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  1. Hi guys

     

    we are looking at staying either at Resort Inn Alpu in Happo or Gallery Lodge in Wadano as we are on a tight budget. We are two western families of four with teenage kids.

     

    I was told to be careful not to end up in a lodge that is full of smokers or young partiers. We used to party ourselves but now need our apres sleep! Anyone know what Alpu and Gallery are like and whether they would suit our needs?

  2. Sounds like Shiga is a huge area. We head there in January for the first time

     

    Where is best spot to stay for family of four that are all intermediate to advanced skiers. We dont need nightlife, just closeness to the best skilifts for long challenging runs

     

    It seems that the main areas are Ichinose and Giant??

     

    We looked at Sunroute, Prince, Alpenburg and Shirakabaso Hotels but hard to get a decent comparison from their websites

     

    thanks for any input

     

    Tess

  3. We stayed at Happo in Morino Lodge three years ago and both the skiing and the accommodation were great

     

    From memory the best uninterrupted long intermediate runs were on Happo,the runs on Goryu were shorter and had more flat bits in between the intermediate sections. Also on 47 it was great but we had to dodge the snowboarders. Am I remembering correctly?

     

    This year we have friends coming who have suggested staying at Goryu because they found cheap accommodation there, but it would mean eating out every night.

     

    So two questions:

     

    Which is the better skiing for intermediates to advanced. Goryu, 47 or Happo?

     

    Is there much in the way of restaurants and easy transport to other resorts at Goryu compared to Happo/Wadano or is it pretty isolated?

  4. We are staying in Happo/Wadano and the pub does a great Japanese pancake Okonomi. Happo and Hakuba 47 favourite mountains, former better fro skiers, latter great back country fro snowboarders (from what I ahve been told I sk).

     

    Have also heard that Uncle Stevens Mexican and Hie Japanese in Echoland are great restaurants. The bars in Echoland are good too from what we hear

     

    Have a great time

  5. sorry, forgot to take the camera again!! took lots of video cam though so if I can figure out how to load this up on the site, will do that instead....otherwise today...promise, photoes coming! Now about 7.30am, beautiful blue sky and now that the weekend is over, should be the mountain all ours again. By Aussie standards, there are no crowds at all, even on the weekend. No queues at the lifts, just ski straight on. \the slopes got a bit crowded yesterday but nothing compared to Ausralia and thur/fri were dead quiet so looking forward to another day of deserted slopes today now that the weekend is over

  6. no Tim Tams here either so we brought our own!...but you can buy Milo in the Justgo supermarket at Hakuba Village! And try the Italian Hot Chocolate at the Virgin Cafe at Happo One if you ski there...it is too die for!

     

    We had no probs just getting on the bus and paying the driver from Nagano to Hak, I am sure same would apply for the Shig bus. Also had no prob buying anything on credit card but have not tried accessing cash from ATMs

  7. We just drove from Narita to Hakuba and whilst the maps seem easy enough to follow and signs are in English I would not do it without a gps in the car as there is no way we would have picked all the turn offs that are not clear on the maps without it! And believe me, the jungle of traffic getting out of Tokyo ven when you are just trying to use the ring roads leaves little time to dither about which lane to choose! But with the gps it was a breeze! Cost about 8200 yen in tolls. See tolls or electronic tag post from a couple of weeks back and Narita to Shiga, are we mad post

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