the more well-known ski areas are Tazawako, on the western slopes of Mt Akita-Komagatake in Semboku City, and Ani, on the southwestern slopes of Mt Moriyoshi in Kitaakita City.
Most of the other ski areas in Akita Prefecture are small local operations.
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