Hachimoriyama is a ski area located in Tsuruoka City in the northwestern region of Yamagata Prefecture.
It is a small ski area close to the Japan Sea and the nearest to the city centre.
It has one T-bar lift and describes itself as a 'family ski hill'.
Hachimoriyama is normally only open on weekends and holidays.
Mountain
statistics
Top/peak (m)
300
Vertical (m)
100
Bottom/base (m)
200
Beginner runs (%)
70
Intermediate runs (%)
20
Advanced runs (%)
10
Longest course (m)
800
Steepest slope (°)
35
Number of courses
1
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
1
Information
Normal season dates
Hachimoriyama usually plans to be open from late December until late February. See below for the actual opening and closing dates in recent seasons.
Normal opening times
Hachimoriyama is mainly only open on weekends and holidays, from 9:00am until 4:00pm. Open daily over New Year.
Night skiing
There is no night skiing at Hachimoriyama.
Families & children
There is a sledding area near base.
Lessons
There is no ski or snowboard school at Hachimoriyama.
Rental
There are no rental facilities.
Lift ticket prices
2025-2026 season
Information for the upcoming 2026-2027 season will be added by December 2026
1 day
Adult: 1,000 yen
Child: 500 yen
3 hours
Adult: 600 yen
Child: 300 yen
1 lift coupon
Adult: 200 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
2025-2026 season: 20th December - 1st March (72 days)
2024-2025 season: Unconfirmed
2023-2024 season: Unable to open due to lack of snow
2022-2023 season: 24th December - 26th February (65 days)
2021-2022 season: 25th December - 27th February (65 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
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.
Hachimoriyama is one of several ski areas currently operating in Tsuruoka City.
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