IIIII 2 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Got one of the nihongo guide books for the season yesterday and it has a ranking in the front, apparently by its readers: 1 Niseko 2 Shiga Kogen 3 Happo 4 Appi Kogen 5 Zao 6 Nozawa 7 Rusustsu 8 Naeba 9 Kiroro 10 Furano 11 Kagura 12 Arai 13 Myoko Suginohara 14 Tomamu 15 Tsugaike 16 Meiho 17 Joetsu Kokusai 18 Marunuma Kogen 19 Dynaland 20 Oze Iwakura Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Appi number 4 surprises me. Link to post Share on other sites
montoya 0 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 eyeeyeeyeeyeeye, did they give reasons for the ranking (eg snow, courses, facilities, access)? Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Every year the magazine do it - I think it is general overall ranking, they also have other one for snow etc. I will try to put next week. Link to post Share on other sites
bettyx 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 is appi the one in aomori? i went to appi once, but can't for the life of me remember where. the one in niseko is annapurna or something, right? Link to post Share on other sites
ireallylikebakedbeans 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Appi is in Iwate. Link to post Share on other sites
bettyx 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 really? i remember getting off at either aomori or morioka station. is aomori even a station, or is it a prefecture? i'm confused.. wish i could remember further back than yesterday Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Aomori is a prefecture. Iwate is a prefecture. They are next to each other. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/travel/map-of-japan.html Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 It does seem popular Appi. I suppose some of it is because there are not hundreds of other places in the same area like there are in Nagano.Niigata. I enjoyed it when I was there, but I wouldn't put it in my top 5. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Zao is there at #5, so that's two for Tohoku. How many of you have skied at Zao, and how does it compare with the other top places? Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Good to see we got 5 in our prefecture!! Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Meiho? Another place not surrounded by other better places? or really good? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by sakebomb: Good to see we got 5 in our prefecture!! Hokkaido? Thats a big prefecture Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted October 24, 2005 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 That top 20 is the "general ranking", results from a questionnaire in the mag. There's some others as well, I'll post them soon when I have a bit of time. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Think Bravoski has one out in the current issue too. Think its broken down into best places for: powder moguls park/pipe gelande Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Sake, you ever been to Tomamu? Have heard some good things bout it but never been. Link to post Share on other sites
I-Am-Patrol 0 Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Also, these list in same place. Places I want to go: 1 Niseko 2 Appi 3 Zao 4 Shiga Kogen 5 Rusustu 6 Happo 7 Kiroro 8 Furano 9 Nozawa 10 Tomamu My favorite resort: 1 Shiga Kogen 2 Happo 3 Niseko 4 Nozawa 5 Appi 6 Rusutsu 7 Zao 8 Arai 9 Tsugaike 10 Suginohara Usually go (Kanto region people): 1 Kagura 2 Naeba 3 Marunuma 4 ShigaKogen 5 Hunter Mtn 6 Oze Iwakura 7 Happo 8 Iwappara 9 J Kokusai 10 Aizu Kogen Takatsue Usually go (Tokai region people): 1 Shiga Kogen 2 Meihou 3 Ontake 4 Happo 5 Nozawea 6 Takasu Snow Park 7 Dynaland 8 Goryu 9 Washigatake 10 Kisofukushima Usually go (Kansai region): 1 Dynaland 2 Hachi kita kogen 3 Shiga Kogen 4 Ski Jam Katsuyama 5 Takasu Snow Park 6 Meihou 7 Happo 8 Okuibuki 9 Biwako Valley 10 Ontake Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Marunuma always seem popular in Japanese poll. MAybe because of early and late seaso. Just resort I don't think it is top 10. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Im sexy, what magazines do you read to see the resort rankings? I would assume they differ from skiers to boarders but dunno... Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Did they have a cheese-oriented ranking on there at all? I think it would be a good idea. It would help us all know which resorts are cheese-friendly. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Maybe no! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 It's not top 10 but I've had a few decent days there. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 What on earth is Joetsu Kokusai doing in the top 20? Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Some of my friend also really liking JoKoku - it might not be steep but quite wide area and intestesting hotel (not really for me!) Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 I think Joetsu Kokusai sometimes gets bad rep. If you don't need huge streeps, you can have a decent day there. There's some good runs especially up and over the top. Having said that, it wouldn't get in my top 10. Link to post Share on other sites
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