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i had worried that the whole house sharing option wasnt available, but no-one had told me it wasnt when i asked. alas i dont have a private room in methven either, but its all good. time wise... i dont mind being stuck there for a few months with nothing to do, cos i'll just work long hours and build up my money pot. Are there any boardercross comps gonna be on in the region or is it all going to be style comps? i guess i'll have to get a working visa, seems a shame to waste it though when i wont be working for a japanese company, for brits, we only get to apply once for a working holiday

i guess so, i'll have like a month and so, but i wanna buy pre season passes to save a few quid i think i'll prolly go with happo and 47, but i'll see what people say when i get to NZ in june, lots of japanese riders in methven

I guess my best bet is to just turn up and see what passes other people are buying for the season, hopefully i'll find a good house with some english speakers to live with. And hopefully for half the price of a hostel (snowbeds is around 60,000). I'm sure someone will be helpfull enough to translate public notice boards for me anyway I'll probably just go with hakuba47 anyway, though it sounds very busy from the reviews, but i wont be riding on the weekends anyway so it should be ok. But i plan to go wherever everyone else is going, dont wanna be a loner

Which 1 resort would you guys recomend me choosing to get a season pass for then? i dont really want to buy multiple season passes, bit expensive.

I see, they are all easy to get to from Hakuba? or are there other villages i should consider living in? its not really the kind of country where i just want to turn up and see whats going down i've been trawling the next for weeks and to be honest i havnt found much in the way of reviews and descriptions of the resorts, so figured a forum would be the best place to quiz people on the other hand, i'm more and more tempted to just go to the US cos japan is gonna be way harder for me alone.

Well i dont think mid october will be too early if i dont intend to stay in a backpackers. i want to rent a room in a house, much cheaper. Figured i need to get there early before all the rooms are taken, dont wanna be spending 50k yen a month on a shared room and the mountains in new zealand close mid oct, so theres no point staying around. I guess i can get a season pass for the shuttle bus? work wont be a problem anyway, so long as i have my internet connection my job here in the UK will be paying me to snowboard all day i'm still quite nervous about going to a non english

hey guys! I'm planning to go to Hakuba for next season, but i've never been before, whats the place like? how do you access the mountains(hakuba47) from the village/town? i figured japan would be an interesting place to do a season, so i shall be there from october anyone else do the season there? i'll be traveling alone alas