Ski Japan Guide

Matt Check out the other message we posted this morning - that info will be added to the Resort pages next week! Thanks for using the site.

Thanks for the comments on the Forum and all the mails that have come in after re-launch. Glad you like it. A lot more information to go up over the next few weeks so keep an eye on the NEWS page. Thanks Ski Japan Guide

Many thanks to all of you who have sent in comments and mails since our relaunch last night - we appreciate all your feedback! Please keep it coming... A few people have commented that the travel information for each resort (on the Resort pages) seems to have mysteriously disappeared on the new updated site.... Don't worry - the basic travel info is in our database and will be appearing on all Resort pages as of next week. Other things to look forward to include Resort maps on over 200 of the bigger ski resorts in Japan, and updated 2002 resort information - all to be added ove

Sorry folks.....the new site will be born very soon! We hope you like what we have done...... Ski Japan Guide

Thank you to Matt for sending this on: Cavagnoud raced in the season-opener giant slalom Reigning super-G ski champion Regine Cavagnoud has died in hospital, two dayss after a high-speed training crash. Cavagnoud suffered severe brain injuries when she collided with German ski coach Markus Anwander on an Austrian glacier on Monday. The 31-year-old had been in an induced coma and breathing only with the aid of a respirator since the accident. On Wednesday doctors took the decision to turn off her life support machine and she was surrounded by her family when she died.

Not long now. We hope to be up and running around 8pm tonight! Thanks Ski Japan Guide

test...don't worry, just one of the first stages of the transition! Ski Japan Guide

Final touches are now being put to the new site......we hope to relaunch tomorrow evening (Thurs). See you then!

Come back at the end of the week for all the new Nozawa info on the new site! See you then..... Ski Japan Guide

Thanks for posting. Come back next week (after the re-launch) and you will be able to easily search for that information using our new powerful search facilities. Not long to wait now! (Must get back to it!) Ski Japan Guide

Much more on Tohoku coming to Ski Japan Guide very soon. Next week (and beyond) actually! Hang in there.....

Nat It should be. We will just have to wait a bit longer to see how the weather shapes up. Thanks

Hi Nat On a normal year, not so good unfortunately. Usually it is just the Kagura top part of the resort complex at that time, with little or no snow at the Mitsumata part. But you never can tell around that time of year.....it can surprise you. Stay tuned to skijapanguide for snow info this winter!

Loch Ness We will be providing reports like we did last season on a daily basis. They are for the most part provided by our network of people around Japan who are based in those regions, and we check data from resorts as well. We hope that you feel you can trust the info you find on skijapanguide

Thanks for the comments, Wizz. Just like last year we are well busy right now with the new site. Loads of new info and features - if it all comes together in time! - and we hope you will like all the improvements. Must get back to it...........thanks Ski Japan Guide

Hi there Good to hear from you again. Yes, SJG HQ is in Yuzawa (near the station), now part of a web design company. SJG concept, independance etc etc remain exactly the same as before and always will. Just the site will get better and better! If you want to mail me, my address is andrew@skijapanguide.com. Thanks Andrew

Hi The Frog. Long time no see. Yes, as the season approaches our weather and snow reports will come alive and be updated on a daily basis! Look forward to that and the new site, online early November! Andrew

Sunday 23rd update Mount Fuji saw its first snow of the season this weekend, with 9cm of snow settling on the top of the mountain 9 days earlier than in an average year, and 5 days earlier than last year. Mount Hiuchi near Myoko in Niigata Prefecture also saw some 3cm of snow gracing its peak - the first snow of the year on that mountain arriving a huge 23 days earlier than in an average year! While the "real snow" is weeks away and the ski/snowboard season still months away for most resorts - can we take these as good signs for large snowfalls this season? We will have to wait and

Check the newly updated NEWS page for more info.......some time to go yet, but a good sight to see! Ski Japan Guide

If we're talking boarding in Nagano or Niigata and living in a place where you can just board, board, board easily - the choice has got to be either the Hakuba valley or Yuzawa for the widest range of options. Will write more soon.....good luck in your search.