SnowJapan.Com Newsletter 16th January 2004 www.snowjapan.com - the ultimate guide to winter sports in japan

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We hope you had a good New Year and got lots of snow action out there....we're already in the middle of January (can someone slow the clock down please?) and this week has seen lots of new snowfall in many mountain regions - so conditions this coming weekend should be excellent.  Enjoy!

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
 Win lift tickets for Joetsu Kokusai Resort in Niigata;
Special "Resort Review" Giveaway - win tickets for Hakuba;
New Snow Depth listings;
New Features 

WIN A LIFT TICKET FOR JOETSU KOKUSAI RESORT
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/special.php
This week on Snow Japan, we have 10 one-day lift tickets for the Joetsu Kokusai resort in Shiozawa, Niigata Prefecture to give away.  To enter, visit the online Specials page - link above.

WIN A LIFT TICKET FOR HAPPO/TSUGAIKE/IWATAKE
http://www.skijapanguide.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004534
This week we are also running a second Giveaway promotion - this time the prizes are 10 one-day lift tickets for the Happo / Tsugaike Kogen / Iwatake resorts in Hakuba (Nagano Prefecture.)  To enter, send in a Resort Review between January 16th and January 31st 2004.  For each valid Resort Review that you submit as a logged-in Snow Japan Insider, one entry into the draw will be made.  Please click on the link above for full details on how to enter.

NEW SNOW DEPTH DAILY LISTINGS
Recently we have added some new pages to our Daily Reports section that we hope will be of interest....

CURRENT NEW SNOW DEPTH CHART:
This chart shows you the current snow depths at Japanese resorts - showing the resort with the most snow at the top of the list.  Check out the page following the link below:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsSnowDepth.php

"NEW SNOW SINCE LAST UPDATE" CHART:
This chart displays a list of the resorts in Japan, but this time they are sorted by the change in the depth of snow at the resorts since the previous update to the database - so the resort that has got the largest positive increase in new snow goes at the top of the list!
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/A_TO_Z_ResortsComYesterday.php

Both pages show the current data in our database - which is updated daily.  We hope you find this new additions to be useful.

FEATURES
Features Index:
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/index.html

"How was it for you, Hakuba (2002/3 Season)"
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-73.html
"In this report, we present the statistics from some of the main resorts in the Hakuba region of Nagano Prefecture. As can be seen from the numbers, some of the resorts in the region saw a healthy increase in numbers from the previous season, while most of the other resorts kept a fairly steady number of guests. The statistics are from November 2002 until May 2003, provided by Hakuba Village."
Click on the link above to read more.

"Niigata Stats - Part 4"
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-72.html
"This time we take a look at the percentage of skiers and snowboarders at resorts in Niigata Prefecture during the 2002/2003 season. How did the numbers pan out for the season? Click on the link to the right to view them..."
Click on the link above to read more.

Look out for an article on resorts in Gifu by Fattwins - coming soon....

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