I'm an international student from Colorado currently studying at Waseda University. My winter break begins on December 23rd, and I've been dying to get up to the mountains! I'm looking for some help planning a short, cost-efficient snowboarding trip to a resort somewhere reasonably close to Tokyo. Here is my situation/my questions:
- I live in Tairamachi, a small town outside of Shibuya. I'm hoping to ski for two or three days. Is there any way that I'd be able to get to a resort and back to my house in a single day so as to defray the cost of finding a hotel/onsen? (I'm willing to do a couple of late nights/early mornings for some extended snowboarding time.) I'm not eligible to drive a car, so I'll have to rely on the train/bus system to get everywhere. I don't have any of my gear here, either, so I'll be needing to rent everything. Is it generally easiest/cheapest to rent from the resorts themselves? I'd prefer to go close to Tokyo so I don't have to rent a room, but if the best option is far away, I'll need some recommendations for cheap accomodations too.
I obviously have no idea what I'm doing here, but was hoping that I'd be able to get some good advice from this forum. Any suggestions for planning a trip would be greatly appreciated! Where should I go?! How should I get there?!
Questions from a student living in Tokyo... how do I plan my trip?
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Greetings!
I'm an international student from Colorado currently studying at Waseda University. My winter break begins on December 23rd, and I've been dying to get up to the mountains! I'm looking for some help planning a short, cost-efficient snowboarding trip to a resort somewhere reasonably close to Tokyo. Here is my situation/my questions:
- I live in Tairamachi, a small town outside of Shibuya. I'm hoping to ski for two or three days. Is there any way that I'd be able to get to a resort and back to my house in a single day so as to defray the cost of finding a hotel/onsen? (I'm willing to do a couple of late nights/early mornings for some extended snowboarding time.) I'm not eligible to drive a car, so I'll have to rely on the train/bus system to get everywhere. I don't have any of my gear here, either, so I'll be needing to rent everything. Is it generally easiest/cheapest to rent from the resorts themselves? I'd prefer to go close to Tokyo so I don't have to rent a room, but if the best option is far away, I'll need some recommendations for cheap accomodations too.
I obviously have no idea what I'm doing here, but was hoping that I'd be able to get some good advice from this forum. Any suggestions for planning a trip would be greatly appreciated! Where should I go?! How should I get there?!
Thanks!