Is April too late to go boarding in Japan?

[Heather2 0]

Hello everybody. I'm really hoping to go snowboarding in Japan during Easter holidays which is the weekend of 25th-28th March and extending until the beginning of April. Is this too late?

 

Are there any new snow falls around then usually? Is it already starting to melt on the ground?

 

Also, which areas would be best? I presume Hokkaido since it is the most northern.

 

Thank you very much,

 

Heather

[metroid256 0]

Some places are open until early May so while you might not have amazing conditons there are places.

[highlandjin 0]

It's difficult to predict if it will snow in end of March,beginning April. It may snow, rain or having sunshine every day for that unstable period of change of seasons. However there would be for sure, enough snow for boarding at many resorts including Tashiro-Kagura and Myoko,Niigata Pref, or Shiga-Kogen,Happo-One and Tsugaike in Nagano Prefect. and Niseko and other Hokkaido resorts. They should normally be alright up until the golden week. Be careful due to lack of enough patrons some resorts may close earlier. Check resorts HP.

Pay attention not only to latitude but to altitude of a resort. Hokkaido resorts are in general low altitude, Honshu resorts much higher. EX. Shiga (1500-2200m), Niseko (300-1200m).

[scouser 4]

So difficult to predict, but I've had some 'hearful times' in the snow then.