[Transport around hakuba]

First of all sorry if this info is easy to find. I'm posting this from my phone so searching isn't easy.

 

I'm staying at goryu at the moment and am trying to find a non-confusing English language bus timetable for getting around this joint. Especially to and from Happo One. Has anyone seen one?

 

Thanks.

[How long have you been skiing or snowboarding?]

I used to ski as a little kid at Falls Creek then my dad got us more heavily into surfing and windsurfing and I didn't make it back to the snow for 20 years. I first tried snowboarding for a couple of days at Mt Buller in 2006 and was hooked immediately. Coming at it from a surfing, windsurfing and skateboarding background it feels so much more natural to me than skiing.

 

I had 10 days in NZ at the start of the 2007 season and broke my wrist on the last day which made me miss most of the rest of the Aussie winter. In 2008 I did maybe half a dozen day trips to Buller and a week long trip to Mt Hotham. By this time next week I'll be in Tokyo before heading to Niseko and Hakuba for 3 weeks. That will almost double my boarding experience in one trip. I can't wait.

[Travel Advice]

JAL and ANA both offer cheap domestic flights for foreigners. The JAL one is called a Welcome to Japan pass I think. It works out at around 13-14000 yen for each flight for that one. There is a slightly cheaper version if your international flights are through an Airline that is part of Oneworld.

[When do you go??]

Niseko Feb 8 - 15 and Hakuba Feb 17 - 26. I can't wait.