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Asahiyama


(Manza Onsen)

Tsumagoi Village, Gunma Prefecture

朝日山ゲレンデ（万座温泉スキー場）　群馬県嬬恋村

Manza Onsen is a ski area in Tsumagoi Village in the western region of Gunma Prefecture. The ski area remains open in 2024, but until 2011, there was a section of the ski area called Asahiyama. Asahiyama was east of the main ski area, and the westerly-facing slopes were serviced by two ski lifts. They were last open in 2011 and have now both been removed.

Photographs

Taken in May 2024
写真撮影：2024年5月

[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）

Photographs

The top of the Asahiyama Number 1 ski used to end by the side of Route 292. It has now been removed and the area is roped off.

Taken in May 2024
写真撮影：2024年5月

[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）
[Asahiyama Gelande] Manza Onsen Ski Area (Tsumagoi, Gunma)　万座温泉スキー場・朝日山ゲレンデ（群馬県嬬恋村）

Further Information

  • Manza Onsen is the highest onsen hot spring in Japan that can be reached by car throughout the year
    　
  • Manza Onsen is also the name of the ski area that opened in 1956
    　
  • The Asahiyama ski lifts and courses of Manza Onsen were to the east of the main ski area
    　
  • There was a connecting ski course, but it was not suitable for beginners, who generally took a bus to Asahiyama
    　
  • Asahiyama had two ski pair lifts (759m and 445m)
    　
  • Some old guidebooks appear to indicate that one or both may have been initially single (one person) lifts
    　
  • The top end point of the Asahiyama Number 1 朝日山第１ lift was by the side of Route 292 (though this section of the road was closed in winter)
    　
  • Manza Ropeway 万座ロープウェイ opened in December 1961
    　
  • The Manza Eki 万座駅 station of the Ropeway was about a 200m walk from the top of the Asahiyama Number 1 lift
    　
  • The Ropeway closed in 1971 and has long since been removed.... information about Manza Ropeway will be added in the next update
    　
  • The two Asahiyama lifts were last open in 2011
    　
  • Both of the ski lifts have now been removed
    　
  • While the Asahiyama area and Manza Ropeway are both long gone, Manza Onsen ski area remains open in 2024
    　
  • More information on the current Manza Onsen can be found on SnowJapan here
    　
  • Please also see the related resources on SnowJapanHistory:
    　
  • Kumaike Gelande (Manza Onsen)
    　
  • Manza Ropeway (Manza Onsen)
    　
  • Motoshirane & Shirane Kazan Ropeway (Kusatsu Onsen)

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Location
所在地

Just off the Manza Highway road in the Manza Onsen hot spring area, about 23km off Route 144 in Tsumagoi Village.
About 23km from Manza Kawaguchi Station on the Agatsuma Line.
吾妻線　万座・鹿沢口駅から的23km

Currently operating ski & snowboard resorts in the region
近隣の運営中のスキー場

All currently operating ski areas in Gunma Prefecture

This page was created in May 2024
Last updated on 22nd May 2024
2024年5月 作成 　2024年5月22日 更新