On the afternoon of the 26th, a man in his 40s who was snowboarding at a ski resort in Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture, was found buried in the snow beside the course and died afterwards.
According to the police, at around 1:40 pm on the 26th, Takehiro Hiyoshi (41), a company officer in Midori-ku, Yokohama, who was snowboarding at the ski resort "Yuzawa Park Ski Resort" in Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture, snowed beside the course. I found it buried in.
Hiyoshi was taken to the hospital, but died afterwards.
According to the research so far, Mr. Hiyoshi came to snowboarding with four family members and skated on a course for intermediate and advanced users alone.
After that, the family noticed that they were missing, and a ski patrolman searched for them and found that they were buried in snow about 4 meters below the course.
Police are investigating the situation in detail, assuming that they accidentally fell to the side of the course.