Inawashiro (or Snow Paradise Inawashiro) is a ski area located on the eastern slopes of Mt Bandai in Inawashiro Town, Fukushima Prefecture.
Inawashiro has three named sections, Base Area and Sky Area (which until 2023 were collectively known as the Chuo Area), and the Minero Area. The Base Area and Minero Area each have various base facilities and parking. The Sky Area and Base Area can both be reached from the Minero Area via connecting runs, and the Minero Number 3 pair lift starts in the Base Area and ends in the Minero Area. A shuttle bus also connects the two base areas by road.
The snow on a few runs at Inawashiro is left ungroomed.
Inawashiro has a unique 'Fan Club' system. Members can ride the lifts on weekdays for free (0 yen!) and at half price at weekends... and membership is also free. It almost seems too good to be true!
For the 2024-2025 season, the ski area appears to be starting to call itself Zekkei Inawashiro (絶景・猪苗代スキー場). 'Zekkei' basically means 'spectacular views/scenery'. At the time of the most recent update in late November 2024, the official site is still split on the old/new naming. We will see how that develops before potentially adjusting the English name on SnowJapan, and for now the listing will remain as just Inawashiro.
The Chuo area of Inawashiro has been operating since 1948.
This ski area is completely unrelated to the nearby ski area called Inawashiro Resort. (That ski area is currently closed. For more information please check the listing on SnowJapanHistory here.
There are two parks at Inawashiro: Sky Park and Base Park.
The Kids Park is located by the Hayama Number 2 Family lift. Open from 9:00am until 4:00pm daily from 20th December 2024 until 23rd March 2025.
Ski and snowboard lessons are available at Inawashiro.
Ski and snowboard equipment & wear rental is available.
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Inawashiro is normally open from 8:30am until 4:30pm during the daytime.
Night skiing is on Saturdays from 21st December 2024 until 15th March 2025 (and also on 31st December 2024; 1st, 2nd, 12th January; and 23rd February 2025). The Number 1 quad lift operates for night skiing. 4:00pm until 10:00pm.
Early skiing ('Unkai ski') is from 6:30am until 8:30am on Sundays from 19th January until 16th March 2025. The Minero Number 1 lift operates for early skiing.
Hayama 7105
Inawashiro-machi
Yama-gun
Fukushima-ken
969-3102