Ski Japan Guide

None of them are actually online, but we will try to scan a few and put them up in the near future. There are a number of ways we promote Snow Japan, and this season we put more effort into promoting the site outside of Japan than we have in previous years and we seem to have got quite a good amount of publicity from it.... from in-flight airline magazines to ski/board magazines in the UK and Canada. And there has been some good publicity in a few prefectures here in Japan about the new Japanese site too. This will all be stepped up again in the run up to next season. T

...meaning some posts might have gone astray in the last half hour or so on the boards. We're working on it, hopefully back to normal soon,. Thanks

This thread is being closed, for fairly obvious reasons. Peace.

See the Previous Giveaways page - it depends on the resort and the arrangement we have with them....

powwwers We'll post some info on it in the next day or so.....

Glad to hear that joshnii. Very happy to hear they are actually handing them out! And no, they're not getting paid - just being very helpful it seems

Quote: are there any cheese shops/stalls at the resorts in Yuzawa then No. Quote: And how about that Cheese Forum? Er...we're seriously considering it.

Yes in the town, hopefully more up top - will know more later on/tomorrow morning...

Yes, about 20-25cm of new snow since this morning when I went out to my car 20 minutes ago. Good quality stuff too.....

1 entry for each review. We see this as a good way to give some nice prizes and at the same time encourage some more reader reviews which will ultimately make the site better for everyone....so do try to make the reviews as worthwhile as possible. Thanks for the input.

Quote: I should probably cut and paste this into a resort review ...Please do that deebee! Glad you had a good weekend...

The only real choices open to you right now are Kagura, Naeba, GALA, Kandatsu and Iwappara. The only place fully open is Kagura and that is probably your best bet if you are going tomorrow - in terms of snow and also choice of runs open. It shouldn't be too busy either. There isn't a huge amount of snow down at town level yet and apart from Kagura, the places mentioned above are all only part open. We haven't been out in Yuzawa yet, so this is all only going on what others have said and info from the resorts. Hope you have a good time out there...

Thanks. And sorry. But we need to pay those poor children, so direct some advertisers our way will ya?

Yes, the snow is coming down this morning

Damn, I thought you didn't notice that when you came here...

Good news for boarders wanting to try the place out - from this season it seems they are open to boarders. Hurrah! http://www.town.kusatsu.gunma.jp/ski/

....also the above can be found on this new Snow Japan site: Hakkouda features >>>>> http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-29.html http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-37.html Hakkouda page >>>>> http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resortdetail.php?resid=85 You can also search for reviews for the resort here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/voice/review.php Thanks

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Kagura is a good place, and seeing as though it's the only place with snow right now in Yuzawa (zero in the town) it's very popular especially at the weekends. We've had a lot of rain over the last few days, with some wet snow falling up tops, so not sure how good conditions will be. Reports from last week though were fairly positive.

sure do!

The Japanese site will go online tonight - still ironing out a few last issues before we put it out there! Thanks

Cheers mogski! Have a beer on us!

Scouser, your friend wasn't joking. Before the current Yuzawa Kogen ropeway, there used to be one starting at the same point but going up to a location a bit higher up the mountain to the left as you look from the town. The large restaurant and "station" can still be seen there, and the restaurant has suffered since the new ropeway was installed because people have to walk up a steep hill to get there now. The previous ropeway was much smaller than the one they have now, and when the current one was made Yuzawa were very happy to boast of their "biggest ropeway in the world" tag (it

Okutadami usually closes around mid-January until mid-March.....

For more details read this: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/shownow.php?town=Yuzawa%20Now%21