University Student Dies at Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture; Woman Found Buried in Snow (Update 1)

The Yomiuri Shimbun

17:24 JST, January 13, 2025 (updated at 23:00 JST)

A female university student was confirmed dead after she was found buried in snow at Kagura Ski Resort in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture. She was admitted to the hospital in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest, with her death confirmed eight hours later. The cause of death was suffocation.

The 24-year-old student, a resident of Minami-Aoyama in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, went to the ski resort with her father, Niigata prefectural police said.

She went snowboarding down a slope and her father waited for her at the base, but she did not come down. He became worried and went to look for her, only to find her outside the skiing course area, buried in snow from her chest up, according to the police.