SnowJapan.Com Newsletter 30th January 2004 www.snowjapan.com - the ultimate guide to winter sports in japan

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Exciting news this week as we unveil a new section on Snow Japan.  For details on the new "Video Gallery", and news on Hakuba 47 lift ticket and Smith Goggles Giveaways on Snow Japan, check out the info below.  

IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
 Introducing the new Snow Japan Video Gallery - send in your vids!
 Win lift tickets for Hakuba 47 Resort in Nagano
Another special "Resort Review" Giveaway for February - win Smith Goggles
Feature - "Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Fire Festival"
Feature - "Giving It Away - (Spotlight on Gifu)" 

NEW - READER'S VIDEO GALLERY
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/gallery/index-vids.html
An exciting new addition to Snow Japan this week is a Reader's Video Gallery.  We're hoping that we can get a good selection of ski and snowboard videos up there - so send on any video files that you have and let everyone see you in action! There's already 9 fun vids up there, and there will be more by the end of today.... For details on how to submit video files, please see the above page online.

Also, some adventurous Snow Japan members are currently in the process of putting together a cool ski/board video.  Check out the thread below on the Forums for more details on what they're up to:
http://www.skijapanguide.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004604

WIN A LIFT TICKET FOR HAKUBA 47 RESORT
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/special.php
This week on Snow Japan, we have 10 one-day lift tickets for the Hakuba 47 resort in Nagano Prefecture to give away.  To enter, visit the online Specials page - link above.

RESORT REVIEWS - WIN SMITH GOGGLES
http://www.skijapanguide.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=004534
During the month of February we will also be running another Giveaway promotion - this time the prizes are 5 sets of Smith Goggles.  To enter this Giveaway, send in a Resort Review (and get it published online) during the month of February.  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.  

There are now nearly 1,000 snow resort Reader Reviews on Snow Japan.  Thanks for all the input.  Help us make that even more comprehensive by sending in reviews of resorts that you've been too - future readers will be very grateful!

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

"The Nozawa Dosojin Fire Festival" by Kat Laine (nekobi)
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-75.html
"Every January, the Nagano JET email list gets bombarded with talk about the craziest thing you’ll see in Japan- the Dosojin Fire Festival. Promises of snow, sake, and fire entice lots of Japanese and foreigners to the quaint ski village of Nozawa Onsen. This year was my third time to witness the annual event."
Click on the link above to read more.

"Giving It Away - Spotlight on Gifu" by Nick Kowal (Fattwins)
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-74.html
"While thinking of titles for this piece about the ski areas around the Gifu area I came up with these - Gifu why Gifu, Gifu why not Gifu, The secrets of Gifu. I just couldn’t find a title that I could build a story on. I decided I would focus on the resorts and the secrets I know best - Takasu Snow Park and Dynaland.  Canada has Whistler.  America has Mammoth.  These mountains are the freestyle hotbeds in North America. Japan has a freestyle hotbed too, the place where the young kids come out to see and be seen. Some people will argue the point - 47 has big jumps, Ontake has a great park, Naeba hosts killer events.... I’ve been to them all and Takasu still holds the number 1 spot by far in Japan."
Click on the link above to read more.

SNOW JAPAN FORUMS
http://www.skijapanguide.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi
Join in the fun with the Snow Japan forum message boards....

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