nathanq

Thankyou for that I'll definitely have a look Yes.. Never been skiing before. I am however the sporty type and can skateboard reasonably well so I imagine I should be able to pick it up pretty well some practice. At least I hope so!

Thankyou for the responses. Your right, its probably better to focus on autumn sightseeing. Is it possible to do daytrips to ski resorts from somewhere like Tokyo, Nikko or Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima etc? The only thing I wonder is whether toward the end of our trip (if it does snow early) or there are some reports of snow around we could always make a couple of daytrips to a nearby slope? Or would that be too hard/ not feasible. If it's an option I might book our last few days somewhere nearby (within a few hours train ride) of a resort which is known for a long season on the off chance

Hi there, my partner and I are travelling to japan in mid November- early December. We are planning on staying for 2 and a half weeks. Originally we hoped to work in a pleasant mix of sightseeing with a bit of skiing, but I've realized from reading around that I may have failed to do my research before booking flights, and that there will be no snow to ski in in late November/early December! So now I am torn as to what to do. Do we forget about skiing (that would be sad) and focus on sightseeing and autumn colours, or we we push our trip back a little and try and get some snow action?