Kawanishi Choei Komatsu is a ski area located in the Komatsu region of Kawanishi Town in the southern region of Yamagata Prefecture.
This town-operated ski area has one surface (rope tow) lift and a gentle slope suitable for beginners. Various sledging and 'playing in the snow' activities are also around the flat base area.
Kawanishi Choei Komatsu has irregular opening times and usually is only open to the general public on weekends and holidays and only for floodlit night skiing on certain weekdays.
The base area is used as a simple golf putting course in the summer months.
This small ski area has a long history, with skiing here as far back as 1925. It is fondly also known by locals as Sanbonmatsu.
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
275
Vertical (m)
25
Bottom/base (m)
250
Beginner runs (%)
100
Intermediate runs (%)
0
Advanced runs (%)
0
Longest course (m)
200
Steepest slope (°)
15
Number of courses
2
Ski lifts
1
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
0
Information
Normal season dates
Kawanishi Choei Komatsu usually plans to be open from late December until early March. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Kawanishi Choei Komatsu is normally only open to the general public in the daytime on weekends and holidays, from 9:00am until 4:00pm. It is sometimes available during the day for groups on weekdays.
Night skiing
The ski area is open for night skiing in the peak season (usually January and February) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays, from 6:00pm until 8:50pm.
Families & children
Various sledging and playing-in-the-snow activities around the base area.
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
Child: 1,500 yen
Half day
Adult: 1,000 yen
Child: 1,000 yen
10 lift coupons
Adult: 500 yen
Child: 500 yen
Night
Adult: 500 yen
Child: 500 yen
Season ticket
Adult: 5,000 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: Actual dates unconfirmed
2023-2024 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
2022-2023 season: Late December - 5th March
2021-2022 season: Actual dates unconfirmed
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
Yamagata Prefecture is located in the southwestern corner of Tohoku, facing the Sea of Japan. Yamagata is bordered by Akita Prefecture to the north, Miyagi Prefecture to the east, Fukushima Prefecture to the south, and Niigata Prefecture to the southwest.
There are quite a lot of ski areas across the mountains of Yamagata Prefecture. In fact, after Hokkaido, Nagano Prefecture, and Niigata Prefecture, Yamagata is home to the fourth-most ski areas in the country. However, many are small and have only one or two ski lifts (some of which are surface rope-tow type lifts).
The larger ski areas in Yamagata Prefecture are located in the mountainous eastern and southern regions, close to the borders with Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture.
The largest ski area in Yamagata Prefecture, by far (and one of the largest individual ski areas in Japan), is Zao Onsen in Yamagata City.
Kawanishi Choei Komatsu is the only ski area currently operating in Kawanishi Town.
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