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SnowJapan.Com SnowJapan 09/10
 
Snow Japan - the independent Japan winter sports guide and online ski & snowboard community. SnowJapan.TV relaunched

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** New for the 09/10 season
New real-time resort weather reporting - report and read the very latest weather conditions from resorts around Japan. Archives for each resort and by day are also available. 23 new detailed and user-friendly Town Maps are available as well as our new snowjapanmaps.com website. We have also introduced new and Zao Now and Rusutsu Now daily reports. Our new Photo uploading section allows you to easily upload any photo up to 8MB in size - the system will automatically resize. We have also re-launched our video clip website, SnowJapan.TV.

For full details of our site updates, please read this.

Snow Japan is the place to find and meet other like-minded skiers and snowboarders.
SNOW JAPAN FORUMS
Over 8050 members & 353,000 posts.
MEMBER PAGES ( 1632 )
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RESORT REVIEWS ( 1785 )
Japanese snow resorts reader reviews. Latest: Nozawa Onsen, Nagano
PLACES TO STAY
Accommodation near Japanese ski resorts:
Niseko Furano
Hakuba Rusutsu
Nozawa Shiga
Yuzawa Myoko
Minakami Iwate
Fukushima Yamagata
Aomori ALL
TOWN GUIDE
Popular Japan snow resort town guides:
Niseko Furano
Hakuba Yuzawa
Nozawa Shiga
Minakami  
TOWN MAPS
Detailed town maps of major ski & snowboard resort towns in Japan.
RESORTS MAPS
Over 600 maps pages showing the location of every Japanese snow resort
JOURNALS ( 1821 )
Read online Journals posted by Snow Japan readers.
PHOTOS ( 14098 )
Thousands of photos of Japanese snow resorts.
SNOWJAPAN.TV
Japan ski & snowboard videos - upload your vids!
FEATURE ARTICLES
"Working in Shiga Kogen" by Eunice Ng. Read here...

WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS
20 lift tickets in our current Giveaways. See Forums for details.

 
 

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CURRENT GIVEAWAYS ON SNOWJAPAN (19th Feb '10)
20 lift tickets
- 10 for Nozawa Onsen in Nagano and 10 for Yamagata Zao Onsen in Yamagata.

DAILY REPORT CENTER

NOW! CALENDAR
Access daily weather voting data from the Now! Calendar as well as our exclusive and independent individual Now daily reports from around Japan.
> Most Snowfall Chart
> Most New Snowfall Chart

NISEKO NOW! (Niseko, Hokkaido)
20th Mar 10, 09:13AM
Yesterday remained mostly fine until the evening when it started snowing lightly again. Temperatures remained quite mild though barely getting below..... (read)
FURANO NOW! (Furano, Hokkaido)
19th Mar 10, 09:16AM
It is looking like another great day out on the mountain. There is just a very gentle breeze at the moment...... (read)
HAKUBA NOW! (Hakuba, Nagano)
20th Mar 10, 09:00AM
What a change from yesterday! Yesterday people lucky to get out on the slopes were enjoying perhaps 20-25cm or so of..... (read)
SHIGA NOW! (Sk, Nagano)
20th Mar 10, 09:12AM
It's a vey mild - warm - morning in Shiga Kogen. Temperatures coming in from the different resort areas ranging from 5..... (read)
NOZAWA NOW! (Nozawa, Nagano)
20th Mar 10, 10:19AM
It's shaping up to be a nice warm sunny day here at Nozawa. It's already 7 degrees up the top of..... (read)
YUZAWA NOW! (Yuzawa, Niigata)
20th Mar 10, 09:01AM
And sunny it is. Blue skies all around and temperatures that feel like late April more than late March this..... (read)
NAEBA NOW! (Naeba, Niigata)
20th Mar 10, 09:08AM
It is a very warm and sunny start to the day here in Naeba. Very mild indeed with the thermometer..... (read)
MYOKO NOW! (Myoko, Niigata)
20th Mar 10, 09:10AM
Today is the day to come out and play; it's hot (not warm). It's sunny, no wind.... A great spring day...... (read)
MINAKAMI NOW! (Minakami, Gunma)
20th Mar 10, 07:19AM
It's a little chilly right now with some frost on the ground but the skies are blue and the sun is..... (read)
ZAO NOW! (Zao, Yamagata)
RUSUTSU NOW! (Rusutsu, Hokkaido)
 

Weather forecasts (updated multiple times daily) and snow depth information (updated once daily) can be found on the individual resort pages on SnowJapan. Please visit the Resorts section to access the resort pages.

 
READER PHOTO GALLERIES:
Yamagata Zao Onsen - 2009/10 Season
by ILoveZao
Vale Niseko
by cableitoh
Snow from around my area!
by snowdude00
Niseko/Sapporo 27/02
by brightrob
Nozawa. 8th.2.2010
by roscoe
 
 
 
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RESORT SPOTLIGHTS
Spotlight on some popular resorts in Japan:

Alpha Resort Tomamu
Alts Bandai
Appi Kogen
Dynaland
Furano
GALA Yuzawa
Hakuba Goryu
Hakuba Norikura Onsen
Hanazono Niseko
Inawashiro
Ishiuchi Maruyama
Iwappara
Joetsu Kokusai
Madarao Kogen
Marunuma Kogen
Minamiuonuma
Mount Naeba
Mt 6
NASPA Ski Garden
Nozawa Onsen
Okushiga Kogen
Otari Village
Rusutsu
Shiga Kogen
Sugadaira
Tazawako
White World Oze Iwakura
Yamagata Zao Onsen
Yuzawa Town
 
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