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 […]
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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 […]
Discount Train Travel Nozawa Japan
Discount Train Travel Nozawa Japan Half Price Bullet Train until March 2021 – All aboard The Promotion by JR East Railways starts next month and runs until end of March so for the Ski Season too! It will make the normal return Tokyo to Iiyama train trip of 16000 yen half price so just 8000 Yen return, a huge saving. The dreaded Rona has pretty much stopped all inbound tourism in Japan. So travel boards and the government are doing their best to promote domestic travel around the country Nozawa Onsen a great Escape year round and has such a contrast between seasons and is a beautiful place to visit in both the White Winter Season and the Green Summer […]
Japan Holiday Snow and Beach
Japan Holiday Snow and Beach Japan a land of Diversity – Visit Nozawa in Spring and experience it all We had a great late ski season this year in Nozawa with some good snow falls into March and April. Even a 20cm dump on the 15th of April which was pretty special. There are a few people booking for March and April next year as will give a bit more time for international travel to open up and Spring is an amazing time to be in Japan. You can ski, take in the Cherry Blossoms and even escape to a tropical Island in the south. Japan is a long chain of islands it extends 3008 km from North to South […]
New Gondola Next Season Nozawa
New Gondola Next Season Nozawa New Gondola Full Steam ahead in Nozawa The resort is progressing nicely with the construction of the new Gondola set to open this coming Ski season in December in Nozawa. Amazing to see that solid old building being torn down to make way for the shiny new one. The current Gondola station was built exactly 30 years ago in 1990 during the Japanese Bubble era. I was working in Ski Patrol then and that top floor with the big hole in it was our office. The resort was 3 times busier than it is now, just with local Japanese skiers. It was an amazing time, the slopes were packed and the village bubbling. We were […]
Work Nozawa Onsen Ski Japan
Work Nozawa Onsen Ski Japan Work the Ski Season in Nozawa Onsen Japan – スタッフ募集 Nozawa Onsen is a pretty amazing village to visit just for a week Ski Holiday. Imagine spending the whole season here working side by side a great team. Improve your skills on the amazing powder snow, your knowledge of the Japanese language and culture and help others have a most memorable holiday. Jobs in Nozawa Onsen Japan It is still a little unclear as to what kind of a season we will be in for next year in Nozawa. But rest assured the Ski Resort and Village will be open and operational. The vast majority of visitors to Nozawa are still Japanese so there will […]
Ski for life Nozawa Japan
Ski for life Nozawa Japan 82 Still Out There The word “Legend” seems to get thrown about a bit too easy these days. I often hear young crew calling their mates legends if they make a jump or shout a round of beers at the bar. But what really is a legend? The dictionary defines a Legend as 1 ; an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field. Or 2 : a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. I kind of like to think it is a bit of a combination of the two and that you also have to be of a certain age to really claim the living legend status. Meet […]
Nozawa Onsen Medical Help
Nozawa Onsen Medical Help Spending your ski holiday in a hospital is definitely not on the list for anyone visiting Nozawa Onsen. Accidents are relatively rare but they do happen. Skiing and Snowboarding are amazing and part of the buzz is the speed and exhilaration, exploring and having fun with friends. You can occasionally however make a wrong turn and suddenly find yourself with an injury. The good news is Nozawa is ready for you. Nozawa Onsen is one of the longest running ski resorts in all of Japan clocking up over 100 years recently so they are well versed in taking care of injured skiers and boarders on the slopes. In the peak bubble times of the early 90’s […]
Simpler Times Ride Japan
https://vimeo.com/89229505 Simpler Times Ride Japan A Day Off by local boys Wood House Studio. Arigatou Gozaimasu A look back to life before the dreaded “Rona” things seemed simpler, or were they. Maybe all of this has given us and the world a chance to take a breathe to reassess and appreciate and enjoy the simple things in life. Waxing a board, taking a turn, spending time with friends in the beautiful nature. We look forward to sharing those times again with you all.