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rider69

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  1. One school in Hakuba Minami Sho has its own gelende and rope tow. The PTA grooms and runs the lift. The Teacher and the PTA teach skiing in PE class.

    KIta sho has a ski jump 20meters they teach ski jumping from grade 4. The school has ski days but not many. The different grades all go to different resorts to allow for balance. Same goes for the JHS the 3 grades go to 3 different resorts. The kids all can buy discounted passes from the local government. They are super cheap and cover every resort in town. Kids in kindie can apply to the local ski school for the local discount, 50% off all lessons at that age only. So a full day is 3000 yen a day. Remember that many of these kids go on to becoming part of the Ski school staff in the future so the ski school invests in this.

  2. How do the resorts divide the money. Answer electronic tickets. They show the use, or the percentage of how much a guest uses one companies lifts, over another companies lifts. I dont see why my answer was bad nor felt the need to explain how the system or systems work. I figure the reader would understand what an electronic ticket could and couldnt do.

  3. Seasons passes are what they are a way to get cash flow. Would I pay more for a pass yes. At what price I would protest I dont know. They dont give away passes here to locals I can tell you that. Local econmics have to be different and have to foster future growth in the sports which make the community money. You would laugh and some of the salaries here, we get time though lots more time. I aggree that many small places need to be closed but I dont think we are really talking about them. When I first skied in Japan in 1996 the price was pretty much what it is today. The lift lines were very long then very long. Skied at Naeba during the peak too that was quite crazy. Pretty much the same price.

     

    To put it this way Nozawa on a weekend has terrible lineups at the gondola. Would it be beter to make more per skier visit say modest 10% increase but and have the numbers drop down say by 5%? Would this make overall skier satisfaction better?

    How about Cortina the ski deal for pizza or lunch for 1000 yen plus ski rental discount and onsen for 3800 max total package has made cortina a huge hit with tree lovers. The place is packed mid week after a storm. Would it be better to charge 4500 yen for that deal and get less skiers but make more money?

     

    My budget is pretty fixed If ticket prices did rise I wouldnt stop skiing but would have to cut in other areas. Using my gear longer or really hunting down deals.

  4. Then there would be no locals to begin with and no resort to play on. As most people know who live in small towns you give up money to be able to play or have a life.

    Should pass prices rise sure if the resort raises prices then the pass price should go up. The idea of a seasons pass is to secure revenue before going into the season, so as not to bleed money right off the start. I want to see the resorts thrive and right now we are in a price war. See which resort can survive the longest. At the end of the day JA bank or whatever local bank is keeping these resorts afloat will have to make a choice. Dont think that Naeba for example cant close. Is that a good thing? Does that help that area. Are there serious flaws in the J-Resort model sure there are and there are many. Most of the flaws cant be even looked at untill there are major investments.

  5. No information on the ground here. Ticket prices need to go up not down. Japan has some of the cheapest skiing in the world.

    Bascially Tokyu owned the middle of the resort so they are the only lifts open for 4 seasons. This doesnt change the fact that

    Happo still has many share holders and the voting rights are the same from what I know. Dont expect much to change at least

    not now with 2 to 3 months to go before lifts may start.

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