Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I lived in Japan up until last year, but I am coming back to live next winter. I'm moving to Yokohama region, how close/far is this from half decent snowboarding areas?? Times by car/bus/train etc would be very helpful!! cheers Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Figure about 70-90 minutes from Tokyo Station to Yuzawa/Niigata area by Shinkansen. Tack on how long it will take you to get to Tokyo Station, that should give you a start. I'm sure other people can give better info on Gunma/Nagano resorts. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 From Yokohama to Tokyo station, takes about 25minutes. From Tokyo station, you can go to Niigata(Echigo-yuzawa 84min), Nagano(110min), Tohoku(Koriyama 89min) area by Shinkansen. There are many ski buses from Yokohama station. And if you want to fly to Hokkaido, You can get on airport limusine bus at YCAT(Yokohama City Air Terminal, East exit of Yokohama station). By car, it's very difficult to say where is the closest, it depends on the traffic. But you have to drive at least 3～4hours. Link to post Share on other sites
TeleSkier 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Big fan of the Yokohama Train Station with some must stops in the near vicinity. 1. That cream puff place - Piping Hot Cream Puffs. Always have to pull over for that when I go to Yokohama. 2. New one is the Tokyo Soup Stop I think. Big fan of the pumpkin soup. 3. As always - Starbucks. The drive from Yokohama to Nagano (Hakuba Valley) will be about 4-4.5 hrs with no snow. Pretty good drive from there. Train sounds much better. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 1. Would that be Beard Papa?! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 I think so. TeleSkier, "Gerald Mulot" in Takashimaya is very good. (This patisserie in Paris is so pretty!) You should try! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Don't listen to them TB, that Bearded Papa stinks of cream and costs millions of calories. Stick to the bar at the station. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 hahaha wow Thursday this was an old thread!! When i saw it I wondered what exactly I'd written!! BTW Beard Papa's cream puffs are awesome, if only they'd cover them in some melted choclate Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 So was Snowjapan helpful, then Tubby? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Yokohama to ieba china town ..... great eats down there mate. where abouts in Yokohama area you looking at? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 haha yeah Ger, VERY handy. Jynxx, the original post was from 2004. Thursday just likes to trawl up ancient posts....I live in Japan now Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 No wonder he has 10000 posts in 3 years... that's ten-a-day ! maybe he should change his name to that .. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver haha yeah Ger, VERY handy. Jynxx, the original post was from 2004. Thursday just likes to trawl up ancient posts....I live in Japan now I was genuinely worried that you didn't get the good info. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 thanks Thurs! Link to post Share on other sites
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