muikabochi 208 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Next up, Naeba (in Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture). The forecast was for sun and that's what we got, there was hardly a cloud in the sky. Went with tokabochi who lives over the hill from me in the next valley and we arrived at Naeba around 9:15. I like Naeba - on a weekday when it's not busy. The snow is usually good, there's a good mix of courses, and the scenery from top on a day like today is great. We haven't had any real good snowfall in this region for quite a while, and even Naeba is looking a bit thin on the ground and the snow that is there ain't the best right now. (I'm holding back there a bit - it felt like April!). Hopefully this coming weekend will dump a large amount of fresh fluffy snow to play in. We had a fun time but both agreed that somehow Naeba seemed..... half closed. I'd say that more than half of the lifts were not moving. Admittedly most of the courses (that had enough snow) were accessible from the lifts that were running, but there were only a limited number of lifts moving and the routes to the courses available seemed quite limited. I understand lifts not running when a place isn't busy, but it just felt a bit too much. Quite sad really. Anyhow, here's some photos taken from Naeba. Tokabochi took some more of the resort and I'm sure he'll post them sometime soon too. More from me if you're interested in my galleries on this site. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Damn. Muika scenery is definitely your thing. Ace. Hold on isn't Naeba the number one resort for Japanese? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Now that sure looks like a better day than the one I have had here. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday Damn. Muika scenery is definitely your thing. Ace. Hold on isn't Naeba the number one resort for Japanese? thats true. Naeba gets the most visitor numbers in the Japanese ski fields. about 1.4million per year Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Always found that curious. It's not as big as Happo or somewhere like Shiga Kogen (if taken as a whole). I wonder why? Perhaps it's closeness to Tokyo has a lot to do with it. Great pictures as always muika. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 fabulouse! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Thanks. I do enjoy taking scenery more than anything. Do need to get more adventurous though with settings etc. Must study. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sugoi! What a difference a fine camera and a good eye for a photo makes! Oh well, I was with him taking those and here are just a few of my very 'normal' ones. You can see it looking spring like. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Doesn't look busy at all. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 We are hoping to go to Naeba sometime in February. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Nice pics as ever Muika, I reckon you'll have the Yuzawa photo comp tied up for this year. I'm heading to Naeba next weekend, hope it snows a bit more in the lead up to next weekend Link to post Share on other sites
cupcake 0 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Those photos are so sharp. Great. I'm spending a month in Tokyo and will be going to Naeba then sometime in March. Hope we get weather like that! Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 They are good. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Originally Posted By: joshnii Always found that curious. It's not as big as Happo or somewhere like Shiga Kogen (if taken as a whole). I wonder why? Perhaps it's closeness to Tokyo has a lot to do with it. Great pictures as always muika. If taken as a whole then Naeba will still get more visitor numbers than Shiga Kogen and Hakuba Valley. By the way Goryu gets more visitors these days than Happo. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Still find it curious. It's not as if Naeba is better than Shiga Kogen or Hakuba. Personal opinion of course. Link to post Share on other sites
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