Skiing at Shizukuishi in Iwate Prefecture | Japan Diary
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I was lucky enough to visit the Iwate Prefecture with some friends and this is the first vlog in the series. In this video, we visited Shizukuishi, which is not far from Morioka City. Read on to find out more…
Shizukuishi
Resort Base: The Prince Hotel (ski in ski out)
Best way to get there: 2 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo and 50 minutes on a shuttle bus from Morioka station to Shizukuishi Prince Hotel (Free for guests of the Prince Hotel or $17AUD)
Food to try: Miso ramen in the Anekko restaurant building (next to The Prince Hotel)
Must Visit: The Takakura onsen on the first floor of the hotel!
Situated 40 minutes Northwest of Morioka, Shizukuishi resort is like a step back into the 90’s with 11 runs and plenty of character. Shizukuishi is a Prince Resort which means tree skiing is not allowed but with many of the runs ungroomed, it wasn’t hard to find fresh snow. It’s a great place to get your legs and experience a taste of Japanese powder snow.
Shizukuishi also has a cat skiing operation that has a group leaving on the hour, every hour with 5-minute shuttles from the main resort. The cat run is on the old downhill course from 1993 which would make for some nice wide turns in theory but since the cat followed its own path up and down, you had the choice of skiing freshly groomed snow or skiing alongside it in a clear open field of powder. Since the run was for a world cup competition, it still has just the right amount of slope that if you really want to go for it, you’ll leave a trail of dust (or in this case fluffy powder) in your wake.
Music by Scuffs - All we are
Filmed on GoPro Hero 8, Olympus OMD and my Google Pixel 3a
#shizukuishi #iwate #skiing
Shizukuishi
Resort Base: The Prince Hotel (ski in ski out)
Best way to get there: 2 hours by Shinkansen from Tokyo and 50 minutes on a shuttle bus from Morioka station to Shizukuishi Prince Hotel (Free for guests of the Prince Hotel or $17AUD)
Food to try: Miso ramen in the Anekko restaurant building (next to The Prince Hotel)
Must Visit: The Takakura onsen on the first floor of the hotel!
Situated 40 minutes Northwest of Morioka, Shizukuishi resort is like a step back into the 90’s with 11 runs and plenty of character. Shizukuishi is a Prince Resort which means tree skiing is not allowed but with many of the runs ungroomed, it wasn’t hard to find fresh snow. It’s a great place to get your legs and experience a taste of Japanese powder snow.
Shizukuishi also has a cat skiing operation that has a group leaving on the hour, every hour with 5-minute shuttles from the main resort. The cat run is on the old downhill course from 1993 which would make for some nice wide turns in theory but since the cat followed its own path up and down, you had the choice of skiing freshly groomed snow or skiing alongside it in a clear open field of powder. Since the run was for a world cup competition, it still has just the right amount of slope that if you really want to go for it, you’ll leave a trail of dust (or in this case fluffy powder) in your wake.
Music by Scuffs - All we are
Filmed on GoPro Hero 8, Olympus OMD and my Google Pixel 3a
#shizukuishi #iwate #skiing
