Nozawa Holidays

Base at top:  100 cm Temp at Top; -6 Degrees Base at Uenotaira  90 cm New Snow since close: 3 cm        Weather; Cloudy What a great success. The Fire Festival, one of the yearly highlights at Nozawa Onsen took place last night and brought hundreds of locals and foreigners alike. The festivities began a couple of hours after finishing up a beautiful day on the slopes, and continued late into the night. The blue skies turned into a clear and cold night, filled with light and smoke. For those of you who’ll be up on the slopes today, there are a couple centimetres of fresh snow on the pistes and more will be coming down throughout the […]

Base at top: 100 cm Temp at Top; -6 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 90 cm New Snow since close: 3 cm Weather; Cloudy                           With the Fire Festival taking place tonight, excitement around Nozawa Onsen has reached a boiling point. The men will be finishing the construction of the shrine by lunch, in time for the festivities to kick off at 7pm. The excitement doesn’t stop there; We’re predicting some fantastic snow falls over the coming week. From Monday onwards a cold system will be dropping some snow for us. Snowfalls will be heaviest on the Wednesday, and gale winds will be blowing on Tuesday night. Freezing levels […]

Who is still keen to come skiing in Nozawa this season?   We still have a few good spots available towards the end of January. It is a good gap to come up as all the school kids have gone home so is a bit quieter.   Ninjin House is an amazing self-contained accommodation close to all amenities and right near the snow, now available from the 31st January for 7 nights. Probably won’t last long! 2 bedrooms apartment, sleeps 4-6, best views in the village. Get in contact with the booking crew for more details! stay@nozawaholidays.com

Base at top:  100 cm Temp at Top; -9 Degrees Base at Uenotaira  90 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm        Weather; snowing! With the fire festival starting to kick into gear, and with a forecast like this, there’s no reason not to be excited. We’ve recently been somewhat deprived of the usual heavy snow we’re familiar with at Nozawa, but it seems that the waiting game could soon be over. We should see some light snowfalls to finish off the week, followed by heavy snowfalls to start the new week. Powder is coming to Nozawa! Winds will be strong after the weekend, bringing the windchill right down to -26 at times… but those cold temperatures mean […]

Base at top:  105 cm Temp at Top; -9 Degrees Base at Uenotaira  95 cm New Snow since close: 2 cm        Weather;  Clear morning, cloudy afternoon Although we haven’t been getting as much snow as we would like, the on piste conditions at Nozawa Onsen have been fairly good recently, and on a day like today, there’s no reason not to get out there. The day will start off with blue skies in every direction before some light cloud rolls in later in the day. We should be receiving a bit of snow overnight and then some more tomorrow to give the slopes a nice top up. The forecast for the coming week is looking great. After […]

                                  Today will see the men of the Village in their “Bad Luck” Years aged 25 and 42 drag the huge logs down from the Forest and thru the Village to the ceremony grounds. Fuelled with camaraderie and lots of Sake it is a spectacle to watch. Then along with other villagers they will set about building the shrine within a 48 hour limit to be ready for the Festival to take place on the 15th of January. The dragging begins at the bottom of the Kandaha Race Course at about 1pm then past Hikage and Nagasaka Gondolas then down thru the village. Be […]

Base at top:  105 cm Temp at Top; -9 Degrees Base at Uenotaira  95 cm New Snow since close: 1 cm        Weather; some blue skies right now but snow on its way. After consistent snowfall throughout yesterday and during the night, the mountain should be nice and fresh for a beautiful day of riding. Thanks to the extra cover, a few new runs are open including  Utopia and Ushikubi. The Nozawa Onsen team were hard at work yesterday preparing parts of the mountain and shaping the halfpipe so hopefully we see some more of the mountain opening soon. Unfortunately the forecast has been downgraded from our original predictions for the week. There will still be light snow […]

Base at top: 100 cm Temp at Top; -9 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 95 cm New Snow since close: 8 cm Weather; Snowing                               Nozawa Onsen was treated to another beautiful day out on the slopes yesterday with decent coverage, particularly at the higher altitudes. The colder temperatures kept the snow fresh, but with large crowds here over the long weekend, the snow was chopped up relatively quickly. Today is a holiday for the Japanese to celebrate “coming of age”, so the mountain once again will be quite busy. There is, however, fresh snow in the resort with 8 cm having fallen up the top overnight. […]

                        Base at top: 105 cm Temp at Top; -6 Degrees Base at Uenotaira 95 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; fairly clear, snow in the evening Yesterday began with some light clouds hanging around in the skies after a nice fresh cover of the good stuff. The afternoon brought with it some beautiful blue skies and sun. The conditions stayed nice throughout the day, however there unfortunately isn’t enough snow yet for some parts of the mountain to be open. The next few days seem like they should bring some of the snow we’ve been needing, with consistent snow predicted to fall from tonight until Tuesday, […]

Kohi – it’s Japanese for Coffee It is going to be a magic day on the slopes but first coffee! If want to get your caffeine fix or some great breakfast fuel be sure to drop into the Mt Dock Gondola Cafe located just below the main Nagasaka Gondola. They also do Lunch and have beers and wine for an Apres drink. Open daily from 8am to 5pm and check out the great Mt Dock retail store at the same time. Espresso yourself people…