grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Do you work at the resort ILoveZao? Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Good stuff, very interesting photos. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 It's a fantastic place ger. Have you been? I'm sorting through some pics and next week will write up some stuff, but we loved the place. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I would say that Zao is my favourite resort (that I have been to) in Japan. Taking everything into account. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Provisional plans to go the week after next. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 No I do not work for the resort but I do work in Zao. Here are some more photo Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Go muikabochi. I bet you'd love it, especially if the weather co-operated. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps It's a fantastic place ger. Have you been? I'm sorting through some pics and next week will write up some stuff, but we loved the place. Not yet... One of these days, probably. Got the impression it was more of a touristy sort of place with lots of beauty but less full on skiing though... Looks like an insane amount of snow. Most in Japan, perhaps??? Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have a feeling my computer screen doesn't do a lot of those photos justice. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 It is a touristy place - and you can probably imagine why looking at the photos. Incredible scenery. It's also a very large resort. It's not perfect of course. Like Nozawa in some ways, but I guess bigger. Next week will write much more. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 ILoveZao - thanks for all the photos, whether you know it or not, you are doing Zao a great service by posting them all and letting tons of people see them. I can only see that resort getting more popular. Question for you if you don't mind..... how is the snow up there this year? Monsters as genki as they usually are? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Must say it does look a very interesting place. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 SKI. The snow is quite good as we are high area, though yes it is less than usual and it feels spring-like these last week or so. Lower slopes of course have less. There is still much though higher up especially. The monsters suffered a bit in period late January because of warm period. They took a bit of diet and slim down! But since then we had some colder weather but again it has been warm... Generally recent years become less cold, it is worry in long term if it continue/ Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I hear that the monsters are sadly getting smaller as the winters generally get warmer. Sad, they are a spectacular sight. ger, while I love skiing, when I go skiing it's the onsen and the food and the scenery as a whole that I go for. I reckon Zao has some great skiing (especially for someone like myself intermediate kinda level), it's a pretty big place. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Before the rain the other day Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 nice pics Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Something I've never seen mentioned. If you pick the right hotel, then Zao is ski-in ski-out. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yes good as always ILoveZao. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Unfortunately last week the warm weather affected us also. The monsters became trees. I felt sorry for the people coming to see them But since then winter returned and we got new fresh snow Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Love those colour photos in that last post. So the monsters can slim down like that so easily? Sad. Here's to their health! Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Beautiful photos! Too bad about the monsters. The people there then must have been gutted. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I know I would have been......... Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 The weather has been colder since the warm period and the monsters are recovering! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Thats good to hear ILZ. Keep them coming, always fascinating photos. Link to post Share on other sites
Zaoman 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 At last someone to do it justice on here. (Thanks, I'm pretty poor with a camera!) Link to post Share on other sites
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