Arashiyama ski jump

Arashiyama ski jump
	Arashiyama
	Arashiyama-Schanze (2003): K76 (left) and K50 (right)
Location
city	Asahikawa
country	Japan
society	Asahikawa Park
Construction year	1965
Rebuilt	1984 ; 1996
Shut down	Yes
Hill record	82.0 m Teruyoshi Sugimoto (March 12, 2000) ;
Data
Landing
Construction point	76 m
More jumps
	K 50;

43.796944444444 142.30611111111Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′ 49 ″ N , 142 ° 18 ′ 22 ″ E

The Arashiyama-Schanze ( Japanese 嵐山シャンツェ , Arashiyama shantse ) is a ski jumping hill of category K 60 near the Japanese city of Asahikawa on the island of Hokkaidō . Parallel to this hill there is a category K 50 hill. Both hills are now out of service.

Career

In 1965 the Arashiyama ski jump was built in the Arashiyama ski area ( 嵐山市民スキー場 , Arashiyama shimin sukījō ) and modernized and rebuilt in 1984 and 1996. Between the years 1966 and 2004 the Yukijirushi-hai (English Snow Brand Cup , complete: 雪印杯全日本ジャンプ旭川大会 , Yukijirushi-hai Zen-Nihon Jampu Asashikawa Taikai , “Yukijirushi-Cup: all Japanese) was held on this hill every year in March [Ski] jumping championships Asashikawa ”), sponsored by the company Yukijirushi Nyūgyō . At this Cup Teruyoshi Sugimoto was able to set the current hill record of 82 m on March 12, 2000. Since 2004 there have been no more competitions on the Arashiyama hill. The ski jump was closed in 2010 and has been overgrown since then.

Web links

Arashiyama-Schanze on Skisprungschanzen.com