SKI 15 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Anyone else notice this? http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/shownow.php?town=Nozawa%20Now%21 Check out todays entry... "For Nozawa it's probably going to be the last season as a village operated resort as they will privatize it next year." Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan#Andrew 6 Posted September 28, 2004 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted September 28, 2004 Just to add to that - it is not yet clear who will be taking over at present. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 Thats interesting, I wonder what that will mean for Nozzers. Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Don't like the idea of them not operating some lifts. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Nozawa has a few lifts that they really dont need. selling them off or not imploying people to work lifts will safe them money. I would love to be given the job of repositioning lifts there. Link to post Share on other sites
ortwin 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Fattwins is right. There are some lifts that are really not needed (e.g. Karasawa, Mizunashi) and it won't be a problem if they didn't operate them this season. But what if they close Challenger and Yamabiko on weekdays? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 you can get to chanllenger without that lift use the gondola. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 They gave one of those useless lifts to China in August. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 slow - can you expand on that a bit more please...? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 The only value of the Mizunashi lift was lapping the schweet powder traps and bumps under the lift itself. If they take out the lift and leave that stretch open, it would make a blissful little option to hit on the way through there... Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 According to Nikkei Net article, it was a kind of friendship gift from JAPAN-CHINA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION OF NAGANO. They sent lots of ski equipments before, too. That's nice. I want to give my old skis to them. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I talked about this with owner of the minshuku while she was toasting pieces of Mochi on a charcoal grill in irori fireplace for me. She is hoping this is going to boost the village economy. I hope so, too. I liked Nozawa onsen very much. People are very relaxed and friendly. The onsen is not only for tourists but also for the local people's daily life. I could realize very nice Japanese culture there. It was so peaceful to have a nap to the sound of shoveling the snow outside... Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 gotta respect that slow. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Nozawa went off this weekend!! Steep and deep I bet some ozzies are buying it Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Yamakashi is telling the truth It was steep and the pillow landings were so nice and deep. Can't wait to get back to that hill. I can't really add anything to the private thing except that this seems to be a hugely untapped hill from a gaijin perspective. A little international marketing could go along way. And a nice gaijin owned Pension eh Fattwins Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Think the three of us should buy one!! Maybe FF should put in 98% and you and me put in 1% each but of course splitting the profits three-way Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 > The onsen is not only for tourists but also for the local people's daily life. I once went to that really crowded onsen on the 'main drag' and there was one grouchy old bastard trying to have his daily life in the onsen. At 5 o'clock, the little boxes of hot water were so packed with knackered skiers, everybody had to sit with their knees up to their chins. In comes Grandad, who was not very relaxed and friendly, and says loudly "I want to get in!" Some slight effort was made to squeeze tighter but Grandad isn't having it - "I can't fit in!" he yells. Somebody graciously gets out and starts washing. "It's too hot!" complains Grandad straightaway, "I want to be near the cold tap!" He starts climbing over people's heads to get to the cold tap, flapping his towel and loose cobblers in people's faces. Next it's "I want to get out! Make room!" with more unapologetic stepping on people. I bet he watches the weather forecast like any avid skier, and deliberately goes to the busiest onsen at quitting time on the big dump days so that he can pester tired skiers and make them feel guilty about getting in the way of the daily life of locals. Link to post Share on other sites
RockyV 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Despite your bad experience at the onsen, I go there about 4 times a week and it is normally plesent. You will find cranky old bastards anywhere, the solution would have been just to change onsens, there are enough for everyone in the town. Enjoy Nozawa, It is my home away from home in Japan, If only I could find a way to buy it, mmmm (I'm an Aussie by the way-talking about the previous comment, but just not a rich one) Just for curiosity does anyone know what it will go for? Link to post Share on other sites
ortwin 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Who tells you that Grandad was a local? Doesn't sound like one to me, if he complained about the water being to hot. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 > Who tells you that Grandad was a local? Well, nothing definite you know, just something about the proprietary air with which he swung his bollocks in everybody's face... > the solution would have been just to change onsens Thank you, do you always give such practical advice? I could indeed have got dried, put on my clothes, walked across town to another bath far distant from the restaurant where I had already bagged a seat, just to get away from a grouchy old geezer who was making a very entertaining spectacle of himself. > Enjoy Nozawa Again, thank you. It never occurred to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Ocean you missed a sic weekend. Toque im still thinking about my favorite line for the weekend....... might have been old growth or that 50 degree chute and duck to the trees with a 2 meter pillow. I gotta say that the best line of the week goes to the 2nd to last run down tsugaike droping the 3m rock in front of yama aka creekboy. worst run was the chute off of the back for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 My best on saturday was the steep face and the big chute and then on sunday my last run down those single chair trees. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: I gotta say that the best line of the week goes to the 2nd to last run down tsugaike droping the 3m rock in front of yama aka creekboy. worst run was the chute off of the back for sure. That was such a sweet huck FF! Sweet tuck and nice air time! Toque from across the valley looked sweet as dropping the dam too. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 too bad you cant come next weekend there yama boy Link to post Share on other sites
Trying to look busy 0 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Where are these lines in Noz? I'm going up there weekend after next. Link to post Share on other sites
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