Overview
- The resort in Tottori Prefecture conducted a Shinto safety and snowfall ceremony on December 20 with priests, tamagushi offerings, and taiko drumming.
- Attendees noted the slopes had no snow, marking the resort’s first snowless opening in six years and prompting hopes for a quick snowfall.
- Resort management set a target of 120,000 visitors for the season after welcoming about 111,000 last winter, boosted in part by inbound tourists.
- Mayor Daiki Takeguchi said he wants to develop measures that do not depend on weather to energize Daisen.
- Daisen White Resort, described as one of western Japan’s leading ski areas, operates four areas across nine courses.