Hakuba HS134

Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium is located in Nagano prefecture, Japan. It consists of two jumping hills: a normal hill (K90 HS98) and a large hill (K120 HS134). The construction of venue began in July 1990 and was completed in November 1992, a year later plastic matting was installed. In 1997, the first FIS World Cup competition in Hakuba took place. The large hill hosted two ski jumping events at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games: individual competition won by Kazuyoshi Funaki and team competition in which Japan was the best nation. After the Olympics, the hill hosted World Cup (2000-2004), Summer Grand Prix (1998-2001 and 2004-2019) and Japanese championships (last one in 2022). The official hill record is 137 meters and was set by Takanobu Okabe and Masahiko Harada during the team competition at 1998 Winter Olympics. Since 2011, Takanobu Okabe also holds the unofficial hill record of 140 meters.