Has been a picturesque past week in Nozawa Onsen with continual early season dustings on the higher slopes. Unfortunately was not enough to get the lifts running this weekend but the resort is now planning to open next weekend December 10th and the signs for snow are promising. After a warmish day in Nozawa temps are dropping fast and snow expected above 1000m tonight and tomorrow. Should be enough for a play but the real ski action looks set for next weekend. In the meantime if heading up and keen for a ski near by Shiga Kogen has opened a few lifts with some real and man made snow. Up north they have been getting dumped on so hopefully it […]
Nozawa Onsen getting the Winter Groove on
Glorious morning in Nozawa Onsen today, after a pretty wild one on the weather front yesterday. We had strong winds and sleet throughout the course of the afternoon. The top of the mountain was shrouded in cloud most of the day so was hard to see what was going on up there. But this morning it is blue skies and the views are awesome with a decent coverage of white down to about half way. As the photos show the surrounding peaks got a good dose too. Tempted to drive up and see if we can lay a few first tracks for the season! The forecast is for a few sunny days now which will be nice but probably not […]
More snow overnight
We’ve had another 20cm of snow overnight on the mountain. Down here in the village it’s getting very cold – we’re looking forward to the big dumps!
Nozawa Onsen Snow Forecast for November – Looking promising
Snow on the horizon for Nozawa Onsen. If predictions are correct then we could be in for over 30cm of snow up top over the next few days. Snowforecast was pretty spot on last season and a lot of the time can almost double what they predict! Temperatures up top are getting down to as low as -8 degrees up top. Hopefully this will give us what we need for a December 3rd open as planned. We still have good availability right up until Christmas so will be a fun December in Nozawa so get on the site and drop us a line if keen to come up for a slide https://www.nozawaholidays.com/ http://www.lodgenagano.com/
Snow Happens in Nozawa Onsen
Many Alpine regions in Japan woke up to a blanket of snow this morning and Nozawa Onsen was no different with snow down to about half way covering Uenotaira . First good covering of the year and looks like more to come over the next day or two. Then will warm up over the weekend a bit before the next system is forecast to come in nice and cold on Monday next week. Temps are set to drop to -7 degrees with freezing point dropping to Village level at about 500m above sea level. Up top they are predicting heavy snowfall so will be interesting to see if that eventuates. In the past the resort has opened on November 21st […]
Jetstar Sale now On
A lot of guests from Australia wait for the big Jetstar air fare sale to come out before they book in. Well, it’s here! Jetstar launch sale on air fares to Japan – from $550 return! Some Great Accommodations Specials Too To celebrate the low, low air fares, we’ve pit together some, amazing specials including: accommodation breakfast ski lift pass from just $50 per day! Check out our great specials here! Cheers Mark, Yosh and the team
Nozawa Onsen Photo Contest
With just one month to go until the resort is set to open here in Nozawa Onsen on December 3rd, there is a cool feeling of excitement in the air. The autumn leaves or Kouyo are in full blaze, and there are some beautiful colors sprawled out across the slopes The staff as usual are out in the fields preparing the runs, cutting grass and trees to make way for mountains of snow which are hopefully just around the corner. The Japan Meteorological Agency has put out their forecast and it is looking pretty promising with average temperature and precipitation in December and below average temps in January. At the moment it is still fairly warm in town but temps […]
Free Nights in Nozawa Onsen
See yourself in a Foot Onsen in Nozawa Onsen this coming Season? Just over 1 month to go until the lifts are set to roll on December 3rd with Mother Natures Blessing Dont forget we are giving away Free Nights in Nozawa Onsen at Lodge Nagano or Villa Nozawa To have a chance to win just need to be a friend to us on Facebook or sign up for our news letter https://www.nozawaholidays.com/ http://www.facebook.com/nozawaonsenjapan To thank everyone for joining us we will be giving away a few prizes leading up to the season. We plan to draw this in the next few days so get your friends on to it too, then if they win maybe they will take you! […]
Returning Guests & Team Members A Great Sign
We’re always very grateful to see many of our guests returning year after year – it’s something we see as a bit of a gauge on the great value we offer and super friendly service. Another really nice thing we love seeing is when people who have worked for us come back for holidays (we’ve had a few previous guests come and work with us too). Laura’s Bringing Her 2 Brothers Just taken a booking for Laura who worked at Villa Nozawa this year. Laura is bringing her 2 younger brothers (Jack’s 19 and Harry is 17) over to enjoy all that Nozawa Onsen has to offer after raving about the place to them when she returned home to sunny […]
Great Japan Flights Available
We’re hearing of some pretty sweet deals to Japan around with Air Asia apparently doing Sale Fare to Japan from Perth for just $199 each way. Perfect for a ski trip to escape the summer heat! Check them out out here. Cheers Mark