where to go - help?

[david@dspartners.co.uk 0]

Hi All,

 

new to this forum so be gentle.

 

Got to go to a wedding in Australia next Jan 2010 and because it's slap bang in the middle of ski season, thought it would be good to stop in Japan for a week and go skiing.

 

Planning to leave UK on boxing day and spend about a week before flying on to Sydney and said wedding.

 

What I want to know is, which area should I go to. Does it take ages to get up to the north (eg. Hokkaido or similar) as I clearly want to spend as much time skiing as possible or should I go somewhere on the mainland eg Nagano or similar) that is closer to Tokyo or the other main cities (but i guess these are busier?)

 

Other factors to consider is that my wife is not the same level at skiing as I am and may struggle with huge amounts of pow.

 

Any input much appreciated.

 

 

Any input

[thursday 1]

David, if you want endless things to talk about at the Aus wedding withAussies, then I would suggest a little known resort called Niseko.

[SKI 15]

and may struggle with huge amounts of pow

 

Not this season you wouldn't.

 

Welcome. This is probably best in the Snow Talk.

 

You have a lot of time so you can do a lot of reading.... both on these forums and the main site. Here's some good places to start.

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/start-here.html

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/general/winter-sports-in-japan-introduction.html

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/index.html

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/search.html

 

Join in, you'll have a lot of fun! (And remember, Japan isn't just Niseko and Hakuba).

 

[thursday 1]

Oh yes it is.

[SnowJapan 178]

Hi david, and welcome.

I have moved this to Snow Talk.