big-will 7 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 OK so the Resort Rankings thing that SJ introduced last month is really interesting and there's a lot of ways you can manipulate the data (try the search on the right hand side of the page and sorting all the different pages). Here's the page if you haven't seen it: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort-rankings.php You can vote for a resort here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/japan-snow-resort-vote.php Anyway, I'm going to take on the job of keeping a regular eye on the Top 20. Lets see how it changes over time as more votes are cast. Here it is as of today, 10th Dec 07 (the number in brackers is the average general score): 1 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano): 85 (12 votes) 2 Happo-one (Nagano): 82 (31 votes) 82 3 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido): 82 (78 votes) 4 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu): 81 (14 votes) 5 Tsugaike Kogen (Nagano): 81 (4 votes) 6 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS): (Nagano) 81 (4 votes) 7 Rusutsu Resort (Hokkaido): 81 (14 votes) 8 Tazawako (Akita): 80 (1 votes) 9 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata): 80 (6 votes) 10 Ski Jam Katsuyama (Fukui): 80 (1 votes) 11 Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama (Nagano): 80 (2 votes) 12 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano): 80 (2 votes) 13 Mondeus Hidakuraiyama Snow Park (Gifu): 80 (3 votes) 14 Kagura (Niigata): 79 (24 votes) 15 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata): 79 (7 votes) 16 Kiroro Snow World (Hokkaido): 78 (5 votes) 17 Minakami Houdaigi (Gunma): 78 (6 votes) 18 Appi Kogen (Iwate): 78 (7 votes) 19 Chokai-Kogen Yashima (Akita): 77 (2 votes) 20 Meihou (Gifu): 77 (13 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Good idea big-will. There should also be a cheese-friendly resort ranking. Perhaps sj can implement that next time? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 13, 2007 Author Share Posted December 13, 2007 Niseko steals the top spot from Nozawa 13th December 2007: 1 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 83 (86 votes) 2 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 82 (15 votes) 3 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 82 (18 votes) 4 Rusutsu Resort (Hokkaido) 82 (16 votes) 5 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 81 (7 votes) 6 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 81 (8 votes) 7 Tsugaike Kogen (Nagano) 81 (7 votes) 8 Marunuma Kogen (Gunma) 80 (1 votes) 9 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 80 (2 votes) 10 Happo-one (Nagano) 80 (39 votes) 11 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 80 (5 votes) 12 Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama (Nagano) 80 (2 votes) 13 Tazawako (Akita) 80 (1 votes) 14 Kagura (Niigata) 79 (26 votes) 15 Kiroro Snow World (Hokkaido) 78 (5 votes) 16 Kawaba (Gunma) 78 (1 votes) 17 Appi Kogen (Iwate) 78 (7 votes) 18 Minakami Houdaigi (Gunma) 78 (6 votes) 19 Meihou (Gifu) 77 (13 votes) 20 Akakura Onsen (Niigata) 77 (4 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 that's more like it. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 there are some wacked results there... Niseko #1 is cool, great place but Takasu? Okushiga? Marunuma? Compared with the other resorts C'mon, gimme a break, thats a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Everyone has different opinions. Such results in something like this are going to happen, especially near the beginning when it is just started. But the resorts that are generally popular will rise to the top over time. (And.... personally I think Okushiga & Yakebitaiyam are fantastic places. Some of the best snow I have expeirenced there). Have you actually voted for all of the resorts that you have been to, CB? If you haven't, then perhaps you should go over there and vote don't you think? (You know, to make it less of a joke). (I see Takasu and Marunuma have already been knocked down) Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Here is the list as of 19th Dec 07 1 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 83 (19 votes) 2 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 