[A Season in Japan]

This is a last minute decision (I was going back to North America) so there are a few "minor" details like Visa's I haven't looked into yet. Lol.

 

Yes it is this coming season and I will be travelling on a New Zealand Passport. I'm guessing that getting a work visa at this late stage is probably nigh on impossible - so a visitors visa it will be. Hopefully it's for longer than 90 days!

 

Looks like I'll be doing some emergency research at work today!

[This is beyond sick]

Holy sh*t, that was a crazy ride.

[A Season in Japan]

Hi all

 

I am planning to spend the 2006/07 season skiing in Japan and have been reading this excellent forum for ideas on where to ski, where to stay and other helpfull stuff. What I've managed to do is thoroughly confuse myself!

 

Anyways I decided I'd ask and see what happened.

 

A bit about where my sking is at: While I spent many years doing a few days skiing a year I finally got into it and I have spent the last two seasons skiing mainly Big White and Fernie in Canada. I've thoroughly got the bug , especially after all the pow Fernie (steep and deep) had on offer this last season. I heard that Japan had stupid amounts of pow so I thought I'd check it out.

 

I read the "Steep and Deep" thread with interest as I really enjoyed the Fernie conditions. However I guess if the snow is awesome you don't *have* to have steep...

 

I enjoy skiing off piste and am skiing on 2007 Salomon 1080 Guns. I have only done a limited amount of BC work, but would like to do more.

 

I have heard conflicting stories about how expensive it is to live and ski in Japan, I don't have a big budget so any advice on how to keep costs down would be apprecitated.

 

So for all you experts out there, if you were new to Japan, where would you go for a whole season's skiing and what are the things to do and the things to avoid!

 

Thanks

 

Mark