Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink

盛岡市 · Public skating times & prices

Three outdoor ice rinks run by the Iwate Sports Promotion Foundation, open from November to March

Public skating at Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink: the next 7 days

Currently out of season The foundation's page still shows last season (1 November 2025 to 1 March 2026) and gives the usual window as November to March. The 2026/27 opening date is not posted yet. Official schedule update

Address
みたけ5-9-1, 盛岡市, 020-0122
Phone
+81 19 641 1530
Website
iwate-sposhin.jp
The open-air Iwate Prefectural skating rink in Morioka under a grey sky, with the long covered grandstand behind the ice. — Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink
The open-air Iwate Prefectural skating rink in Morioka under a grey sky, with the long covered grandstand behind the ice. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The outdoor ice of the Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink under a grey winter sky, with the covered grandstand along one side and three skaters far off. — Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink
The outdoor ice of the Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink under a grey winter sky, with the covered grandstand along one side and three skaters far off. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Morioka's prefectural outdoor skating rink, built in 1972 with a 400 metre speed oval

The Iwate Prefectural Skating Rink in Morioka was completed in November 1972 on a site of about 34,700 square metres. It is an outdoor complex with a 400 metre speed-skating oval, 15 metres wide, and separate ice hockey and figure-skating rinks of 60 by 29 metres each.

A refrigeration plant of four turbo chillers freezes the three sheets through buried pipes, laid as a direct system for the speed oval and as hairpin loops for the hockey and figure rinks, and the stands seat 1,600 people. Drinks are sold from vending machines in the rest rooms.

The rink is open from November to March and is closed on Mondays, 31 December and 1 January. In 2024 the opening was put off because record heat delayed the ice-making, so the season start is announced year by year.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

A single visit costs ¥170 for elementary and junior high school students, ¥520 for high school students and other students, and ¥740 for general admission.

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Skates & rentals

Hire skates cost ¥610, ¥450 or ¥140 a time by age group, and lockers ¥100.

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Skating with children

Small children below school age skate free of charge, though hire skates are not free.

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Parking & arrival

The rink has a car park for 290 cars.

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Accessibility

People with disabilities and their carers are admitted free on showing the certificate at the ticket office.

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