Latest News from Nozawa Onsen

Anyone looking at coming up to Nozawa next season may be time to get your skates on or is that skis on! January is already pretty heavily booked so if can, try and come up in February or March, avoid the crowds and score the powder! Looks like Jetstar has some good deals on for that time out of Australia too around $750 Return. We are doing some sweet packages at that time too Deep Nozawa Deal 7 Nights Stay based on Twin Share Japanese Style Tatami Room with Share Bathroom Healthy Breakfast Included Daily 5 Days Lift Passes ( Non Consecutive) Return Shuttle from Narita or Haneda Airport to Nozawa Onsen Use of all the Village Hot springs English […]

It was a pleasure having Tim Baker a well known author of the Gold Coast visit us last season. Check out his latest write up ‘Slow Snow’ in Autumn Slow Magazine about his holidaying experience in our traditional Japanese village. Thanks Tim, we love this one!  

The Ski lifts at Nozawa Onsen Officially closed on May the 6th with the end of the Golden Week Holiday. They are still running but only to take up racers doing some spring training. We had a 135cm base on the last day so still some fun spring skiing to be had if you strap on some skins and enjoy your back country touring. Has been another amazing season in Nozawa with yet again a crazy amount of snow. Reaching a peak of 470cm Base up top around mid February. We started with a bang in mid December when we got around 300cm of snow in just 4 days! It was ridiculous; I don’t ever remember that much snow so […]

Base up top: 175 cm Temp Top; 10 Degrees get the T Shirt on! Base at Uenotaira : 80 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Sunny skies End of another great month of Spring skiing in Nozawa. April is a great month in the mountains for me as the Village morphs back into a sleepy farming town, and we still have beautiful spring skiing on the slopes and surrounding mountains. Very quiet in town and can get into all my favourite restaurants again! Another beautiful clear day here today and perfect to enjoy a beer out the front of Buna and take in the views. The bottom slopes are starting to turn to green and the farmers are […]

  The Golden Week set of holidays in Japan kicks off tomorrow 29th of April with Showa day the Celebration for the former Emperor. It is a week long holiday for many and also the last week of the ski season in Nozawa Onsen To celebrate we are running a great deal to stay and ski at Villa Nozawa. Can check out some reviews here http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/Hotel_Review-g1120620-d1151494-Reviews-Alpine_Villa_Nozawa-Nozawaonsen_mura_Shimotakai_gun_Nagano_Prefecture_Chubu.html Golden Week Spring Ski Special 3 Nights Stay Healthy Breakfast Daily 2 Days Lift Pass Use of all the Village Run Hotsprings Just 22,500 Yen per person (Based on Twin Share) Can do more or less days to so just drop us a mail here https://www.nozawaholidays.com/bookings/ Looks like some great weather ahead with lots […]

Base up top: 220 cm Temp Top; 6 Degrees Base at Uenotaira : 125 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Sunny skies Another warm sunny start to the day here in Nozawa Onsen. Temps are really getting up there with all this sunshine so some great T Shirt spring skiing weather on offer. Still very quiet on the slopes but with the Golden Week set of holidays kicking off tomorrow there should be quite a few people drifting into the village from tonight. Amazingly the resort still has top to bottom skiing on offer on the beginner Forest trail but most of the lower courses are pretty sparse on cover now. All this warm weather has brought on […]

Base up top: 250 cm Temp Top; 3 Degrees Base at Uenotaira : 170 cm New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Overcast but set to clear After a few overcast days in Nozawa looks like we have plenty of sunshine and light winds on the way. Great conditions for the top of the resort or some touring. With just 2 weeks remaining in the season and a very respectable 250cm base in place up the top looking like we should cruise thru the Golden Week holiday in style. Very quiet on the slopes now and definitely that private resort feeling, often skiing down with not another soul to see! Also in town no problem to get into your favourite […]

Base up top: 280 cm    Temp Top; +5 Degrees New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Valley fog   There is some intense fog hovering in the low valleys this morning. This is usually the result of rainfalls, which had intensified into the afternoon yesterday giving a somewhat tropical feel to the area. Luckily at the moment the areas above around 1000 meters are bathed in sunshine as the peaks soar above the low lying cloud. Today the skiing and boarding will be good on piste in the upper areas of the mountain, it will be fairly fast as it always is after rain. Looking at the forecast ahead we have seen some improvements in the overnight updates. Snow […]

Base up top: 275 cm    Temp Top; +4 Degrees New Snow since close: 0 cm Weather; Overcast   After a severe onslaught of soil hydration yesterday afternoon the much maligned precipitation has eased off overnight and we are currently faced with overcast by dry weather. Like yesterday, it will be best to make the most of the conditions earlier as rainfalls are expected to make a reappearance at some point today. Regarding snow conditions the resort runs will be wet and slushy, but fast. Best on the groomed runs. The upper areas of the mountain are holding up very well given the conditions. Tomorrow snow is forecast the fall on the resort peaks above around 1400 meters. Following this, […]