Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Okurayama ski jump

大倉山ジャンプ台大倉山ジャンプ会場
alternative words: Okurayama, Okura-yama, Okura yama, Okurayama stadium, Okurayama venue
keywords: hokkaido , olympic games , ski resort
related topics: Sapporo city , Happo ridge
related web sites: http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~fwkd3785/wc000122.htm , http://www.ne.jp/asahi/north/dreams/ookurayama.htm
explanation: Located in the west of Sapporo city near Maruyama zoological park, Okurayama is, along with Happo-one in Nagano, one of 2 places which can organize 120m K ski jump (large hill) contest in Japan. The renewed stadium allows to organize summer ski jump, too. It was also a venue of winter Olympic games 1972.