[Helmets - should be optional or mandatory?]

For everyones sake esp in a park should be mandatory, but otherwise optional. Maybe,

[Drunk on slopes]

Interesting.

 

Why would people want to be 'drinking and riding' anyway?

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As a family we will go 2 or 3 times in a season for a few nights each time.

 

Our children had a fine time, Fattwins - the younger one being looked after and playing and the 7 year old on his favorite course. The snow has always been great there for us.

 

Of course I don't know this, but I would take a guess that for a place like Arai a larger than normal % of their money will come from hotel guests rather than lift tickets. And families like us who want to stay in style in that kind of hotel and enjoy the restaurants as well as ski make up a good proportion of their business. Maybe the writer could let us in a bit on that?

 

Whatever is the case, we like the place and it suits our needs well!

[Christmas]

Christmas in Tokyo for us.

[SNOW JAPAN GIVEAWAY - 2night/3day holiday for two in Hokkaido]

Thats wonderful.

 

We went up to Club Med last season and it was wonderful. It would be nice to go again without paying this time

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Family of 4 skiers.

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Hello, this is my first post here after reading for about 2 years. I thought I'd take the plunge, and this topic seemed like a good one to start with.

 

My family and I live in Tokyo - myself, husband and 2 children (one 3 years old and the other 7 years). We went to ARAI last season and had a delightful time. We wanted a good family holiday at a place that had good snow for us, and was good for the children. We couldn't have asked for more.

 

The hotels are beautiful, the food great, the staff really helpful. It was a really nice experience. While it wasn't cheap, we didn't expect it to be - we wanted a special holiday experience and that's what we got. No complaints.

 

From our point of view the place was perfect for the kids - they have some really excellent childrens facilities there (better than anywhere else I have seen in Japan) and the snow and skiing was really good. They certainly get a lot of snow there.

 

We went on our second choice of weekend - our initial request was not possible because the hotels were all full. When we went it seemed full then too.

 

Anyway, just our experiences there. I think the resort is in many ways aimed at families like ourselves, and we were more than happy with it and will be going back this season.

 

Thanks

Christine