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thank you for your help guys. We booked 4 days at Zao. Since we have done that one before we know we liked it .... besides the long straight bits we actualy really enjoyed ourselves. Got a fantastic deal so that's that! Can't wait to get back up there!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!

thank you for your help guys. We booked 4 days at Zao. Since we have done that one before we know we liked it .... besides the long straight bits we actualy really enjoyed ourselves. Got a fantastic deal so that's that! Can't wait to get back up there!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!

Can anyone give me their opinion on deciding between a Hakuba trip or a Zao trip for the 28th of this month? Current snow quality, snowboarding ok, long runs is important to us. Thanks!

Hayamimi, what we enjoyed about Zao was the long run from the top of the mountain back down to the bottom. Also it felt very adventurous going up a lift, up another, over and down, up another, etc etc. Also the onsen town was very ski resort town-ish. I didn't know about Nozawa. I just checked out some of the websites about it though, thank you. Have you been to both Zao and Nozawa and how do they compare in your opinion?

Hello, we are looking for a place to go from March 28th-31st something similar to Zao. We initially wanted to go up to Hokkaido but can't get enough time off from work so looking for something that is closer in travel time door to door with still great snow depth and longer runs. We live down in Osaka. Looking or a great resort/mountain good for snowboarding. We did Zao back the beginning of January and had a great time. We'll go back to Zao most likely but I thought I would check here incase you guys have suggestions on another place (mountain/hotel/etc) that we should ask the travel agen