Flying Sites and Clubs in Japan

‹ Shikoku Region › Tokushima Kagawa Ehime Kochi «Kagawa Prefecture» ｜ Back to Map and Prefecture list ｜ Site Name HG PG MPG Kiyama Flight Area   ✓   Kitamine Flight Area   ✓ 　 Ogoshi Area   ✓   Shiramine Flight Area   ✓   Wind Park Umpenji Flight Area   ✓   In the Ratings of Takeoff, Condition of Flight and Landing, 5 means exremely demanding and 1 means the easiest in comparison. PG=paraglider  HG=hang glider  MPG=motor paraglider JR=Japan Railway PG  Site Name Kiyama Flight Area  Description Site of thermal soaring.  Location Fuchu-cho, Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture  Access By Car 20 minutes from Sakaide rail station, 10 minutes from Sakaide-Minami IC of Seto-Ohashi Route. By Train 10 minutes by car from JR Tsurukawa Station.  Flying Season Year round  School Yes  Name of School Sanuki Paraglider School  Bilingual Staff  Contact Name Sanuki Paraglider School Address Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan 761-8041 TEL 087-886-7397 FAX Email URL Check-in desk 08:00∼22:00  Visitor Rating JHF-B or IPPI ParaPro 2 accompanied by instructor, or greater  Member's Fee JY10,000/year  Visitor Fee JY1,000/day  Takeoff (TO) Name Kiyama TO Direction NE E SE S Terrain Slope Rating 3 Size 2 paragliders TO ASL 400m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Condition of Flight Soaring Ration Themal Soarings 80%  Ridge Soarings %  Sleddies 20% Rating 3 Altitude TO∼LD 400m Distance TO∼LD 2,000m Site Comment  Landing (LD) Size 150m×150m Terrain Flat Rating 2 LD ASL 30m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Access LD∼TO 30 minutes by car  Cross Country Flight Allowed  Place of Interest Sakaide Health Center, Health Land, many Sanuki Udon (noodle) shops are found near the site.  Others  Last updated 8/12/2003 Back to TOP PG  Site Name Kitamine Flight Area  Description Range of ridge with sea breeze.  Location Oyabu-cho, Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture  Access By Car 15 minutes from JR Sakaide Station, 20 minutes from JR Takamatsu Station, 20 minutes from Kita IC of Seto-Ohashi Route. By Train JR Kamogawa Station  Flying Season Year round  School Yes  Name of School Sanuki Paraglider School  Bilingual Staff  Contact Name Sanuki Paraglider School Address Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan 761-8041 TEL 087-886-7397 FAX Email URL Check-in desk 08:00∼22:00  Visitor Rating JHF-B or IPPI ParaPro 2 accompanied by instructor, or greater  Member's Fee JY10,000/year  Visitor Fee JY1,000/day  Takeoff (TO) Name Kitamine Area TO Derection SW W NW Terrain Slope Rating 2 Size 3 paragliders TO ASL 250m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Condition of Flight Soaring Ratio Thermal Soarings 20%  Ridge Soarings 80%  Sleddies 10% Rating 2 Altitude TO∼LD 250m Distance (TO∼LD) 1,000m Site Comment There is a soaring area with mild and stable sea breeze.  Landing (LD) Size 300m×300m Terrain Flat Rating 2 LD ASL 1m GPS Coordinates Site Comment Vast flat ground because it used to be saltpan.  Access LD∼TO 15 minutes by car  Cross Country Flight Allowed during farmers' off season.  Place of Interst Sakaide Health Center, Health Land, many Sanuki Udon (noodle) shops are found near the site.  Others  Last updated 8/12/2003 Back to TOP PG  Site Name Ogoshi Flight Area  Description Site of sea breeze and thermal. Range of ridge for more than 3km.  Location Ogoshi-cho, Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture  Access By Car 20 minutes from JR Sakaide Station, 20 minutes from Sakaide-Kita IC of Seto-Ohashi Route. By Train 20 minutes from JR Kamogawa Station.  