MeekaNik

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and input - I think I will look into snowshoeing in Nozawa & Myoko and maybe a bit of snowmobiling in Shiga as well as day trips.

Izakaya Kaz at the Pub is fantastic, for okonomiyaki try Canada Tei over Goryu way - brilliant, also really love Zen. There are no shortage of great places to eat around Hakuba - enjoy

Hi Firstly this is my first post to SnowJapan but I have been using this site for quite some time and have always found it a great source of information regarding skiing in Japan so thanks for all the past info I have gleaned. 3 weeks ago I injured my knee skiing at Mt Hotham - partial tears to MCL and LCL with a suspected complete tear to ACL. I am currently in a immobilising splint for 6 weeks (3 down 3 to go) with physio and surgery (more than likely) to come. Unfortunately my husband and I are already booked to go to Japan in January 2013 for 3 weeks - 1 week Nozawa Onsen, 1 week