Guest Posted November 19, 2001 Share Posted November 19, 2001 I am new to the osaka area and was wondering were the nearest places to ski are and if you can take a train to get there? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 The further you go out of Osaka-the better it gets basically. There are fields closeby in Shiga or Hyogo but you're better off doing an overnight train to Nagano(Hakuba goes off) for the real shit. It'll cost you \11000 return. For a day trip try Gifu-I went to Takasa snow park which was half decent. You catch an overnight bus from Sin Osaka Station that gets you there early after an 11pm departure-you'll get a full day and get dropped back in Umeda by 9:00 that night. Tickets are from TIS in JR Umeda station and cost about \10,000 for the package-enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
Teege 0 Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Davo, That 10,000 yen...is that for lift ticket as well ? Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Yeah and we got breakfast as well-the price may have been a bit of a special but I don't think it would be much more than that. Best thing to do is go to TIS and scoop all the brochures. Busses also go to other resorts in the area like Dynaland so I'm sure they all offer similar deals. Link to post Share on other sites
helen 0 Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 Dynaland, Shirotori resorts, Washigatake one way (Gifu), Biwako valley (euch!)and a few other places round there a bit close by. As Davo said, basically the further away you go, the better! Best to make a long weekend out of it. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 get on a plane up north! Link to post Share on other sites
jude 0 Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 Come up here to nagano prefecture for the best of Honshu. Some wicked places up here. Link to post Share on other sites
Teege 0 Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 Okay guys, need your opinion. I fly into Kansai this Thursday night, arriving at 8pm. I fly out the next day to LA around 5pm. I'm a ski bum.....so I wanna know if it is possible to spend a morning at one of the nearby resorts and still make my flight ? I know I will be pushing it.....but I can't alter my flights. How close is the closest resort ? If I leave around 1pm would I get to KIX in time ? I know it's silly....still I wanna ride ! Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
REG 0 Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 still a bit early as we are still waiting for some real snow. How about Dynaland? Is that possible...? Oops, your question, sorry! Good luck Link to post Share on other sites
Teege 0 Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 Okay guys, need your opinion. I fly into Kansai this Thursday night, arriving at 8pm. I fly out the next day to LA around 5pm. I'm a ski bum.....so I wanna know if it is possible to spend a morning at one of the nearby resorts and still make my flight ? I know I will be pushing it.....but I can't alter my flights. How close is the closest resort ? If I leave around 1pm would I get to KIX in time ? I know it's silly....still I wanna ride ! Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 I don't even know why I'm bothering answering this...guess I'm just interested in the challenge. You may be able to make it up to somewhere in Hyogo or Shiga. Do you read and write Japanese? If you do, I may be able to find you a Japan Railways site where you can check the timetables online to see if you can actually make it. Or if you want to rentacar, you can easily make it. Depends on your budget. Anyways, it's gonna cost ya. Let me know... Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Sounds a bit like one for Denpa Shonen this one... You'll not get back soon enough to take an organized day trip, so you'll probably have to hire a car. This year, you're talking who's got the most snow machines. In a decent radius from Osaka, my guess would be Winghills Shiratori in Gifu, but you're talking 5 hours by highway from Kansai Airport. For the same price as the car, tolls and gas, you could buy some top of the range X training gear (inline skates etc.), which'll probably do you more good in the long term. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Teege Apparently it takes roughly 2 1/2 hr from Kansai Airport to Shiga station in Shiga, the station for Biwako Valley resort. You can check out times and routes using this site; http://www.jnavi.eki-net.com/cgi-bin/jreast/jreast.cgi Looks like you'd be pushing it to get there and back in time. Link to post Share on other sites
Teege 0 Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 Thanks for the info Ocean11 and NoFakie. Yeah, doesn't seem possible eh Oh well, 2 days later I'll be riding in Colorado ! So that leaves me time for some electronics shopping. What would be the best place in Osaka (Den-den?!)? Domo Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 4, 2001 Share Posted December 4, 2001 Oops, looks like I overlooked the issue of the snow that doesn't fall. Won't find much in Shiga to be sure... Looks like they just had a big fire in Den-den town. http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=181658 Link to post Share on other sites
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