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

Shirakawa Kashi



Kogen

Nishigo Village, Fukushima Prefecture

白河甲子高原スキー場　福島県西郷村

Shirakawa Kashi Kogen was a ski area in Nishigo Village, Fukushima Prefecture. Limited information about this old ski area can be found, but it appears to have closed before or around the time that the larger Azukurayama Ski Area (later renamed as Shirakawa Kogen) opened in the early 1970s. After closing, a leisure facility called Kyororon Mura was built at the location.

Opened
開設		 Unconfirmed
Closed
 閉設		 Late 1960s
Base elevation
標高最低		 About 780m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 850m
Vertical
標高差		 About 70m

Further Information

  • The one and only record that can be found about Shirakawa Kashi Kogen ski area was on a local blog (which has since disappeared)
    　
  • It mentioned that the ski area had one single lift and one pair lift
    　
  • One lift can clearly be seen in the aerial photograph from 1975 (above), but the positioning of a second lift cannot be confirmed
    　
  • The area struggled with snowfall, and apparently, that was one reason why a larger ski area was built at a higher elevation, less than 5km to the southwest
    　
  • That ski area opened in 1972 and was called Azakurayama Ski Area  赤面山スキー場
    　
  • Azakurayama was renamed Shirakawa Kogen 白河高原スキー場 in the late 1990s, but it only operated for a short while beyond that
    　
  • Unfortunately, Shirakawa Kogen closed in 2001
    　
  • More information on Shirakawa Kogen here
    　
  • In 1994, a leisure tourist facility called Kyororon Mura キョロロン村 opened at the location of the old Shirakawa Kashi Kogen ski area
    　
  • It offered various outdoor activities such as tennis, mini golf, go-karts, buggies and camping
    　
  • Kyororon Mura closed in 2020

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  • Located just off Route 289 in Nishigo Village.

  • About 14.5km from the Shirakawa IC exit of the Tohoku Expressway.

  • About 16km from Shin Shirakawa Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen and Tohoku Honsen line.

  • 東北自動車道　白河ICから的14.5km

  • 東北新幹線　東北本線　新白河駅から的16km

This page was created in May 2024
Last updated on 16th March 2025
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