ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 OK the plans are set for my Hokkaido Tour 2010. I am avoiding Rusutsu and Niseko completely and heading off to some very different areas. My Trip Sunday 21 Feb Travel to Osaka from Sydney via Gold Coast on Jetstar Star Class. Stay that night at Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport. Monday 22 Feb Fly to Sapporo then pick up the Rav 4 I have hired and drive to Furano, I am staying at Tsuru Apartments for five nights. Saturday 27 Feb Head to Sounkyo to stay at Hotel Taisetsu for three nights, this is where they have the frozen water falls and ice displays and the small ski resort of Kurodake. Tuesday 2 March Travel to Abashiri staying three nights at Hotel Abashirikoso, here we will snowmobile ride on a frozen lake, take the ship to see the frozen ocean and drift ice and play at the local ski slopes. Friday 5 March Travel South again stopping overnight at Kushiro staying at the Prince Hotel Saturday 6 march Travel to Sahoro Resort staying at the Resort Hotel, we stop here for three nights Tuesday 9 March Drive to Tomamu resort staying for four nights at the Tomamu Towers Hotel. Saturday 13 March Head back to Chitose for the flight back to Osaka then back to Sydney arriving on Sunday morning. In all there is a fair amount of driving this trip but we love this, you get to stop at locations and see things you would never see otherwise. While we will ski a lot thats only half the reason for this trip, we want to get away from the main Aussie Tourist areas like we did in 2007 and experience the real Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Interesting ausi ski bum, sounds like fun. I hope you plan to take some pics and share them on here. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I certainly will, actually I did some smaller resorts in 2008 including Moiawa and Niseko Iowana, we found a few hills with a single lift and stopped for a few hours, I even did Kat Skiing neat Kutchan and went to a resort near Otaru. It is a lot of fun, Niseko is fine, Rusutsu is better but been there done that. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nice. Look forward to hearing about it. Still mulling over the idea of perhaps getting up to Hokkaido next winter. Link to post Share on other sites
biri 0 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 can i help with the bags . we are going up in mid january and thinking of hiring a vehicle , been looking at toocoo travel but cannot see or get a price on the rav 4 ? any ideas yourself ? we are flying into asahikawa . in furano do not miss out on a day trip to kamui . if going down town at night from kitanomine try bbq yamadori[food] then onto robata [ bar ] . Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Club Med at Sahoro might well be further from "the real Japan" than Niseko, but have fun all the same. Its all the real Japan to me. Link to post Share on other sites
biri 0 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 i don't think he is not staying at club med . the sahoro resort caters to 99 percent japanese / asian market . club med is up the road . Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I was totally excited about my upcoming ski trip to Niseko UNTIL I read your itinerary WOW Sounds like heaps of fun. We want pictures Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I would definitely give Furano a lot of time. So much to do, so much to eat. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hope there's still some sea ice for you when you get to Abashiri. Global warming hasn't been kind to the ice up that way. It's been starting a lot later and ending a lot earlier in recent years. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 GN I was wondering that myself, any statistics on the dates available, it may require a rethink if the dates are marginal. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 First week of March should be fine. It all depends on weather systems at the time. It is just drift ice and if there is a strong southerly then it can all be pushed north too far to make it worth it for the ferries. If there's some decent northerlies you should be fine. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 I have heard the drive we are proposing is very interesting anyway, Abashiri looks Kewl, we are staying in a hotel on the Lake and are looking forward to snow mobile riding over the lake. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Rusutsu, Tokaichi, and Asahidake seem to be our plan with maybe something else thrown in the mix Hope we have some good snow! Link to post Share on other sites
TimRide30x 0 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Hi all My friends and I are going to try a few more different resorts again this year. I assume the "Tokaichi" mentioned above was meant to be "Tokachi"? Are there any resorts in Tokachi? (the snowjapan search gave no results) or is it all backcountry touring? Is Sahoro considered part of Tokahi? thanks edit: I've looked at this again, perhaps I'm confusing volcanic Mount Tokachi (in Daisetsuzan) with the town Tokachi? Link to post Share on other sites
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