Latest News from Nozawa Onsen

Nozawa Onsen Snow Report 1st of December 2017 Nice little fresh 5 cm fall on top and some sunshine!   Base at top: 35 cm Temp at Top: 1 Degree Base at Uenotaira station: 35 cm New snow since close: 5 cm Weather: Cloud coming in with Snow expected   As forecast we received some snow last night with 5cm falling across the resort and even a dusting right down to the Hikage area. Beautiful sunny start to the day as can see from this early photo. Clouds are encompassing the resort and more snow showers expected over the next 24 hours before clearing tomorrow afternoon. As said yesterday it is not a huge base but up top there is […]

  Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Opening Groomed Perfection in Nozawa in November! The groomers have been busy pushing all that new snow into shape and the runs up at Yamabiko are looking fantastic. The resort is set to open in just a few days on Saturday! Just the top of the mountain at this stage and accessed by the main Nagasaka Gondola. Here are the details for operation. Hope to see you there for “First Tracks” of the season in Nozawa The Resort is getting ready to rumble for this Saturday  Opening date: Nov.25th Open area: Only Yamabiko area Operate Gondola: Nagasaka Gondola 8:40am~15:30pm (Last down boarding 16:00pm) Operate lifts: Yamabiko four lift 9:00am~15:30pm Yamabiko No.2 lift 8:55am~15:40pm Open course: […]

Heavy Snow Forecast Nozawa Onsen Ohayou Gozaimasu from Nozawa Onsen Check out this beautiful footage shot by Seiji san of the top at Yamabiko yesterday. The trees doing their pretty thing and the runs look ready to ski on. Hold on tight as heavy snow is expected tonight and if all goes well we should have 30cm plus fall and continue lighter the next few days. Hoping this will give us an even better early base and be enough to roll the lifts this time next week. Stay tuned. Great deals for early stays Remember we have up to 20% off for many accommodation options up until December 20th and lift passes are also discounted until December 15th Adults 3400 […]

Lodge Of the Week in Nozawa Onsen – Nozawa Onsen Guest House Pearl Lodge Nozawa Onsen Guest House – just 100m to the lifts, awesone friendly local hosts. This little lodge located below the Karasawa slopes in Nozawa is a simple local Japanese lodge with perfect hosts and a warm welcome. The Yoshigoe family runs the lodge and there are 3 generations involved in the business. Masuko san the grandmother is the heart and soul of the business and will charm you off your feet from your first meeting. Together with Mum Atsuko san, her husband and daughter you will be well taken care of while staying in Nozawa Onsen. Facilities – Nozawa Onsen Guest House Rooms, all guest rooms […]

Snovember Nozawa Onsen Snow Report Farmers busy as the snow creeps lower in Nozawa Onsen! Waking up to a wintery day in Nozawa with fresh snow falling all the way down to just above the village overnight and more snowfalls expected today. Hovering just above 0 degrees in the town and – 6 degrees up at Yamabiko! Some sunshine expected tomorrow ahead of a “ Magic Foot” of snow expected on Saturday night, with cold temps and more snow expected for Sunday and Monday. Things look set to remain chilly and that base should hold now and hopefully remain for the season. Even more exciting is the longer range forecast which is predicting another 30cm plus dump from next Thursday night […]

Snowfall Snow-forecast Nozawa Onsen November It’s beginning to look a lot like we could be in for a White Christmas in Nozawa this year maybe even a whole month early! This shot taken at nearby Ryuoo Ski Park this morning ,there they are using the snow guns to add some man made snow to the naturally forming base there at current. The Resort are feeling confident that can open in just over 10 days on the 25th of November! Nozawa Onsen usually has the problem of too much snow most of the season so we don’t yet employ the use of snow guns at the resort. They did experiment a little with them last season with the thought of getting […]

  First Turns of Season Nozawa Onsen First turns of the season have been laid in Nozawa! Waking up to mountains surrounded in white this morning in Nozawa and a beautiful crisp Winters day. We did have a bit of snow on the ground up top yesterday but this morning looks like a bit more and can see white all the way down to Paradise this morning. Beautiful to see can check it out on the web cams here https://www.nozawaholidays.com/snow-cams/ Local gun skier Shogo san was pretty excited to see the first snow of the season hit so raced up to be the one to make the most of the dusting and lay down the first turns of this winter. […]

  Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Opening Date Winter 2017/18 Drumroll please! Fresh off the press the Resort plans to open up for the ski season from November 25th 2017 as usual a Saturday. That is less than a month away! It is ofcourse dependent on Mother Nature delivering the goods on the snow front. After 26 seasons to be honest I am not totally confident it will happen. But you never know… A while back we often had enough snow by then but unfortunately with Global Warming I feel that the seasons are getting pushed back a little. So get out of your car and get on your bike or walk to wherever you are going and do your bit […]

Visitors to Nozawa can finally make Shinkansen reservations on line! One of the big questions we often get from people traveling up to Nozawa is can we book the Bullet Train before we arrive? Which is understandable as coming from overseas and want to be sure you have all organised. Up until now this has not really been possible. There were a few sites that attempted to do it but never really got it right. Book Bullet Train Nozawa Tokyo Japan So we just suggested that people should do it at the first JR station they got to when arrived in Japan. There are very frequent trains traveling between Tokyo and nearby Iiyama so it has not really been a […]