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Hi Everyone, We're back from our skiing holiday. It was fun and we all enjoyed it very much. In fact, our daughter is planning her next trip already.... Here's just an update on our trip and hopefully will be of some use to people with kids travelling to Yuzawa. We stayed at NASPA New Otani from 22-26 of December. The hotel is about 5 mns bus ride from Yuzawa station. But, it will be difficult to walk with kids in tow. There wasn't much snow then and the hotel shuttled us to Kagura/Tashiro for skiing. Our package includes skiing kit but we have to get it at NASPA and bring it to

Thanks very much. The weather seems quite warm for this time of the year. Fingers crossed for snow.

If Tashiro gets crowded, is Naeba an option? I saw the report that they have 50cm snow at the base. What is the altitude at Naeba? easy reach by bus? any good for beginners? We are concerned about the lack of snow at Yuzawa next week when we will be there..........

Thanks everyone for the information. I am thoroughly impressed. As we are flying from the "tropical" HK, we will be renting skiing equipments when we get to Yuzawa. This may sound silly but will we be able to rent equipments at Tashiro instead of renting them at NASPA then carry over to Tashiro? p.s. Our daughter has her eyes on the sledge.

That's interesting. We came to HK 12 years ago, only beautiful moutains here but no chance of snow. Most of our friends from HK goes to Niseko for ski.I am praying for snow and hopefully we can have a snow fight in Yuzawa.

We will be staying at NASPA. Do you think that's possible to catch up some snow if we use the ropeway at the NASPA?

Sorry, I missed out the first msg. It was very helpful. Thanks again.

Thank you very much, that was instant. We're just clueless as what Kagura is like. High in the moutain or on the flat? Guess it must be high as the snow is 80cm currently. We'd like to find out how accessiable is Kagura from Yuzawa.

Hi, We planned our first ski trip to Echigo-Yuzawa just before Christmas. Currently there's no snow in Yuzawa and the nearest snow we can find is Kagura. The question is how do we go from Echigo-Yuzawa to Kagura? how far is Kagura from Yuzawa? any bus services? how long does it take? We have a 7 year old daughter and we're all beginners. Is Kagura good for beginners? Thanks in advance.

Thanks all for your info. Seems like a pretty quiet town. Will check out.

Hi We are going to stay at NASPA New Otani during Christmas. Is Yuzawa a town with many restaurants or mainly ski resorts? As it's Christmas time, we would like to stay away from hotel's standard offer and look for some local flavors. Thanks. HK