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Quote: Originally posted by WantToSki: Quote: Originally posted by Ryo: WantToSki, Well, same here, I plan to take the first shinkansen out of tokyo to echigo yuzawa and from there hopefully I will find the bus to kagura! If you will notice a short guy with black hair and a board on his back! cest moi! Come to say hi! Cheers mate! just got back from Kagura... still enough snow to enjoy, however, hhhhmmm... i didnt find it as exciting as other ski resorts ive been to (ie., Happo). regardless,... were you one of those that got a free lift from a Japanese ojisan in his sm

WantToSki, Well, same here, I plan to take the first shinkansen out of tokyo to echigo yuzawa and from there hopefully I will find the bus to kagura! If you will notice a short guy with black hair and a board on his back! cest moi! Come to say hi! Cheers mate!

Thanks a lot mates. Thanks to you I will get so spend another day at Kagura this weekend!

Hi All, Now that the winter is over and we are at April already most of the buses services at Yuzawa station are not working anymore (for ex, I visited to iwappara last weekend and there were no buses anymore, I had to take a cab). I was wondering if anyone knows how can I get to Mitsumata Kagura from Yuzawa station assuming I arrive by a shinkansen on a Saturday. I tried to look it up on the english website without too much luck (well, also english is not my native lang). If anyone happens to know, I will appreciate it! Thanks.

Quote: Originally posted by rigor mortis: if youve got a japanese friend, get them to search for the package deals on the net. no doubt you can find some cheap deals then. or unless ofcourse your japanese is down. however golden week prices will rip your undies pretty seriously. personally we are heading to Okutadami Maruyama - its in niigata prefecture, 3 hours from tokyo maybe. its pretty fun, heaps of snow, but very few facilities. not much accomodation right at the mountain, but if you got a car its sweet. Thanks for the reply mate. Well, I dont have a car this is why I visits Yuza

Hi Mates, I would like to go to do some haru-ski during golden week. I was thinking to go to Hokkaido. I was wondering if someone can recommend a good ski resort at Hokkaido (please excuse my ignorance but I have never been to hokkaido for ski so i really have no clues). also, I heard it is better to get a ski package rather buying everything separately. Anyone knows any good travel agency (that well .. maybe they can speak english or ..spanish). Cheers , R. PS. I forgot to mention that if someone think there is a better place to go to do some snowboarding du

Hi Mates! I am new to the forum and to the snowboard world. Just started 2 months ago but I am completely hooked. I know I should have asked prior for my purchase but I bought myself a cheap beginners set, I was wondering if you think it was a good decision or I should have bought a more quality set from the beginning? Anyhow, in the past two months I have been going nearly every weekend to snowboard and especially at Yuzawa as it is quite reachable from Tokyo (few times went with my colleagues with their cars but most of the time the shinkansen). I am planning to take two days