ofer 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 hi again. sorry to bother you guys with so many questions. but i really need some help to find where is the best resort for me to spend the next season. so what that i'm looking in reasort is: 1 highest level park is the most important 2 powder, 3 that the reasort will be big enough so the pow come, it will stay for more than 1 hour 4 good night life and things to do at night. thanks again for all the people that answer. see u Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 If you search the archives, you'll find plenty of references to all of these matters (and plenty more, as well). Go to the links to each of the reorts and have a look at the stuff there (link is on the right side of the screen "Japan Snow Resorts"). When you have read them, you should then have a far better idea and be able to ask more specific questions about specific resorts. Most people will not be bothered responding to such a general question. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 well , i checked a lot of resorts websites , but it's not really clear to get the picture about the parks. so i thought it would be helpfull to get some info from people who was there and can recomend some good resort. but thanks anyway for your answer Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 None of the parks, at least in Nagano, are of the quality that overseas parks are. Gifu might have some, and Joetsu's park in Niigata is famous, but i can't comment on it personally. Niigata is also famous for loads of heavy, wet snow. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Joetsu park may be good (?) but you will NOT want to be coming here for a full season I am sure of that. I would not say Naeba either. Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntcok 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Joetsu's pro park that holds the Japan open is good but the day to day park is poorly maintained. They have 2 pipes but they don't grroom them enough. Naeba's park is smaller and the pipe is on the other side of the mountain but both the pipe and the park are well maintained. They even have kiwi diggers from Snowpark (who are skiers so the rails are more ski friendly with less aggressive ollie on's ect). In the area, Kandatsu's small park is amongst the best maintained but there are no huge features. Okutadami is the area you will find the Japanese pros when they aren't in whistler or Mammoth (and this in itself tells you that there you will not find large park features here to match NA). The problem with Okutadami is that they close mid season with too much snow for the road access. Sapporo Kokusai keeps the jump they build for the Toyota Big Air open to the public, so while their park is small they do have one big step down on which our very own StillNoProgress almost killed himself 2 seasons back (I have to admit to a pretty bad knuckle landing which double ejected me and sent me spinning head over heals over the landing for about 20ft). Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted June 6, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted June 6, 2008 I was about to post myself but Stuntcok covered that very well. Just to add to that Okutadami are usually closed mid-January until mid-March if I remember correctly. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 In other words, while park riding is the big thing here, decent parks, are not. Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntcok 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 THere are decent small parks. There is no equivilent to the big parks found in places like Mammoth, WB, PArk City, etc. Nothing even close, actually. The same goes for Europe though. The best parks are all in the US and Canada. Link to post Share on other sites
ofer 0 Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 thank you guys all for your replies. so if there is no good parks in japan, maybe at least i will enjoy the powder and go to niseco. i saw on the web that there is park there 2, but what is the level there? can i find there big kickers and some rails? how about pipe? and if somepne tell me where can i find place to rent there (close to the mountain) and how much is it cost for 5-6 months? thank you all again ofer Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I suggest you contact some places to find that out. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 what i mean is, the accommodation. Contact some of the accommodations or companies listed on this site, if they don't answer your question they might well give you ideas of where to. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Originally Posted By: o_avraham well , i checked a lot of resorts websites , but it's not really clear to get the picture about the parks. So ... you looked at the archives on this site? searched for stuff? Looked HERE, not the resort websites, but on SJ here for a start? I wasn't being a smartar$e, just trying to give you some help. If you don't want it, dont ask. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 How do you guys rate the park facillities at Alts Bandai? I'm no park enthusiast but when I was there last winter there seemed to be loadsa features in several different areas of the resort catering for different skill levels as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 The best park i've been to in japan thusfar has been the short-lived High cascade on in Happo last season. It was decently groomed, had a good flow, and somewhat 'safe' jumps (as long as you don't try to land at the bottom, al la AK). But even so, the kickers were still not that big, and being Japan, line-ups at least 20 people deep. Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntcok 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I have never been to Alts Bandai but looking at their webpage it seems they do put a lot into their park. What else is around there? If it is just park, then it is kind of a waste to come to Japan where the BC and powder skiing is so good. Nowhere in Japan that I can think of has good both but if you had a car you might be able to pull it off in Gunma, where Tenjindaira has good sidecountry and there are nearby resorts that specialise in parks. Otherwise I would recommend Hakuba. The parks are small and crowded but still better than Niseko's limp parks and the BC riding is second to none. Link to post Share on other sites
KRUSTY 2 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 The High Cascade Park at Happo was well designed (built and maintained by the guys from Planet Snow Designs who built the park for the Nippon Open) and even though the features werent so big they were big enough for 95% of riders. It was a pretty good park considering how late in the season it was built and the quality of the snow available to build it. Hopefully next year it will be built earlier in the season and would be good if Skiiers can use it too. If I were coming to Japan for a season Id probably base myself in Hakuba for the choice of parks in the area(not huge jumps but the features at 47 and Happo were big enough for me and fun too), the availabilty and reasonable cost of accomodation for the season, I had friends paying 35,000yen per month for accomodation including utilities. The nightlife is alright but nothing special and the powder quality is great. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 If you are used to high-quality parks in North America, don't get your hopes up. Even the High Cascade park was only intermediate-level at best, and was no better than your average local hill's park (providing it gets maintained regularily) Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Many times Alts gets near top when people ask about park in questionnaire I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I went to Alts only once last year and it hadn't snowed for a while so it wasn't the best snow conditions. The park is extensive and spread all over the mountain, the runs themselves are also pretty extensive and the ski area is fairly big. What the BC is like I couldn't tell you, but I reckon with a good dump of snow it'd be a pretty awesome place for park junkies and slope huggers alike Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted June 10, 2008 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted June 10, 2008 Some stuff on Alts here if you hadn't already seen it: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/spotlight/alts-bandai.html Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 47 had some park going right to the end of the season (6th May). High Cascade park was good at Happo especially for a punter like myself. (I'm here for the powder). I went to Tsugaike to watch one of their comps and their park seemed to be pretty good. As mentioned nothing like North America but a bit of fun and the quality of riders here is quite high. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Doesn't 47 always have something going on up near the top? I'm not into parks myself. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 The main park and half pipe is at the top of the 47 gondola. This year they had another set up towards the lower section of the Line E Double just after the flat section near the top of the Goryu Gondola where the trail splits. There was still heaps of snow up top at the end of the season and still a few crew around so it was worthwhile building another one up there. I didn't get to Yanaba this season but by all accounts they had a good set up there as well and the 1000 yen night sessions were quite popular. Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Friend based round there went to Yanaba a lot with family. Bargain. Link to post Share on other sites
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