Robert 0 Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Would be interesting to know. There havent been any new resorts as far as I know recently, but it'd be interesting to know how long these places have been open, in one form or another. My friend goes to Yuzawa a lot and told me that Iwappara is the oldest there and been going for over 50 years. Anyone know more about other resorts. Thanks Robert Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 I think a lot of the bigger ones have previously been owned by a number of people, coming together. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 One of the reader reviews says that Nozawa is the oldest. It's quite detailed. Click on "reviews" at the bottom of the main SJG page and you can search from there. As a general rule, the resorts with wacky non-Japanese sounding names or Romanized spellings (ARAI, Hakuba47, etc.) are the more recent ones. Hakuba Goryu's poster for this season has a great old B/W photo of some guy skiing way back in time (biplane pilot goggles, wooden skis/stocks etc). I don't know when it's from, but it's a cool picture. Link to post Share on other sites
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