warhawk 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Oh, you crazy guys! BoC, 2pints, sounds like you had a great time. Good on ya. Nice, informative and unbiased TR! A friend of mine has been talking up Shigakogen as well. Thanx to him and you guys it might well be the next place on the list! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thanks warhawk. I'd definitely try it out. Very nice place. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I like it too, it is definitely worth a visit. I think Shiga Kogen and Nozawa are a great combination. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 I would say so. Add in the monkeys and the temple in Nagano city and you've got a top schedule. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Definitely. Got to fit in the monkey goodness. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Out of interest, how did you fit them into your schedule BagOfCrisps/2pintsmate? Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 We did the monkeys in between Shiga Kogen and Nozawa, best way to do it! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Easy to fit in, they are between the two places. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I missed that first time round, nice write up. Good luck with the Tohoku trip. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 How did you find the cheese facilities in those places? Link to post Share on other sites
Sciclone 2 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I don't know about Shiga/Hakuba/Nozawa, but the cheese factory in Furano is pretty good... If not freezing... Link to post Share on other sites
Tabasco Sauce 0 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Good read that thanks folks. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 You are welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 just for the sake of it Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I think that was a good write-up thanks for sharing. Will be interesting to see how your Tohoku trip stacks up Link to post Share on other sites
sendittojack 0 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hello Really interested to read about your trip. Did you organise it all yourself? How did it work out in terms of prices? Thinking of doing a similar thing myself next year but its a bit daunting! Jack Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 Hi sendittojack, thanks, glad you liked it. We organised it totally ourselves 100%. I can't quite remember the full cost but it wasn't too bad at all, I will have to go back over things for that but got to admit that we weren't penny pinching. What I would say though - don't be daunted, don't be overwhelmed. Look on it as an adventure and a fun one. If you want to go to Japan and speak English all the time, thats fine. But we totally didn't want to do that, what a waste of an experience. Contact a load of accommodation places directly - good links on this site (see that big red button at the top). We went for Japanese-style Japanese-run places because we weren't interested in the gaijin crowd and we wanted to have that something different and really feel like we were in Japan. (You probably got that from our write-up). The ones listed even Japanese will get back to you in English, give it a try write fairly easy to understand stuff. Good luck - don't be put off by things, make it a real adventure! You have found the right place, spend time reading up reading reviews, etc. You've got lots of time, sit back and enjoy finding out. Link to post Share on other sites
sendittojack 0 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Would you be able to give a quick idea of your itinerary? If you could that would be great, just to give me some kind of launching pad! Thanks Jack Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 31, 2008 Author Share Posted May 31, 2008 OK will do early next week jack-san Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Sorry for the delay a bit of a busy week. Here's basically what we did. Contact hotels directly in simple English. Get that all planned. Nagano City > Hakuba = bus, easy enough. Hakuba > Nagano City = bus, easy enough. Nagano City > Shiga Kogen = bus. Shiga Kogen > Snow Monkeys = accommodation bus. Snow Monkeys > Nozawa Onsen = accommodation bus. Nozawa Onsen > Nagano City = bus. All quite simple really. You will probably find that good accommodatiuon will be very flexible and helpful with travel advice and actually taking you places (see Snow Monkeys bit) Tokyo <> Nagano City is easy because it is the shinkansen bullet train. That's the basics of it! Link to post Share on other sites
sendittojack 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Thank you very much for the information. Jack Link to post Share on other sites
bongobongo 0 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yes, very good info....thank you Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Walton 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I've just come across this thread, i'm planning a 2/3 trip to Japan this Jan 09 on my tod, hoping to hit a few resorts and have an adventure. I'll have to get back to the beginning and read it through when i've got more time. Anyone else planning on a trip this coming season ? Bring it on !! Link to post Share on other sites
Hornster 0 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 What dates will you be in Japan and will you be in Niseko? I will be there for the first week of February 2009. Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Walton 0 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 I arrive into Tokyo 14th January spend 4 nights there then go to Hakuba for a month, i will go to Niseko but i don't have any definate plans when i will go. Are you just there for the week ? Have you booked anything yet ? Link to post Share on other sites
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