Snow Harp is a cross country skiing venue located in Hakuba, Nagano

Hakuba, Nagano

is a village located in Kitaazumi District, Nagano, Japan.-Town:As of 2007, the village has an estimated population of 9,246 and a density of 50.71 persons per km². The total area is 182.34 km²....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. For the 1998 Winter Olympics

1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...

, the venue hosted the cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing competition results were as follows.-Men's events:-5 km classical:February 9, 1998-Combined 5 km + 10 km pursuit:-15 km classical:February 7, 1998-30 km freestyle:February 19, 1998...

 and the cross country skiing portion of the nordic combined

Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

-Individual:February 20, 1998-Team:February 14, 1998-References:*...

events.

Completed in 1994, test events were held in 1996. The venues consisted of three courses that were 4.8 km (3 mi), 4.8 km (3 mi), and 7.5 km (4.7 mi) in length, respectively. It hosted 12 events during the 1998 Games, the most of any venue.