nozawa onsen skiing

The Power of Powder Nozawa Onsen Japan Welcome to your Sunday Snow show from Nozawa Onsen. Last weekend we were reminded of how much precipitation we can get in Japan in a very short period of time, sometimes just too much. In winter it can often feel like too much as well but can also be just right and can create a lot of excitement. This clip a lazy 50cm of fresh snow overnight. Bring on winter and Go The Cherry Blossoms in the Rugby Tonight.

Winter Start Nozawa Japan Winter is coming… Nozawa Onsen could look like this in just one months time! This video from November 17th 2017. The 12 Day forecast is currently showing temps dipping below 0 degrees up top not this coming weekend but next weekend and even a chance of a dusting. As previously announced the Resort will open on Saturday Nov 23rd snow permitting. Don’t count your snowflakes before they fall but why not do a little snow dance it can’t hurt 🙂 If thinking of a little Pre Christmas Ski Trip then why not take a chance Pro’s of travelling pre December 20th: – Very Quiet on the slopes and watch the village transform – Lifts normally running […]

Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort Open Date 2019 The Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort has announced Opening day for the coming Ski Season  Saturday November the 23rd 2019 snow permitting the Ski Lifts will start to turn!  It is fairly unlikely that we will get open by then, it has happened in the past but pretty rare to open so early.  We did open on 25th of November two seasons ago in 2017 so keep your fingers crossed.  The shot from the top is 1st of December that year.  This photo of Buna is November 10th 2016 just a few years ago when we had some early snow. We ended up opening on the 9th of December that year after some good […]

Ohayou Gozaimasu to your Sunday Snow fix from Nozawa Onsen Archives This clip from a “December to Remember” when we got smashed with heavy Snowfalls very early in the season  Who can guess the year? This clip was around December 18th and the base was already at 270cm up top. We received a Meter and a Half of snow in this dump.  It was almost too much snow, a crazy thing to say so early in the season.  So in just 2 months we could be back on the Snow Globe, will it be an early gift from the Snow Gods again? Time will tell… We look forward to welcoming you either way. If want to check out the reports […]

Stay the Ski Season Nozawa Japan Long Term Rentals in Nozawa Onsen are very hard to come by, so great that this unique house has come up for rent for the whole season. Great outlook and near to the Karasawa lifts it is a place you can make many  memories of spending a ski season in Japan. You need to rent it for the whole ski season which goes from early December up to May 6th and the cost for the season is 2,500,000 Yen so about 500,000 Yen a month which compared to most holiday lettings is a great deal if you can spend a whole season. Think how good your Skiing and Japanese will become! Click here for more details and drop […]

Fly to Japan Return for Free! Great for our Aussie guests, Jetstar Sale just launched and always a pretty good one. Buy an outbound fare and get Return Flight Free on the selected flights. Looks like most ports in Australia coming back. For your return flight, search for flights between the following dates: From Tokyo (Narita) via Cairns – 31 March to 8 April, 6 May to 2 July and 28 August to 15 September 2020. From Tokyo (Narita) via Gold Coast – 15 March to 9 April, 6 May to 29 June and 28 August to 24 September 2020. From Osaka (Kansai) via Cairns – 28 January to 19 March, 6 May to 1 July and 28 August to […]

Winter is Coming to Nozawa Onsen Japan Trimming the trails in Nozawa!   Always an exciting time of year when they turn the Snow Groomers into giant lawn mowers and start to prepare the slopes for Winter. A huge job with a total slope area of 297 Hectares it will take a few days 🙂 So start getting excited as we could be riding those slopes in as little as 2 months time. If have not already booked better jump on it still lots of availability for early season and other times. Look and book lots of great properties here; https://www.nozawaholidays.com/properties/ Photo by Seiji san Arigatiou Gozaimasu

If you’ve got little ones coming with you on your snow holiday then finding a ski resort that can offer quality child care is important! Luckily Nozawa child care has a few options for your kids. There’s day care, private baby sitting and ski lessons.   Yumin Child Care – Day Care Centre Right on the hill at the Hikage Ski Centre is the Yumin Day Care facilities for 1-6 year olds. This is a Japanese run centre with some English speaking staff and well qualified carers. You can the Yumin Day Care centre on the second floor of the Hikage Information Centre. Get there by heading up the Yu road from town or by catching the free sled transport […]