ceecee 0 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Just a few photos of Nozawa Onsen, Shiga Kogen and Zao Onsen. Thanks to SJ as I won some lift tickets to Nozawa Onsen. I wish I had taken more photos of Nozawa Onsen as thanks for the lift tickets but ended up having to much fun to think to take photos (Nozawa was our first stop). Hopefully the photos of the other resorts can make up for it... Nozawa Onsen, 3-6 Feb Shiga Kogen, 7-11 Feb Zao Onsen, 14-17 Feb Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nice ceecee - how did you like the different places then? Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nice pics! I really want to make it to Zao before the monsters are gone. Maybe next weekend... Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 This time last year they were gone, but still in decent condition now on the mountain top. With colder temps to remain and some snow you might be ok to see them. Of course, not as good as in peak season.. have fun Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nice piccies thanks. Just out of interested ceecee, how did you get from Nagano to Zao? Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 The trees look really awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 ceecee, Fab pics, thanks so much for sharing. Nozawa is a great place, the village is one of the nicest places to stay, and the slopes are pretty good too. Link to post Share on other sites
ceecee 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Nice ceecee - how did you like the different places then? Nozawa was a great resort, village was good. Just a pity we went when it was it was a spring like week and missed the massive dumps of fresh powder from the week before. Shiga had terrain which we enjoyed but there wasn't much to do after a days boarding (but we already had anticiapted this). Zao was by far the most beautiful resort but quite flat. Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps Nice piccies thanks. Just out of interested ceecee, how did you get from Nagano to Zao? We went back to Tokyo for the day so Shiga-Nagano Station-Tokyo Station-1day in Tokyo-Tokyo Station-Yamagata Station-Zao Onsen. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Did you check out all of Zao, there's some really nice intermediate kind of slopes there to check out. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: ceecee Just how many ski areas are visible in this one picture?? Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Looking at that upper half of the photo Background: Myoko Suginohara > Ikenotaira > Akakura Kanko > Akakura Onsen Foreground: Madarao Kogen Toyota > Madarao Kogen So I would say.... 6, just about. Link to post Share on other sites
ceecee 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Share Posted March 7, 2011 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Did you check out all of Zao, there's some really nice intermediate kind of slopes there to check out. We boarded mostly on the Kurohime/Omori/Yokukura side of the mountain and enjoyed most parts. We did venture near the other side, but didn't explore it as fully as Kurohime side. Link to post Share on other sites
gnarly-dude 1 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Never heard of Madarao Kogen Toyota? Link to post Share on other sites
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