Pez0101 0 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hey all Im looking for some tips on putting together a ski trip with my g/f next season. Im sure your busy grabbing what stashes are left for this year but if you get a moment please feel free to post any suggestions. Broadly we are looking at flaying to Sapporo and doing some exploring on the north island but considering a couple of days in the alps on the way up! Pez Link to post Share on other sites
gnarly-dude 1 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hi Pez I suggest you sit down with a pot of coffee and read through lots of the similar threads on here. You realise the alps aren't exactly "on the way up" as such. You'd need to get there from Tokyo then come back and then fly up to Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 If you're flying in from England, then it would be Honshu and perhaps the Alps first. That would probably take up all your time. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 unless they fly via Seoul, in which case its possible for them to bypass Honshu and go to Sapporo instead. Link to post Share on other sites
Pez0101 0 Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 Ok I have taken the reading advice on board and putting aside a few hours this weekend! We have booked to fly into Tokyo then will prob head north via air to Sapporo. For a couple of weeks then back to Tokyo and then back out to somewhere on the main island! I'll put up more info on my itinary when I know! But if anyone is up for a ski a beer will be on offer for highlighting best line! Pez Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 deep de dee, if youre in and around tokyo and you want to go for a ride, go to kagura. There you go. Skip nagano. Its nice, but i dunno... if its not the centerpiece of your trip and youre more just looking for a crafty weekend away, its kinda a bit more work to get to. Dun get me wrong... nagano is a great area... you have shiga kogen, myoko (technically niigata), hakuba, nozawa, and a tonne of other resorts in the area (including this years failure for me, Kousha (takaifuji)). You also have a shink line heading to joetsu for 2013 i believe hooking up to iiyama as well and bringing about easy shink access to some of those places (nozawa/myoko/takaifuji/ryuoo). Its just you know... if youre really doing the sapporo thing, the whole nagano added extra might be a bit of a hit on your wallet since theres just TOO MUCH to do there. Kagura, naeba, gala, ishiuchi, iwappara et al just felt a lot less hassle for me (going from mid saitama). Theres only really a thousand yen difference, but the resorts at yuzawa are pretty close to the town, whereas with nagano its usually either some dodgy connecting trains (then a bus) or an expensive bus ride (over 1000 yen each way). Plus it gets less powder - but shhhh, dont let seki and their 6meters hear me say that... Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I agree with the ip. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Don't forget though that Myoko IS in Niigata. In sort of the same way that Yuzawa is in Niigata and not in Gunma. It just IS. They just ARE. Link to post Share on other sites
Pez0101 0 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 Thanks Ippy for the info!! i will look into Kagura sounds like exactly what I am after just a cheeky escape from the city for a cuple of day sbefore the long sad flight home! I can't wait to get out east now! Be kind Weather - Be Kind! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 check out the Travel Agents in most JR Train stations, they have Shinkansen deals up to Kagura for about 10-11,000￥ that includes your return Shink ticket and your lift ticket for the resort. From Metropolis to powder in 90 mins.....great!! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Oh yes. Still a while to go but we are now on the right side of summer. Link to post Share on other sites
blaster 0 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I think we are looking at a trip out of Tokyo to Niigata, looks real nice and simple to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Yeah it is. Easiest to get to is the Yuzawa resorts in Niigata.....shink almost to the door! Nagano is relatively easy by shink then bus from Nagano city. Then if you really wanna cut costs, you can night bus it to practically any of the big Honshu resorts from Tokyo Link to post Share on other sites
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