barok 0 Posted January 27, 2002 Share Posted January 27, 2002 anyone have any thoughts on this resort ? how close is it to downtown nagano ? i did a search but could find no opinions on this resort. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted January 28, 2002 Share Posted January 28, 2002 Yo Barok I posted this on another thread but Iizuna kogen doesn't look up to much, I'm afraid. I had a look up there in May last year (long after their season finished). I had a good look up the hill and at the lift map there, but it didn't look worth going to be honest. The facilities at the bottom looked on the well-worn side as well. I think the area is best known for skunk cabbages (mizubasho) that bloom in some swampy (due to the snowmelt) woods nearby. That and Togakushi down the road. There are so many other good places in easy striking distance of Nagano City (Hakuba, Nozawa, Myoko, Shiga Kogen), that proximity doesn't really count in this case. From Nagano, you can jump on a free shuttle bus to Arai or Hakuba 47, so there doesn't seem much point in going to Iizuna. Unless you want to see that white elephant road maybe. Now if it were that close to Osaka or Kobe Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted January 28, 2002 Author Share Posted January 28, 2002 thanks, much. i was beginning to think nobody would throw me a bone. i figured that it must get kinda crowded being so close to the city. also good to know about the shuttles, after all the reading I had done, I didn't know that. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 28, 2002 Share Posted January 28, 2002 Yeah a pretty average place all round. Not in the "top x places to go" certainly. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted January 28, 2002 Author Share Posted January 28, 2002 redundant I know, but do they have a decent 1/2 pipe ? Link to post Share on other sites
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