Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink (Mori Transport Arena)

青森市 · Public skating times & prices

A circular indoor rink with a 250 metre speed track beside an international-size hockey sheet

Public skating at Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink (Mori Transport Arena): the next 7 days

Currently out of season The rink's page gives the 2026-27 ice skating season as 14 November 2026 to 31 January 2027, open weekdays 13:00-20:00 and weekends and holidays 10:00-20:00 (last entry an hour before closing), closed on Mondays; the November calendar is still being prepared. Official schedule update

Address
大字浜田字豊田地内, 青森市, 030-0843
Phone
+81 17 739 9500
Website
aomori-skate.com
The curved cream-coloured facade of Mori Transport Arena in Aomori under a blue sky, with the arena's logo banners on the wall and a crowd queueing outside. — Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink (Mori Transport Arena)
The curved cream-coloured facade of Mori Transport Arena in Aomori under a blue sky, with the arena's logo banners on the wall and a crowd queueing outside. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The ice inside the round steel-trussed hall of Mori Transport Arena, with a few skaters far out on the ice and a climbing wall at the left. — Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink (Mori Transport Arena)
The ice inside the round steel-trussed hall of Mori Transport Arena, with a few skaters far out on the ice and a climbing wall at the left. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

A round, snow-proof arena built for Tsugaru winters

The Aomori Prefectural Skating Rink, also known as Mori Transport Arena, was built so that people in the snowy Tsugaru region could enjoy sport and recreation through all four seasons. It is a round steel-and-concrete hall, described as the largest-span flat-roofed circular building in Japan's heavy-snow regions, with a 250 metre speed track, an international-size 60 by 30 metre hockey rink and 1,058 seats.

The roof is its signature: it is designed to carry 10,000 tonnes, the weight of 2 metres of snow plus the structure itself, using bridge technology with six arch-truss bridges, and the total cost was 4.47 billion yen. The wall facing the entrance hall is meant to suggest sunlight, tree rings and ripples spreading friendship.

Under the concrete floor lie 48 kilometres of pipe carrying cooled antifreeze, and the rink's ice-making capacity is likened to about 16,000 household refrigerators. In winter the hall is a skating rink; in summer it turns to in-line skating.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

Individual skating costs ¥610 for adults including university students, ¥330 for high school students, ¥220 for junior high school students and ¥110 for children up to primary school, per entry; groups of 20 or more pay less per head.

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Skates & rentals

Hire skates cost ¥340 a time (¥160 for school activities) and come in sizes 15 to 30 cm for figure and hockey skates in winter.

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Parking & arrival

The car park holds 350 cars.

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Accessibility

Holders of a physical disability, mental health or rehabilitation certificate and their carers are exempt from the usage fee on showing it.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.