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Otaru 小樽
Shiomidai
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Shiomidai:
| Hill Size: | HS 58 |
| K-Point: | 55 m |
| Coordinates: | 43.175290, 141.011425 ✔ 
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| K-Point: | 44 m |
| Coordinates: | 43.175297, 141.011223 ✔
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| Hill Size: | HS 37 |
| K-Point: | 35 m |
| Coordinates: | 43.175530, 141.011449 ✔
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| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1933 |
| Conversions: | 1979 |
| Status: | out of order |
| Ski club: | Otaru Ski Club |
| Coordinates: | 43.175290, 141.011425 ✔
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History:
The Shiomidai ski jumping hill in Otaru is one of the most interesting and distinctive facilities of its kind in Hokkaido, primarily because of its location—literally wedged between houses on the slopes of the Shiomidai district, just behind Otaru Chōryō High School. The origins of the hill date back to 1933, when it was built as “Kinen,” a commemorative jump created to mark an event involving the imperial family in that same year. At the time, Otaru was one of the local centers of the growing skiing culture, and the new facility quickly became a place for daily training of young jumpers as well as local competitions.
Over time, the original hill could no longer meet modern sporting requirements, and in 1979 a new complex was completed on the same site—now under the name Shiomidai. The modernized facility consisted of several small and medium hills, the largest with parameters of approximately K55/HS58. After this reconstruction, Shiomidai became one of the most important youth training venues in Otaru and a regular host of junior competitions at both prefectural and national levels. It also served as the home base of the Otaru Jump Shōnendan, a local club for young jumpers founded in 1973, shortly after the Sapporo Winter Olympics. Over the decades, dozens of children trained there, and in its best years the organization had around 120 members, forming an important training center for young athletes on Hokkaido.
Shiomidai regularly hosted well-established youth competitions. From the early 2000s onward, it was the venue for successive editions of the Hokkaidō Shimbun Cup All-Hokkaidō Junior Jumping—the region’s main junior event—as well as national tournaments such as the Otaru Ushio Lions Club Cup and the Kamaei Cup. These competitions attracted the best young jumpers from all over Japan, and the hill itself became an important element of Otaru’s sporting life. Many journalistic accounts emphasized the unique atmosphere of competitions and training sessions held amid ordinary houses, along with the characteristic view of the city and port stretching below the hill.
In 2017, a major renovation was carried out—among other things, the inruns and landing slopes were modernized, which allowed competitions to continue and improved training safety. The hill was certainly still in use in the 2018/19 season, when the 47th edition of the Hokkaidō Shimbun Cup was held here, and young athletes continued to train on the facility. In the years that followed, however, activity gradually declined. Accounts from residents and local sports enthusiasts indicate that after the early 2020s the hill was used increasingly rarely, and the area began to be overgrown with vegetation. The relocation of part of the training activity to other venues, staffing difficulties within the youth club, and a decrease in the number of active jumpers further accelerated this process.
Today, the Shiomidai ski jumping hill is listed as a facility no longer in regular use.
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Please correct
I'm sorry. K = 25 is wrong, K = 35, HS37 Is correct.
I'd like a correction
Shiomidai_Memorial_Schanze have three hills:K=56、K=44、K=25
The K=120 that is incorrect, K=56 is correct.