nozawa onsen skiing

More snow being reported in the North of Japan with some dustings again over the weekend always great to hear. At this stage the Resort is hoping to open on Saturday the 26th of November snow permitting. We normally try and open that weekend every season and we sometimes do. The last 10 years it has been on average opening December 1st so a few days later. If the snow does hit early like they are expecting then we may be skiing in just over a month, it is getting colder in the hills and it doesn’t take long for everything to change in the mountains! The forecast is saying we may get a dusting in Nozawa next weekend but […]

Updated May 2019 below link! https://www.nozawaholidays.com/news/lift-pass-prices-nozawa-japan/ Lift Pass Prices out for Nozawa next season still same great value! The lift pass prices for the coming season 2017 have been released and are the same as last season. Japan still has some of the cheapest ski lift ticket prices in the world by far. With generally some of the most snowfall of anywhere on the planet, it is a great choice for your upcoming ski holiday. Nozawa Onsen Lift Ticket Prices Adult 1-Day Pass is 4800 Yen a day But if you buy say a 6-day Pass it comes down to just 4300 Yen a day! Even at current rates is just over $50 a day so half price of some […]

Madarao Nozawa Onsen We have posted a few Summer activities going on in our neighbouring resort Madarao about time we put up a winter shot. Madarao is located just across the Chikuma river and you can see it from the upper slopes of Nozawa. The resort was very popular with students mainly in the early 90s and used to be completely packed. Like many resorts in Japan it got quiet pretty quickly after the boom times. Aki san and the team over there have been working hard on putting it back on the map and it is becoming popular again. They have been concentrating on their powder game with 60% of courses ungroomed. There are some great tree runs and […]