Kutchan Passabout 249 m
Kutchan Town and Kyowa Town, Hokkaido ・ 倶知安峠（くっちゃんとうげ）
Around Kutchan Pass3D view built from GSI elevation data and recent aerial imagery. The orange line is Route 5 (white dashes are tunnels). Use the buttons at top left to view from the north, east, south or west, or drag to rotate. On phones, move two fingers up or down to tilt, and pinch to zoom.
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GSI Tiles (elevation tiles, seamless aerial photos), processed by this site. Road lines: © OpenStreetMap contributors.Data sources: Landsat8画像（GSI,TSIC,GEO Grid/AIST）, Landsat8画像（courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey）, 海底地形（GEBCO）。
Check if the road is open
Closures and road conditions change by the hour. Check official road information before you set off. These sites are in Japanese; your browser's translation feature helps.
- Road closuresHokkaido Regional Development Bureau (in Japanese)
- Road camerasMLIT road information system (in Japanese)
Kutchan Pass is in a "preventive closure section": when exceptionally heavy snow or a blizzard is forecast, the national government closes the road in advance. The section is 5.6 km long (MLIT list, in Japanese).
Pass data
- Elevation
- about 249 m#28 of 31 by heightHighest point of the road near the pass (excluding tunnels and bridges) in GSI elevation tiles (10 m mesh).
- Road
- National Route 5
- Location
- Kutchan Town and Kyowa Town, HokkaidoMunicipalities of the pass and within 300 m of it (GSI reverse geocoder).
- Preventive closure in heavy snow
- Yes (5.6 km section)
The pass is placed on the road at the point nearest to its name label on GSI Maps. Checked: 2026-11-03
This page is not a driving guide. In winter, weather and road surfaces on mountain passes change quickly. Check the latest road and weather information, and do not push on in bad conditions.
Weather at Kutchan Pass
Sunrise and sunset
Today's times (Japan time) calculated for the pass's latitude and longitude against a sea-level horizon. Surrounded by mountains, the pass gets sunlight later and loses it earlier than these times.
Japan Meteorological Agency pages
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Straight-line distances from the pass.