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Looks like i'll still have to go to nagano for transfer. Anyway thanks a lot for your info!

Hi there! Can anyone tell me whether is there any direct bus to jigokudani from hakuba or the only choice is to transfer at nagano station? It'll be my first time to visit nagano and i had already settled the transportation to hakuba but have not make transport arrangement to jigokudani. Can anyone advise me?

Ok if i'm coming from tokyo then it'll be better for me to go hakuba follow by SK or N then matsumoto before returning back to tokyo? Is the route ok?

Thanks for the site. But it seems that there's no ryokan in SK and only 2 in N from the site. And should i go to hakuba first?

Hi everyone, i'm supposed to arrange for my family of 8 who's coming over to tokyo in dec for holiday and i was planning to bring them to places with snow. I've read thru some of the posts and it seems that niigata and nagano is quite near to tokyo. I know that we are supposed to get the JR east rail pass so that it'll be easier for us. But all of us have nvr been to both place and i was thinking that maybe we'll go to nagano but accomdation i'll prefer to stay for 2 nites in a chalet or a self contained house and 1 nite in a japanese ryokan with outdoor onsen. After that i thought that we cou