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Yamamiya

Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture

山宮スキー場　兵庫県豊岡市

Yamamiya was a ski area located in the Kannabe Kogen highland region of what was then Hidaka Town in the northern region of Hyogo Prefecture. In 2005 Hidaka town became part of the new Toyooka City. Yamamiya had one (450m) single ski lift and closed around 1995.

Opened
開設		 Unconfirmed
Closed
 閉設		 About 1995
Base elevation
標高最低		 About 270m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 380m
Vertical
標高差		 About 110m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 28°
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 700m
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
Single 450m
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was no night skiing at Yamamiya

Further Information

  • There is a long history of skiing dating back to the 1920s in the highland area known as Kannabe Kogen 神鍋高原
    　
  • At one time, about 40 ski lifts were operating across 10 individual (and separate) ski areas in Kannabe Kogen
    　
  • It was a popular ski destination for people living in this region of western Japan
    　
  • In the 1990s, visitor numbers across the ski areas of the region rose to around 400,000 people in one season
    　
  • Yamamiya was one of the smaller ski areas of Kannabe Kogen
    　
  • It was located on the road going up to the (also now closed) Ookayama Ski Area
    　
  • It featured one single 450m lift
    　
  • A 1989 guidebook shows the price of one lift ticket as 180 yen per ride
    　
  • In a 1992 guidebook, a one-day lift ticket for Ookayama was 3,500 yen
    　
  • Yamamiya was not mentioned in guidebooks from 1996 and so seems to have closed by 1995
    　
  • Nature has taken over the upper area of the old ski area, and there are now a lot of solar panels on what used to be the old ski slope
    　
  • In 2024, three ski areas in the Kannabe Kogen remain operating (links to current information on SnowJapan):

    Manba  万場スキー場
    Oku Kannabe  奥神鍋スキー場
    Up Kannabe  アップかんなべスキー場 (known as Kannabeyama 神鍋山スキー場 until around 1990)
    　
  • The seven ski areas from the past that are now closed are:

    Alpenrose アルペンローズスキー場 [more information]
    Kannabe Family     カンナベファミリースキー場
    Kita Kannabe     北神鍋スキー場 [more information]
    Nashiki Kogen     名色高原スキー場 [more information]
    Ookayama     大岡山スキー場
    Sasano-o     ささの尾ゲレンデ [more information]
    Yamamiya     山宮スキー場 [this listing]
    　
  • The remaining 2 ski areas will be added to SnowJapanHistory over the coming months
    　
  • Once all 10 listings are published, they will all be updated/connected
    　
  • Note: One guidebook mentions another 'very small ski area' with one short (single?) ski lift called 蘇武口スキー場, said to be close to the entrance of Manba Ski Area. Another guidebook describes 蘇武口 as being a part of Manba Ski Area
    　
  • No further details about 蘇武口 can currently be found, and it remains something of a mystery - including how to pronounce the name (maybe Sobuguchi)

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  • Close to the side of Route 482, to the west of central Toyooka City and north-west of central Yabu City in Hyogo Prefecture

  • About 9km from the Hidaka Kannabe Kogen IC exit of the Kitakinki Toyooka Expressway

  • About 10.5km from Ebara Station on the Sanin Honsen line

  • 北近畿豊岡自動車道　日高神鍋高原ICから的9km

  • 山陰本線　江原駅から的10.5km

This page was created in April 2025
Last updated on 21st June 2025
2025年4月 作成 　2025年6月21日 更新