Flying Season Year round  School Yes  Name of School Sanuki Paraglider School  Bilingual Staff  Contact Name Sanuki Paraglider School Address Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan 761-8041 TEL 087-886-7397 FAX Email URL Check-in desk 08:00∼22:00  Visitor Rating JHF-B or IPPI ParaPro 2 accompanied by instructor, or greater  Member's Fee JY10,000/year  Visitor Fee JY1,000/day  Takeoff (TO) Name Ogoshi Area TO Direction N NE E SE Terrain Slope Rating 3 Size 2 paragliders TO ASL 300m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Condition of Flight Soaring Ratio Thermal Soarings 40%  Ridge Soarings 50%  Sleddies 10% Rating 3 Altitude T∼LD 300m Distance TO∼LD 1,500m Site Comment  Landing (LD) Size 300m×300m Terrain Flat Rating 3 LD ASL 1m GPS Coordinates Site Comment Vast flat ground because it used to be saltpan.  Access LD∼TO 10 minutes' walk plus 15 minutes by car, total 25 minutes  Cross Country Flight Allowed  Place of Interest Sakaide Health Center, Health Land, famous Sanuki Udon (noodle) shops, restaurant serving dishes making of live fish are near the site.  Others  Last updated 8/12/2003 Back to TOP PG  Site Name Shiramine Flight Area  Description Site for both thermal and ridge soarings.  Location Hayashida-cho, Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture  Access By Car 20 minutes from JR Sakaide Station or Sakaide-Minami IC of Seto-Ohashi route. By Train 10 minutes from JR Kamogawa Station  Flying Season Year round  School Yes  Name of School Sanuki Paraglider School  Bilingual Staff  Contact Name Sanuki Paraglider School Address Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan 761-8041 TEL 087-886-7397 FAX Email URL Check-in desk 08:00∼22:00  Visitor Rating JHF-B or IPPI ParaPro 2 accompanied by instructor, or greater  Member's Fee JY10,000/year  Visitor Fee JY1,000/day  Takeoff (TO) Name Shiramine Area TO Direction SW W NW Terrain Slope Rating 3 Size 1 paraglider TO ASL 300m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Condition of Flight Soaring Ratio Thermal Soarings 80%  Ridge Soarings 10%  Sleddies 10% Rating 3 Altitude T∼LD 300m Distance TO∼LD 1,000m Site Comment  Landing (LD) Size 150m×200m Terrain Flat Rating 3 LD ASL 2m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Access LD∼TO 15 minutes by car  Cross Country Flight Allowed  Place of Interest There is Shiramine-ji Temple, one of 88 destination temples in Shikoku for Buddhist pilgrimage near the TO and Sakaide Health Center in 5 minutes' walk. Popular Sanuki Udon (noodle) is available as soon as you'd make landing (on rice field).  Others  Last updated 8/12/2003 Back to TOP PG  Site Name Wind Park Umpenji Flight Area  Description  Location Marui, Ohnohara-cho, Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa Prefecture  Access By Car 15 minutes from Ohnohara IC of Takamatsu Highway. By Train 20 minutes by car from Kan'nonji Station of JR Yosan Line.  Flying Season April-November  School Yes  Name of School ING Sky Sport  Bilingual Staff  Contact Name Wind Park Umpenji Address Umpenji Ropeway, Marui, Ohnohara-cho, Mityo-gun, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan 769-1615 TEL 0875-54-4968 FAX Email URL http://www.shikoku-cable.co.jp Check-in desk 10:00∼14:00  Visitor Rating JHF-P or IPPI ParaPro 4 or greater  Member's Fee  Visitor Fee JY1,000/day  Takeoff (TO) Name Umpenji Peak Park TO Direction N NE S SW W NW Terrain Slope Rating 2 Size 20m×40m TO ASL 920m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Condition of Flight Soaring Ratio Thermal Soarings 87%  Ridge Soarings 3%  Sleddies 10% Rating 4 Altitude T∼LD 670m Distance TO∼LD 2,600m Site Comment  Landing (LD) Size 100m×80m Terrain Flat Rating 4 LD ASL 250m GPS Coordinates Site Comment  Access LD∼TO 3 minutes' walk plus ropeway 7 minutes, total 10 minutes  Cross Country Flight Allowed  Place of Interest Restaurant is located right next to TO. In 5 minutes' walk from TO, there is Umpenji temple which is the 66th destination of the Buddhist pilgrimage of Shikoku 88 Temples for pilgrims from every corner of Japan.  Others  Last updated 8/12/2003 Back to TOP ｜ Back to Map and Prefecture List｜