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

Golf Gelande

Yamanouchi Town, Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture

ゴルフ場ゲレンデ　長野県山ノ内町志賀高原

Golf Gelende was - possibly! - the name of a small ski area located in the Shiga Kogen region of Yamanouchi Town in northern region of Nagano Prefecture. The ski lift was only in place from 1960 until 1973, in a location close to Maruike and behind the Shiga Kogen Sougoukaikan 98 facility. According to a Shiga Kogen source, this was more of a simple ski practice area than a proper ‘ski area’. Still, it deserved to be remembered!

Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Opened
開設		 1960
Closed
 閉設		 1973
Base elevation
標高最低		 1,460m
Top elevation
標高最高		 About 1,500m
Vertical
標高差		 About 40m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 Unknown
Number of courses
コース本数		 1
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 400m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 Beginners
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Closed before there was snowboarding!
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
266m
The lift has been removed
Night skiing
ナイター設備		 There was no night skiing

Photographs

Taken in May 2020
写真撮影：2020年5月

Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）
Shiga Kogen Golf Gelande（志賀高原 ゴルフ場ゲレンデ）

Further Information

  • There is so little information available about this area that even the name is unclear!
    　
  • Old records show that the lift was called  ゴルフ場リフト  which translates at 'golf area lift'
    　
  • There was also mention in a guide book of the area being called  ゴルフスキー場  which translates as 'golf ski area'
    　
  • Elsewhere it was noted as  ゴルフゲレンデ  (golf gelande) which perhaps seems the best one to use in English
    　
  • If anyone knows any different, please get in touch!
    　
  • The lower area of the lift was where the Shiga Kogen History Museum  志賀高原歴史記念館  is now located, just by the side of Route 292 near Maruike
    　
  • That building used to be the entrance of Shiga Kogen Hotel  志賀高原ホテル  which was originally built in 1937
    　
  • Other parts of the old hotel have now been demolished
    　
  • The ski lift went from by the side of the hotel to what is now the back area of the car park behind Shiga Kogen Sougoukaikan 98  志賀高原総合会館98
    　
  • Apparently there was some kind of simple golf or putting course by the hotel in the summer months, and in the winter... this small ski area
    　
  • So that's where the somewhat awkward golf-related name is coming from
    　
  • The 266m ski lift only lasted from 1960 until 1973
    　
  • Shiga Kogen Sougoukaikan 98 opened in 1998, the year of the Nagano Winter Olympics
    　
  • Sougoukaikan means 'General Hall'
    　
  • The building houses various facilities including the Shiga Kogen Tourist Association  志賀高原観光協会  as well as meeting rooms and a large hall

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  • Located by the side of Route 292 between the Sun Valley and Maruike areas of Shiga Kogen in Nagano Prefecture

  • About 23.5km from the Shinshu Nakano IC exit of the Joshinetsu Expressway

  • About 13.5km from Yudanaka Station on the Nagano (private) line

  • 上信越自動車道　信州中野ICから的23.5km

  • 長野電鉄長野線　湯田中駅から的13.5km

This page was created in June 2020
Last updated on 12th August 2022
2020年6月 作成　2022年8月12日 更新