Being stuck without data or racking up huge fees while traveling can quickly ruin a trip. Its now easier and cheaper than ever to stay connected in Japan with pre-paid sim cards. You’ll be able to post to Instagram and make your friends jealous your entire trip! Buying and getting set up with a Sim card can be done right when you arrive in Japan. Most pre-paid Sim card companies make it easy to pick up Sim cards at both Narita and Haneda Airport. They also have English support so you don’t have to worry about any language barriers. You’ll need to have an unlocked cell phone to use a prepaid sim card and most options don’t offer text […]
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Snow in Tokyo
Snow in Tokyo. Will it Snow in Tokyo this year? Yes it does snow in Tokyo a little bit most years. Over the last 70 years it has snowed on average 9.5 days a year with an average of 7.6cm in total. So not a lot normally but enough to make everything look pretty! This is of course just an average, so there are some years with lots more snow. The current record is 33 cm and was set in 1951. And in more recent years Tokyo had 27 cm in 2014 and 21 cm in January 2018. I was there in 2014 and there were people skiing down the street in Akihabara. A ” Magic Foot” in […]
Still Rooms in Nozawa for Peak Season!
It’s a perfect opportunity to book as there has just had a cancellation at Lodge Nagano for 2 beautiful Japanese Style Tatami rooms with awesome views in January. Check in ; 13th of January 2020 Check out ; 24th of January 2020 Be in Nozawa for the famous Fire Festival and for some of the best snow you will ever experience. The Fire Festival is on the 15th of January and is a celebration for a plentiful harvest, good fortune, prosperity in life and health in the next year and quite a spectacle to watch. They are perfect dates for School Holidays and the rooms are right next door to each other so great for families, together will sleep 5 […]
5 Reasons to visit Nozawa Onsen in Spring
Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort in Nagano Japan is quickly becoming a favourite destination for skiers and snowboarders from all over the world and with very good reason. It has a beautiful traditional Japanese feel combined with some of the best snow conditions in the world! All this plus delicious food and streets lined with soothing Onsens or hotsprings which are free to use. Many people visit in the peak times of January and February but for some reason think that the season is over in March but that is not the case March can be some of the best skiing of the season and we also love the Spring skiing in April. 5 Reasons to visit Nozawa Onsen […]
The Power of Powder Nozawa Onsen Japan
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 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
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 […]
Count down to 2019/20 Season Nozawa
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 […]
Season Pass Prices Nozawa 2019
Season Pass Prices Nozawa 2019 Who could look at these views all Season long? Nozawa is such a mystical village with some amazing skiing why not spend more than just a week! The Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort has just put out the prices for Season Passes for the coming 2019/20 Ski Season and they are still great value. Consider coming up for the whole season or for parts of it, if on a budget and with some time constraints and lets face it that is most of us, consider the great Spring Season deal. At just 36,500 Yen, if you ski a whole month it works out at just 1000 Yen a day! Season Pass Prices Nozawa 2019 Season Pass […]
Stay the Ski Season Nozawa Japan
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 […]