80 (5 votes) 3 Happo-one (Nagano) 80 (47 votes) 78 4 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 75 (170 votes) 5 Shizukuishi (Iwate) 74 (4 votes) 6 Kagura (Niigata) 74 (30 votes) 7 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 74 (12 votes) 8 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 74 (10 votes) 9 Hakkoda (Aomori) 74 (23 votes) 10 Naeba (Niigata) 74 (20 votes) 11 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 73 (11 votes) 12 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 13 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 73 (21 votes) 14 Hakuba Cortina Kokusai (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 15 Shiga Kogen Ichinose Family (Nagano) 72 (4 votes) 16 Alts Bandai (Fukushima) 72 (4 votes) 17 Hakuba Iwatake (Nagano) 72 (2 votes) 18 Madarao Kogen (Nagano) 71 (3 votes) 19 Tsugaike Kogen (Nagano) 71 (14 votes) 20 NASPA Ski Garden (Niigata) Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Niseko sure is popular, re: number of votes. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 And lets hope it stays like that, we don't want traffic start coming Souther. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 no, traffic going that way would devastate the economy Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Here are the rankings, as of 11th Jan 08 1 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 80 (24 votes) 2 Happo-one (Nagano) 79 (56 votes) 3 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 78 (6 votes) 4 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 76 (14 votes) 5 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 76 (187 votes) 6 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 76 (15 votes) 7 Naeba (Niigata) 75 (23 votes) 8 Appi Kogen (Iwate) 74 (9 votes) 9 Furano (Hokkaido) 74 (12 votes) 10 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 74 (27 votes) 11 Hakuba Goryu (Nagano) 74 (10 votes) 12 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 74 (12 votes) 13 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 14 Hakkoda (Aomori) 72 (30 votes) 15 Alts Bandai (Fukushima) 72 (4 votes) 16 Niseko Annupuri Kokusai (Hokkaido) 72 (10 votes) 17 Kagura (Niigata) 72 (38 votes) 18 GALA Yuzawa (Niigata) 71 (7 votes) 19 Mount Racey (Hokkaido) 71 (3 votes) 20 Asahidake (Hokkaido) 71 (6 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
Ewok 2 1 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 3 Shiga Kogen Would be nice if have a chance to go up there this winter. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Latest rankings, as of 26th January 08 http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort-rankings.php 1 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 80 (27 votes) 2 Happo-one (Nagano) 79 (57 votes) 3 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 78 (17 votes) 4 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 78 (6 votes) 5 Appi Kogen (Iwate) 77 (11 votes) 6 Furano (Hokkaido) 77 (15 votes) 7 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 77 (22 votes) 8 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 76 (200 votes) 9 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 75 (28 votes) 10 Hakuba Goryu (Nagano) 75 (12 votes) 11 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 75 (13 votes) 12 Hachi Kogen (Hyogo) 75 (1 votes) 13 Naeba (Niigata) 74 (24 votes) 14 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 15 Alts Bandai (Fukushima) 72 (4 votes) 16 Madarao Kogen (Nagano) 72 (6 votes) 17 Niseko Annupuri Kokusai (Hokkaido) 72 (10 votes) 18 Kagura (Niigata) 72 (41 votes) 19 Tsugaike Kogen (Nagano) 71 (14 votes) 20 GALA Yuzawa (Niigata) 71 (7 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's all very exciting isn't it. Looks like the usual suspects will be long-termers here, with others dropping off as more votes are cast. It will be interesting to see how it looks in a years time./ Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Latest rankings, as of 4th February 08 1 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 81 (11 votes) 2 Happo-one (Nagano) 80 (63 votes) 3 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 79 (18 votes) 4 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 79 (28 votes) 5 Furano (Hokkaido) 77 (15 votes) 