liley 0 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 so be kind! Wondering where the best snow you have experienced in Japan is. Not talking about reputations or what is generally considered the best --- but the best that YOU have skied. Mine was one day in Kawaba in Gunma. Perfect timing, there was 40cm of fresh snow overnight stopped snowing around 9am, lots of ungroomed areas, light as anything. The sun came out. Perfect day it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Nisoko. Obviously. Link to post Share on other sites
MrSingh 0 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Asahidake - dry and light enough to breathe, and lots of it!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Shiga Kogen, few years back. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I am not sure the best snow....but one day I remember was when i first came to Japan in the early 90's - a crowded day at Naeba. But what amazing snow on that day! Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Nozawa, three-day storm back in about 1993-94 left us knee to waist deep in powder as light as I've ever skied. Close seconds would be Niseko in mid-January 2003 and Kamui near year-end in maybe 1986-87 (although I was still very inept back then and couldn't really ski it). Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Tie between Niseko and Myoko Kogen! Link to post Share on other sites
sand 17 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Oze White World in Gunma Jan 4 this year first time to experience waist deep super light pow. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Equally amazing days (plural at the first four) at: Niseko Grand Hirafu, Rusutsu, Kiroro, Sapporo Kokusai, Kamui, Asahidake Only skied on Hokkaido. Hopefully be able to make the comparison with Honshu this season. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Niseko this Feb, it hadn't even snowed that much but damn that snow was light and deep!! Followed closely behind by Shiga Kogen over the last New Year break, 3 days of mental light pow falling from the sky Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Niseko. But that was a long time ago. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Tenjin or Myoko Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I would have to say.... Kagura. A number of years back. Perfect timing. Awesome. Then again there's plenty of fine fine days to be had. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Rusutsu followed by Hirafu. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yuzawa '05 Centre Maiko '09 Niseko '10 Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Furano '10 - my first taste of Hokkaido pow! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Kamui, Tokachidake, Shiga Kogen Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Happo1. Maybe my 5th or 6th day ever riding. Arrived on one of those tour buses from shizuoka, barely slept. pummeled up to the gondola, the lifty said "im jealous of your guys up there today, have a good one", i honestly replied "why?" and emerged into this sea of white. At first i HATED it. I couldnt see where i was going, there were no markers, and the one run i thought we could do some dude said "i wouldnt go that way, theres cliffs and youll likely fall to your death if you cant ride well". I now realise in hindsight, the dude was a prick. Anyway, no choice but to run the mens downhill course. Ate a kebab to settle my mind on it and then strapped in. Flew off a bump, landed on my back into a cloud of pure fluffy cotton wool. A huge grin started to break across my face and at that instant, i realised i was a powder whore. I mean, it probably wasnt the BEST powder ever, but it was my first powder day, so its stuck with me Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Kamui,.. But I used to go there pretty much every weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Yuzawa and Tsunan, both in Niigata I think it was 3 years ago. On both occasions it had snowed all the day before, that night and the day I was there, really deep soft snow. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Originally Posted By: Chriselle Kamui,.. But I used to go there pretty much every weekend. Were you in Asahikawa? Did you like living there? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 SSAWS, bacause it was the first time I had tried skiing in over 20 years, since childhood. What a rediscovery. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Originally Posted By: Creek Boy Originally Posted By: Chriselle Kamui,.. But I used to go there pretty much every weekend. Were you in Asahikawa? Did you like living there? Yes...and No.. I officially lived out on the coast in Rumoi but my girlfriend at the time lived in Asahikawa and I crashed at her place most weekends. Asahikawa is probably my favorite place in Japan. We're thinking of moving back up that way. My wife is an Hokkaido girl and hates Shizuoka. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I have spent a season in Canada and multipule seasons in northern Honshu visting spots all over the place and as much as I dont want to admit it, the best snow I have ever had was at Niseko, in Jan 2000. Extreme depth is only usefull when accompanied by extreme lightness. Could only see where I was going for a brief moment each turn. Other times I have had it that deep it has not been as light meaning when you get speed up you tend to float to the surface and when you go too slow you sink and stop. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I really enjoyed my time up there - the vibe in the city was chilled, too. Been looking at jobs up that way but seem to be very very limited. I could easily live up there myself Link to post Share on other sites
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