Base up top: 85 cm Temperature: – 5 Degrees Base at bottom: 30 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather: Snowing After some beautiful sunny days in Nozawa with clear skies and nice conditions on the slopes, Mother Nature has opened the heavens and the snow is falling pretty hard with a lot more to come. Top lifts are all open and the resort is open down to Uenotaira with the long beginner run in action this weekend too The forecast is showing snow for the next 4 days and over 1 meter of the white fluffy stuff on order!
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Open 1st of December 2012
Welcome back to Nozawa Tomorrow is the day! Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort opens its lifts and grooms the runs. With a 60cm base up top and some good dumps on the way things are looking good! The Nagasaka Gondola and the top two Yamabiko lifts will be open! As well as all the Yamabiko courses so a good size area to ride. Lift Tickets are discounted to; Adults 3000 Yen a day Kids 1500 Yen a day Seniors 2000 Yen a day The Restaurant will also be open at the top and imagine a few at the bottom may too. OK don’t just sit there in front of your computer dreaming of Winter! It has already arrived in Nozawa, so […]
Looking Forward To This Year’s Snow
Many repeat guests have booked in again for the coming ski season in Nozawa Onsen. Lots are frequent visitors and some have stayed with us for as many as 6 times! We are very grateful for your patronage and friendship. It means a lot to us all and everyone in Nozawa. As winter draws closer we look forward to dusting off the one piece and taking care of you again this season. Lots of the familiar friendly staff will be back again too to greet you. Roll on winter and we look forward to seeing you soon. Mark, Yoshi, Kai, Maya (our beautiful new addition 3 months ago!) and the team!
Still top to bottom in Nozawa Onsen
Base up top: 315 cm Temperature: 8 Degrees Base at bottom: 110 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather: Sunny After a busy weekend we are back to normal here in Nozawa and you have the slopes all to yourself again. Real spring skiing today with temperatures well above freezing and T-Shirt Skiers could be spotted already in the early morning hours. Great fun to carve the first tracks on the freshly groomed slopes and enjoy a cool beer over lunchtime in the sun. Slushy but good conditions yesterday with the sun out all day long. The top runs were the best and skyline yet the perfect run to finish off […]
Ski and Snowboard testing in Nozawa Onsen
Base up top: 330 cm Temperature: 5 Degrees Base at bottom: 135 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather: Sunny A fantastic day on the mountain today. The sun was out all morning. Great fun to ski on the slushy slopes or between the trees right up top. Good news too for park lovers. The Uneotaira chair lift is operating today and will stay open over the weekend. This means easy and good access to the Snow Park and Halfpipe again. Still plenty of snow and action in Nozawa Onsen with the Ski-cross competition taking place this weekend. Come up and watch the spectacular races on the Paradise run tomorrow and […]
Nozawa Onsen Accommodation Video Presentation
Please check out our new promo video. Had a great young couple Joshua and Natsuko from Chibi Moku Productions recently come and visit us in Nozawa Onsen. They shot this awesome video showcasing all 4 of our properties in one day. http://video.chibimoku.com/2012/04/05/nozawa-holidays-presents-nozawa-onsen/ Gives a good look at our 4 unique and relaxing properties right near the slopes of Nozawa Onsen. May help when making a decision for your next ski trip to Japan.
Not too much happening in Nozawa today
Base up top: 350 cm Temperature: 5 Degrees Base at bottom: 155 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather: Rain Not too much going on in Nozawa today. Strong winds closed down the lifts. The mountain will stay closed for the day so have to wait until tomorrow to get our turns in. Some of the guests at Villa Nozawa still made their way up to the slopes and gave it a go on the Snowboard for the first time. Great spirit and good on you guys. Beautiful day yesterday. Blue sky and T-Shirt skiing weather all day long. Was a bit warm but still great fun to ski in the […]
Private ski resort Nozawa Onsen
Base up top: 380 cm Temperature: 4 Degrees Base at bottom: 180 cm New Snow: 0 cm Weather: Overcast Hardly anyone on the mountain this morning. Almost feels like a private ski resort at times. Still great snow conditions on and off the slopes. If you know the right spots you can even still find nice powder runs. After a few snowy days and a blue sky yesterday the temperatures are a bit on the rise today. But still good fun to carve down Skyline towards the village and get a few turns in at the slushy bottom part. Fantastic day yesterday. Fresh powder and blue sky is a mix […]
Easter in Nozawa = 385cm Snowbase
Base up top: 385 cm Temperature: -5 Degrees Base at bottom: 185 cm New Snow: 15 cm Weather: Snowing The winter has returned once more to Nozawa Onsen. We woke up with a new blanket of snow down in the vilage this morning. Everyone had an early breakfast to hit the slopes and get the first of many fresh powder tracks on the mountain. It was snowing heavy all morning and will continue through out the day. Since yesterday afternoon we got more than 20cm of powder up top. Looks like another perfect day in Winter Wonderland Nozawa Onsen. And just so you remember. Today is the 7th of April. […]
The winter is back in Nozawa
Base up top: 360 cm Temperature: -7 Degrees Base at bottom: 185 cm New Snow: 15 cm Weather: Snowing What a day yesterday with strong winds shutting down the whole ski resort for the first time this year by lunch time. The heavy wind continued all afternoon and evening. Unlike other places in Japan there was luckily no damage reported in Nozawa. While it was raining down low, snow was falling up top and brought more than 15cm of fresh overnight. The snow keeps on coming this morning with big snow flakes falling from the sky out the window right now. Still quite windy but by far not as strong […]