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

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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  • 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

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