Ski areas from Japan’s past 過去の日本のスキー場を懐かしむ

Semi Onsen

Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture

瀬見温泉スキー場　山形県最上町

Semi Onsen was a small ski area in the onsen hot springs area of the same name in Mogami Town, Yamagata Prefecture. Information on this ski area can only be found in one guidebook from 1993. It appears to have had one single lift, which has been removed.

Opened
開設		 Unconfirmed
Closed
 閉設		 Unconfirmed
Base elevation
標高最低		 About 140m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 200m
Vertical
標高差		 About 60m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 28°
Number of courses
コース本数		 1
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 400m
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
Single 　
The lifts have been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was night skiing at Semi Onsen

Photographs

Taken in October 2023
写真撮影：2023年10月

Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）
Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）
Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）
Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）
Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）
Semi Onsen Ski Area (Mogami, Yamagata)　瀬見温泉スキー場（山形県最上町）

Further Information

  • Semi Onsen was a ski area in the hot springs area of the same name in Mogami Town
    　
  • According to a 1996 guidebook, it had one single lift, night skiing on Saturdays and holidays and a maximum slope of 28 degrees
    　
  • No other confirmed information about the ski area can be found, either in guidebooks or online
    　
  • The old aerial photograph from 1976 (above) seems to show the ski area and (perhaps) the lift on the left-hand side (of the image)
    　
  • There was a large landslide on the old ski slope after very heavy rains in July 2024

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  • About 600m off Route 47, about 10km west of central Mogami Town

  • About 18km from the Funagata IC exit of the Tohoku Chuo Expressway

  • Less than 1km from Semi Onsen Station on the Rikuuto Line

  • 東北中央自動車道　舟形ICから的18km

  • 陸羽東線　瀬見温泉駅から的5km

This page was created in May 2025
Last updated on 16th December 2025
2025年5月 作成 　2025年12月16日 更新