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Hey everyone! It looks like we've decided on Hakuba for late March next year before heading down to Kyoto and Kyushu The resort we're possibly visiting is Happo-one which I read is more geared towards intermediate/advanced but I figure there should be some beginner terrain available. Thanks again for all the advice, I look forward to planning our visit on these forums closer to the time

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Thanks again everyone - I think we'll stick with April for our visit so we'll do some more research on the Honshu ski resorts as they cater for our needs without us having to travel too far out of the way. TBH I can't be bothered wasting time travelling up to Niseko if there are perfectly good places in Honshu! We can keep Niseko for a more ski focused trip. I spent 5 days in Tokyo last November and it was ace - can't wait to visit again, bring on the karaoke! We were initially going to fly into Osaka as the majority of the trip is based south of Kyoto however if skiing is on the cards

Thanks SJ - that reviews link is really useful

Wow! You've given me lots to think about.... I agree that given our route that a Honshu resort is better suited to us - it would save us 2 full days travel - Tokyo > Sapporo > Niseko, then Niseko > Sapporo > Kyoto). I suppose I have to consider what is more important - the skiing or the time of our visit. We chose April as it gives us a good amount of time to save up plus we are interested in cherry blossom viewing. I've been looking on this site at Shiga Kogen, Hakuba (Hakuba 47 and Goryu) and Kagura - all seem good. Any thoughts on these resorts at all?

Thanks again everyone! I followed up with the tour company who said that Hakuba wouldn't be as good as Niseko in April I like to go somewhere with guaranteed good conditions at end of March/beg April as I'd hate to lug my stuff over there and find out the skiing is rubbish! I imagine it's going be risky going late into the season Thursday - initially we were going to fly into KIX, however now that Hokkaido is on the cards, we're thinking to fly in and out of NRT and hang out for a couple of days in Tokyo.

Thank you, I'll certainly look at the Hakuba region.

Thanks for your reply! We would be out of Niseko by 4/5th April depending on the dates we fly out so hopefully we wouldn't be affected by lack of shuttle bus etc. We were recommended Niseko by our tour operator due to its long season however as I mentioned before, we are ski-ing novices so are not familiar with other resorts in Japan which suit our needs. Our trip is actually focused on Kyoto and Kyushu so we'd be taking an internal flight from Haneda to Sapporo for ski-ing. Could you recommend resorts on Honshu which would still have good ski-ing in April? This would be the b

Hi everyone I've just joined this forum today and was hoping I could get some advice.... Here's the background - we visited Japan last November and absolutely loved it so are planning another trip next April (saving like mad to afford it!). We also wanted to go on ski-ing next year however can't afford 2 separate holidays and that got us thinking about tagging an extra few days at the start of the holiday to fly up to Niseko and do some ski-ing. We are beginners at ski-ing so wanted to know: a) Is end March/beg April a good/bad/ugly time to go ski-ing in Niseko (in p