SnowJapan.Com#3 0 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Kokudo have announced that 3 resorts in Niigata will not be opening this year: Tsuchitaru (Yuzawa) Mikuni (Yuzawa) Ojiya Yamamoto (Ojiya) We already knew about Tsuchitaru. All of them are fairly small, Mikuni is the one that is a few km to the side of Naeba. The Ojiya is a really tiny place in Ojiya, which was pretty badly hit by the earthquake last year. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 So some of the others struggle on. These must be the smallest in Niigata that they have. I actually went to Mikuni a number of years back. The snow was great, pretty small place it was. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Good news! There's only one solution to overcapacity. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Well a start anyway I suppose. Those places are all tiny, probably only got 1000's for the whole season. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I thought Mikuni had closed already. Hardly major places. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted October 18, 2005 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted October 18, 2005 Mikuni was a weekend only resort last season. About Yuzawa Nakazato - they have said something to the effect that they will make a decision whether to close that resort or not after seeing how business goes this season. Link to post Share on other sites
Spock's Brain 0 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Mikuni is small the other two were tiny places literally 1 run of a few hundred meters. Hardly miss them! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 The dreadful 2-run Saregaland Plana that opened 2 seasons ago as the 5th snow resort in largely snowless Ehime is 'taking a holiday' in its 3rd season due to massive losses last year. So now there is a big gash in the hillside above Matsuyama with some large, useless steel fixtures, and a very large wooden building that are probably just going to rot there. What were they thinking...? If only they had 'planning permission' in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 They opened snow resort in Ehime 2 seasons ago? What were they thinking? Actually, it's easy to get 'planning permission' in Japan everywhere. Most Japanese ski resorts are struggling helplessly. To close ski resorts, they have to tear down those steel fixtures and restore to the mountain like before they built ski resort. But they don't have enough money for this and just waiting for everything going to rot there... Link to post Share on other sites
I'm Sexy 0 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 So they "taking holiday" rather than "close"? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Was that place or maybe just access to it built using public money by any chance? In that case, the plans and business model would have gone in years ago, and they would have built it for the sake of building it. Its the "The money will go to Kochi otherwise" mentality. "kyuugyou" after two years, that is ridiculous. I reckon unused ski fields would a good place to reintroduce hemp production. It was only the Americans that stopped it. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 No, I think it was a private initiative. There was already a road going up to it. The idea was to use a new kind of 'doesn't turn to corn man-made snow' to tempt Ehime kiddies from flying to Hiroshima and Tottori for the day. But the 1 and half runs and the man-made snow which unfortunately melted before turning to corn wasn't very appealing. The other sales point was the nighter with the wonderful night views of Matsuyama. While it is a lovely view, you can get it by driving five minutes up to where I live rather than driving an hour and a half in the dark to the poxy snow park. I'm not sure what the difference is between taking a holiday and closing, because taking a holiday won't generally tend to increase the customer base. A case of rocks in the head I'm afraid. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Do they not pay lovely taxes and the like if they are "on holiday". Bugger, I have to. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Quote: A case of rocks in the head I'm afraid. There seem to be so many cases of rocks in the head. Are people born with it I wonder, hereditary? Link to post Share on other sites
naganodave 0 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The company culture brings it on. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 I like your avatar naganodave - is that you? (But you really shouldn't do that with your eyes, no matter how many laughs it gets from the gals!) Did that place ever get near busy, ocean? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 14, 2005 Share Posted November 14, 2005 Yeah, I went once for a morning on the weekend and there were a lot of floppers and divers and falling leaves and stork skiers cluttering the 1 and half slopes. Enough to people to get in your way, but probably not enough to turn a profit. Link to post Share on other sites
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