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Ojiya

Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture

小千谷スキー場　新潟県小千谷市

Ojiya was a ski area located to the east of central Ojiya City in Niigata Prefecture. It was close to Ojiya Station on the local Joetsu train line and popular with locals, offering floodlit night time skiing. One single lift serviced the fairly short runs at this compact area and the lift towers remain in place. Ojiya opened in 1962 and closed in 1999.

Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Opened
開設		 1962
Closed
 閉設		 1999
Base elevation
標高最低		 90m
Top elevation
標高最高		 155m
Vertical
標高差		 65m
Steepest slope
最大斜度		 32°
Number of courses
コース本数		 3
Longest run
最長滑走距離		 500m
Skill level
初級・中級・上級		 30% beginner
40% intermediate
20% advanced
Ski / board
スキー・ボード		 Unknown
Ski lifts
リフト本数		 1 lift
Single About 300m
Towers and parts of the lift remain in place
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

Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）
Ojiya Ski Area （小千谷スキー場）

Further Information

  • Ojiya was a small and compact area, mostly used by locals
    　
  • Various competitions were also held here
    　
  • It was located less than 1km from Ojiya Station, just behind the train line
    　
  • There was no large car park at the base area and some people used the train to get there
    　
  • In November 1982 the Joetsu Shinkansen  上越新幹線  high speed bullet train line opened, connecting the Tokyo region with Niigata
    　
  • Once that high speed train line opened, the number of local trains that stopped at Ojiya Station declined
    　
  • The nearest Shinkansen station to Ojiya is Nagaoka Station  長岡駅  (about 18km to the north)
    　
  • The opening of the Joetsu Shinkansen also made the ski areas in Minamiuonuma  南魚沼市  and Yuzawa  湯沢町  more accessible to people living in the Ojiya and Nagaoka region
    　
  • This region was shaken by the powerful Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake  新潟県中越地震  on 23rd October 2004
    　
  • Ojiya Ski Area had already closed before the earthquake (it is thought to have closed in 1999)
    　
  • Parts of the abandoned single ski lift remain in place, though the cables have been taken down

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Location
所在地

About 500m off Route 291 and close to Ojiya Station, to the east of central Ojiya City.
About 3.5km from the Ojiya IC exit of the Kanetsu Expressway.
Less than 1km from Ojiya Station on the Joetsu line.
関越自動車道　小千谷ICから的3.5km
上越線　小千谷駅から的1km

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

Koshi Kogen 　古志高原　10km
All currently operating ski areas in Niigata Prefecture

This page was created in May 2020
Last updated on 11th August 2022
2020年5月 作成 　2022年8月11日 更新