6 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 77 (15 votes) 7 Hakuba Goryu (Nagano) 77 (16 votes) 8 Sapporo Teine (Hokkaido) 77 (4 votes) 9 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 77 (208 votes) 10 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 77 (25 votes) 11 Naeba (Niigata) 75 (27 votes) 12 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 13 Ishiuchi Maruyama (Niigata) 73 (6 votes) 14 Hakkoda (Aomori) 73 (36 votes) 15 Kagura (Niigata) 73 (43 votes) 16 Niseko Annupuri Kokusai (Hokkaido) 73 (11 votes) 17 Ajigasawa (Aomori) 73 (6 votes) 18 Alts Bandai (Fukushima) 72 (4 votes) 19 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 72 (30 votes) 20 Madarao Kogen (Nagano) 72 (6 votes) Sortable rankings here http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort-rankings.php Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 It is interesting to sort those numbers by the number of votes. Can't do a link, but you can do that on the pages. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 Here's the latest, 16th February 08 1 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 82 (14 votes) 2 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 79 (19 votes) 3 Happo-one (Nagano) 79 (68 votes) 4 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 79 (32 votes) 5 Furano (Hokkaido) 78 (16 votes) 6 Hakuba Goryu (Nagano) 77 (16 votes) 7 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 77 (26 votes) 8 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 77 (16 votes) 9 Rusutsu Resort (Hokkaido) 77 (47 votes) 10 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 77 (215 votes) 11 Sapporo Teine (Hokkaido) 76 (5 votes) 12 Naeba (Niigata) 75 (30 votes) 13 Ajigasawa (Aomori) 73 (6 votes) 14 Ishiuchi Maruyama (Niigata) 73 (6 votes) 15 Kagura (Niigata) 73 (44 votes) 16 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 17 Niseko Annupuri Kokusai (Hokkaido) 73 (11 votes) 18 Hakkoda (Aomori) 72 (37 votes) 19 Takasu Snow Park (Gifu) 72 (30 votes) 20 Madarao Kogen (Nagano) 72 (6 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Myoko is always in there. Quietly popular. Nice place. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 TB seemed to like it. On the (our) list. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Just voted for Iwappara. It's really good for beginners but lacking for me. There's just not enough to play with. Next door Maiko is much better I reckon. Actually, muikabochi up there today (and using his computer now!) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 if you order by the number of votes. there'd be no contest. Link to post Share on other sites
boardbaka 3 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I see Takasu (in Gifu) was in one of the lists- that is where the world cup snowboarding is this weekend I think Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Niseko claims top spot on average score (always been well ahead in number of votes). You can do tons of sorting stuff on the pages, http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/resort-rankings.php 28th February 2008 1 Niseko Grand Hirafu (Hokkaido) 78 (226 votes) 2 Yamagata Zao Onsen (Yamagata) 78 (21 votes) 3 Happo-one (Nagano) 77 (72 votes) 4 Shiga Kogen (ALL AREAS) (Nagano) 77 (15 votes) 5 Furano (Hokkaido) 77 (17 votes) 6 Niseko Higashiyama (Hokkaido) 77 (16 votes) 7 Rusutsu Resort (Hokkaido) 77 (51 votes) 8 Hakuba Goryu (Nagano) 77 (16 votes) 9 Nozawa Onsen (Nagano) 76 (36 votes) 10 Sapporo Teine (Hokkaido) 76 (5 votes) 11 Niseko Annupuri Kokusai (Hokkaido) 75 (13 votes) 12 Naeba (Niigata) 74 (31 votes) 13 Myoko Suginohara (Niigata) 74 (29 votes) 14 Ishiuchi Maruyama (Niigata) 74 (7 votes) 15 Alpha Resort Tomamu (Hokkaido) 74 (3 votes) 16 Kagura (Niigata) 74 (47 votes) 17 Hakkoda (Aomori) 73 (39 votes) 18 Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen (Nagano) 73 (4 votes) 19 Tanigawadake Tenjindaira (Gunma) 73 (9 votes) 20 Akakura Onsen (Niigata) 73 (8 votes) Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Niseko is still easy number 1, I'd say. Interesting to see which places get the most votes as well. Do a sort on "apres/nightlife" for a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites
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