mel79 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hello, we are looking for a place to go from March 28th-31st something similar to Zao. We initially wanted to go up to Hokkaido but can't get enough time off from work so looking for something that is closer in travel time door to door with still great snow depth and longer runs. We live down in Osaka. Looking or a great resort/mountain good for snowboarding. We did Zao back the beginning of January and had a great time. We'll go back to Zao most likely but I thought I would check here incase you guys have suggestions on another place (mountain/hotel/etc) that we should ask the travel agent about. Flight, hotel, breakfast etc. package ... (dinner and lift passes included is just a bonus). Thank you in advance. Oh, and it's for two people only. Ski-in ski-out or at least real close to the lifts is another thing we are looking for! Thanks guys! Link to post Share on other sites
hayamimi 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 What in particular did you like about Zao? Have you thought of Nozawa? You can easily get it all planned yourself as well no need for travel agency vultures. I contacted Nozawa Onsen Hotel through the pages on this site and did it all myself, really easy and got a good deal from them. Nice place. Check the places to stay page link up top. Link to post Share on other sites
mel79 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hayamimi, what we enjoyed about Zao was the long run from the top of the mountain back down to the bottom. Also it felt very adventurous going up a lift, up another, over and down, up another, etc etc. Also the onsen town was very ski resort town-ish. I didn't know about Nozawa. I just checked out some of the websites about it though, thank you. Have you been to both Zao and Nozawa and how do they compare in your opinion? Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/topic/1/7207.html? the link above goes a thread titled; who would win- nozawa or zao? enjoy. Link to post Share on other sites
mel79 0 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 thank you for your help guys. We booked 4 days at Zao. Since we have done that one before we know we liked it .... besides the long straight bits we actualy really enjoyed ourselves. Got a fantastic deal so that's that! Can't wait to get back up there!!!! WOOO HOOO!!! Link to post Share on other sites
UncleNob'ed 0 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I like Zao too and don't mind the layout. It's a great place and the times I have been the snow has been really top notch. I'm also very keen on Nozawa, same onsen deal going on. Great places. Link to post Share on other sites
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