Book Nozawa 2024 Holiday A Very Happy Sunny New Year from Nozawa Onsen 2023年1月1日あけましておめでとうございます 今シーズンもよろしくお願いします Hope everyone had a great night and you are looking forward to 2023. Was a big turn out for the Countdown and Fireworks and a beautiful evening at the local shrine too. Feels a bit slow around the Village this morning but plenty of action up on the hill with New Years revellers soaking up some gorgeous 2023 Sun Shine. Just a dusting for the top overnight but enough to freshen things up and make it look picture perfect for the first day of the year. Dust yourself off and get up there. TODAY: Temperature at the top; -5 degrees early but warming up with […]
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Nozawa New Years Eve
Nozawa New Years Eve It’s Ōmisoka! It’s the final day of 2022 and you’re in the most perfect place to celebrate bringing in the New Year! From 4.30pm to 11.30pm there should be night skiing at Nozawa Ski Resort by Nagasaka Gondola, with a countdown to midnight and fireworks. Night skiing will be confirmed later in the day. For a more quiet, contemplative New Years, you can take part in Hatsumode. This is the traditional Japanese practice of visiting the local shrine and/or temple. In this case, it’s O-yu. There are good luck tokens for the year ahead and you can send your wishes into the New Year. The temple’s bell is rung 108 times. New Years, or Shōgatsu, is a […]
Nozawa Onsen Restaurant Bookings
Nozawa Onsen Restaurant Bookings Tips Restaurants Nozawa Onsen Most of the year you can get into a restaurant in Nozawa no problem but at busy times there is a bit of competition to get in to the popular restaurants. Have a look at our new Restaurant Guide for Nozawa with lots of tips and reviews of most of the delicious places to eat in town. Restaurant and Bar Guide Nozawa Onsen A few tips get in early or late, get off the main drag, head to the big places like Kongo Night Market and Sparena if want to be sure to get a seat, book a night ahead when out and about. Get in Early! Most people eat around […]
Patience waiting for snow
Patience waiting for snow The sun is shining and it’s a brilliant bluebird day today. Temperatures are up around 9 degrees currently in the village and it’s the warmest I’ve felt for the past week. I’m actually wearing one too many layers. Obviously, this isn’t great for the snow forecast but it’s all just a lesson in patience. The snow will come. The forecast for up to 25cm of new snow on Sunday is still holding. I noticed a couple of local villagers continuing to harvest cabbage this morning outside my window. We received this stunning photo this morning from 野沢温泉スキー場 at Nozawa Ski Resort. It may look like there’s no snow from down in the village but it’s there! […]
Ski Course Nozawa Japan
Ski Course Nozawa Japan Who wants to improve their Skiing or Snow Boarding skills? Ski and Board Improvement courses in Nozawa Work on your Parallel Turns and Apres yarns with one of our awesome improvement courses this coming season in Nozawa. Join a group of like minded people to enjoy a week in the snow and hone your skills at the same time. Whether board or ski we are running 3 courses this season in December, February and March. Ski Course Nozawa Japan 7 Nights Accommodation, breakfast, 6 days lift passes and 4 hours a day of instruction all included from just 133,000 Yen or about $1435 per person. Great value and sure you would get a lot out of […]
First Snow Japan 2022
First Snow Japan 2022 First Snow of the Season in Japan The first fall at a ski Resort in Japan for the coming winter season was reported this morning at Kurodake in the north of Hokkaido. Mt Fuji has already seen some snow but Kurodake Ropeway is as usual our go to for first snow falls at a resort in Japan. The first now last year was on Oct 19th so two weeks later. Does this mean we are in for an early season this year? Who knows will have to wait and see but all the weather gurus are leaning towards another big season on the snow front with yet again La Niña year on the cards. We got […]
Music Festival Japan Nozawa
Music Festival Japan Nozawa Fuji Rock Festival starts tomorrow 29th of July and goes all weekend Fuji Rock is the largest music festival in Japan and a pretty amazing set up nestled in to the mountain side of the Naeba Ski Resort in nearby Yuzawa. Headline acts this year include; Bonobo, Jonas Blue, Jack White, Halsey and many more. Lots of awesome local Japanese artists as well this year. Music Festival Japan Nozawa The Festival is just over a 90 minute drive from Nozawa or train ride from Iiyama so doable to stay in Nozawa if want some more comfort than the campground or Nozawa is a great place to come and chill out for a few days after the […]
Mountain Bike Event Japan
Mountain Bike Event Japan Rent a whole Mountain Bike Course for you and your friends in Nozawa A while ago we talked about the possibility to rent your own Ski Resort at Togari across the valley for 60,000 yen for the night skiing. I didn’t realise but in Summer you can also rent the Nozawa MTB trails and host your own event. Some guests by the name of DEE MANIACS staying at Villa Nozawa did that just this weekend gone. Mountain Bike Event Japan They raced top to bottom with all the regular thrills and spills ,then had the Gondola to take them back up to do it all again and Onsens to soothe the aches after. The local community […]
Eichigo-Tsumari Art Nozawa
Eichigo-Tsumari Art Nozawa Eichigo-Tsumari Art Nozawa is only 1 hour away! The Tunnel of Light Just under 1 hours drive from Nozawa Onsen will lead you to the Eihigo-Tsumari Art Field in neighbouring Nigata Prefecture. The amazing tunnel that bores through the heart of snow country leads you out to this impressive window on the world that stares down at the massive Kiyotsu Gorge. Eichigo-Tsumari Art Nozawa It was fully restored in 2018 by MAD Architects with the goal of bringing back the cultural energy that once flourished in the region. The Art Festival in on this year and runs all the way until mid November 2022 with various events and exhibitions running in the area. You can book now […]
Hiking Tours Nozawa Japan
Hiking Tours Nozawa Japan Climb Mt Fuji or any of the other amazing peaks in Japan Hiking Tours Nozawa Japan Summer is definitely here in Japan and some warm days with the mercury already heading above 30 degrees Celsius. Great time to escape to the mountains and get up high to some cooler breezes. Many may know but for every 100m you go up the temp drops by on average 1 degree. So even in Nozawa it is set to hit 31 degrees in town tomorrow but up at Yamabiko it will be 21 degrees. Good news is the Nagasaka Gondola opens this Saturday too, so you don’t even need to walk to the top to cool down. So with […]