This is Japan Skiing Japan you will be back! -This is Japan Skiing Great little clip by Mattias Evangelista made about 4 years ago from a few of his visits to Japan. Lots of footage from Nozawa Onsen the village and slopes as well as nearby resorts like Shiga Kogen and Myoko Kogen. He states on the film “I’ve spent the last two January’s skiing and traveling in Japan. This is a place unlike any other. A place where old meets new, where tradition clashes with modernization and where beauty meets chaos. What’s left is a culture so rich and diverse you have to see it to believe it. This is Japan.” Unfortunately unless you are in Japan it is […]
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Book Now Nozawa 2022
Book Now Nozawa 2022 Always a Chair waiting for you in Nozawa Welcome to “Flashback Friday” from Nozawa Onsen. This shot from February just gone, not one of our best seasons but we still had some amazing days on the mountain. The long range forecast is for better than average snow fall for the coming season. Which usually means a lot of snow in Nozawa. Realise if you are not in Japan it is going to be hard to make it but maybe a late season run if borders open up. Otherwise bookings are open for 2021/22 Season and filling fast with most people transferring from this season. Often for Nozawa you need to book a year in advance anyway […]
Autumn Hiking Nozawa Japan
Autumn Hiking Nozawa Japan Autumn in Japan is something special Excitement is building around the pending winter which is just around the corner. Winter is an amazing time of year and definitely the time we get the most guests. But let’s enjoy the amazing beauty of Autumn first. Japan is an astounding 70% mountainous so there are so many terrific hiking locations including Nozawa Onsen. On those colder days nothing beats an Onsen soak at the end of the day too. This shot of Mt Fuji really encompasses the beauty of Autumn in Japan Photo @yako_flpr3 arigatou gozaimasu Check out more on Autumn in Nozawa here https://www.nozawaholidays.com/nozawa-onsen-summer/shin-etsu-trail-hike-nozawa-onsen/
Nozawa Season Opening Dates
Nozawa Season Opening Dates Lots of news coming out of the Nozawa Onsen ski resort this week. The opening date for the coming season has been announced. Drum roll please… – Saturday December the 12th 2020. So a little later than usual but not such a bad thing. It will give them a bit more time to complete the new Gondola and also mean there is a greater chance of enough snow on the slopes. Over the years we are generally open by December the 10th. Sometimes earlier and sometimes later. They have also set the closing date to be a little later this year being Sunday May the 9th 2021. So after the end of Golden week which was […]
Nozawa Season Pass Sale
Nozawa Season Pass Sale Season Passes on Sale in Nozawa A new gondola going in and you can get a season pass for almost 10,000 Yen cheaper than last season! The Ski resort is offering a special sale to commemorate the opening of the new Nagasaka Gondola this season. Purchase your season pass in October and save the equivalent of about 15% on your season Pass! Thought lift passes may go up this year due to the major investment in the new Nagasaka Gondola but looking at last season pass prices and they have only gone up by 500 Yen for this season. Last year an Adult Season Pass was 67,500 Yen. Here is a link to details; Lift Pass Prices Nozawa Here are the rates for this coming season. […]
Long Life Nozawa Nagano
Long Life Nozawa Nagano People live long and well in Nagano Big weekend in Nozawa as tomorrow is a public holiday to celebrate “Respect for the Aged Day”. It is a day to express respect for the elders in the community, and to recognise and thank them for their contributions to society and last but not least, celebrate their long lives. Nagano is now recognised as one of the places that people live the longest in the whole world! There are perhaps a few reasons for this however it all stemmed from about 30 years ago when Nagano had a high level of people having strokes from too much Salt in all the pickled vegetables they ate. The local […]
Go To Travel Nozawa
Go To Travel Nozawa Japan is keen to get its booming Tourist industry back on track as soon as possible. So the government is digging into their own pockets to get people back exploring this beautiful country. Currently as most people from abroad are unable to travel to Japan. Therefore they are aiming at getting locals out of the cities and into rural destinations like Nozawa Onsen. To promote people to travel around the country and to help boost local businesses, the Japanese government has set up the Go To Travel Campaign, which provides subsidies of up to 50 percent on your costs for transportation, hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions and shopping, all within Japan. Get into the country in […]
Gluten Free Soba Nozawa
Gluten Free Soba Nozawa Soba making in Nozawa, grass roots to making Gluten Free Soba Buckwheat is grown in many countries, the history of Soba started in Japan thousands of years ago. Soba noodles as we know them today started in the 16th century. The way Soba is made and seasoned are quite unique to Japan. Nozawa has a number of delicious Soba restaurants, many that have been going for generations and make a delightful array of Soba dishes. You have probably been to one of them like Daimon Soba, Yoshimi Soba, Soba Suzulki, and also down at Kongou. There are many others restaurants in town that offer soba dishes as part of their menu. Humble beginnings for Soba Noodles […]
Nozawa Onsen Free Gondola
Ride on – Old Gondolas never die in Nozawa! Who has taken a ride to the top of Yamabiko in one of these beauties? The Gondola cabins have been taken down to make way for the new and improved Nagasaka Gondola which will be in action this coming ski season in Nozawa. The good news is that these old ships including the famous Green and Pink gondolas can live on. The resort is giving them away. You just need to have a good reason and a good place to put them. Who can think of one? More info on the new Gondola here; https://www.nozawaholidays.com/news/new-gondola-nozawa-onsen-japan/
Magic Streets Nozawa Onsen
Magic Streets Nozawa Onsen Nozawa has many magical little streets and laneways to explore and each one can lead you somewhere interesting like to a Shrine, a little restaurant, an Onsen or even a ski run. Many people often ask me how do they keep the roads of Nozawa clear of snow? A very good question. It is no secret that Nozawa Onsen gets a lot of snow. Often over 14 meters in a season and we can have nights where the Snow Gods will dump up to 100cm in an amazing Siberian Storm. All this snow can make it very tricky to get around Nozawa on our little streets. To be honest you can walk everywhere in Nozawa so best […]