Nagano Olympics held ski area Closed in the red and closed as long as this season January 8 4:25
The city that operated the Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort in Nagano, which was also the venue for the Nagano Olympics, was openly recruiting companies to take over due to the deterioration in financial conditions, but there was no application by the deadline, We decided to close only for the season.
At Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort in Nagano City, the number of visitors in recent years has been around 40,000, less than 20% of the peak period, and has been in the red due to the lack of snow.
For this reason, Nagano City, which operates, was recruiting companies to take over last year, but since there was no company to apply for by the last month of the deadline, we decided to close this season only .
On the 7th, skiers enjoyed skiing while the snow was falling, and a 35-year-old man from Nagano who visited with his 7-year-old son said, "Since it was near Nagano City, it was a gentle course that even children could slide. I ’m sorry that it ’s gone. ”
Tadashi Miyashita, manager of the Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort, said, "I feel that the skiing population is decreasing, the facilities are aging, and it is the trend of the times. I'm sorry to lose that place. "
At the Nagano Olympics in 1998, the Iizuna Kogen Ski Resort, which excites Japan as a ski mogul competition venue, will be planted with trees and returned to the country after the business scheduled to end until March 15 That is.