Fire Festival Log Carry Watch the towns men on their journey down the mountain through town in the Fire Festival Log Carry. The preparation for the fire festival begins the summer beforehand, when the village men cut down the ceremonial tree. The log carry is then held on the 13th of January. The men carry the log from Hikage Gondola station past the Nagasaka Gondola Station, and then down towards the site of the fire festival at the bottom of the village. There is no mechanical power to move this giant log along the epic path – just good-old fashioned man power and rope. However, the men do have some help – you can see men walking with the procession […]
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December to Remember Nozawa Onsen
Floating in Heaven in Nozawa. The December to Remember continues… Base at top: 195 cm Temp at Top: -1 Degrees Base at Uenotaira station: 190 cm New snow since close: 35 cm Weather: Clearing and sunny day ahead amazing conditions! Wow, what a perfect storm that was with Nozawa Onsen scoring about 100cm out of it in just over 24 hours. Was still snowing late last night and just started to clear when we surfaced this morning. Almost 2 meter base up the top now and the resort reporting 35cm of fresh snow overnight. It is going to be nothing short of epic on the slopes today folks. The snow just kept coming yesterday and tracks were getting filled as […]
Nozawa Onsen Snow Report Sunday 10th December
Groomers ready to rumble for the Season ahead in Nozawa Base at top: 70 cm Temp at Top: 3 Degrees Base at Uenotaira station: 50 cm New snow since close: 0 cm Weather: Clear start but clouds forming Pretty start to the day here in Nozawa this morning. No new snow to report but will be a great day on the slopes. Clouds are forming but we aren’t expecting any new snow until tomorrow night. Yesterday was a magnificent day up there with the fresh snow nice weather. Lots of people just arriving in town were pretty excited. The `forecast ahead is still looking good with falls all week and a bigger one this time next week if comes […]
Ski Holiday Nozawa Onsen Japan
Ski Holiday Nozawa Onsen Japan Cure for that Mondayitis from Nozawa Onsen A little something to help with the day dreaming on your Monday morning back at work. This shot of a beautiful day on Yunomine slopes, which are located bang in the middle of the Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort. You ride over the top of them in the Nagasaka Gondola when heading to Yamabiko but not that many people choose to ride back down this area. Making it a nice quiet few runs for anyone looking for a little oasis. There are 2 chair lifts servicing this area Number 8 Yunomine chair a Twin seater and Number 9 Mizunashi a Triple. You can also loop back down to the […]
Child Care Baby Sitting Nozawa Onsen
Child Care Baby Sitting Nozawa Onsen – No Kids on a Powder Day! If heading up to Nozawa for the ski season and have some little kids then who can take care of them so you can go for a ski is a pretty important thing! Lucky for you Nozawa has a few great options. During the day hard to beat the Yumin Day Care right on the slopes at the Hikage Ski Centre. You can quite easily access there from all Nozawa Holidays Accommodations by walking or taking the bus to the Nagasaka Gondola then there is a free ski doo drawn sled that runs you up to the Hikage Ski Centre and Kids Park. Otherwise can stroll thru […]
Togari Onsen Ski Resort – Over the valley from Nozawa Onsen
Togari Onsen Ski Resort, the little neighbour over the Valley. Could it have the cheapest lift tickets in the world? You have probably looked at it a thousand times as flying down Skyline run or sipping your morning coffee on the way up in the Nagasaka Gondola. There is even a better chance you have seen the lights on for the night skiing over the valley. It is Togari Onsen Ski Resort and is sitting just over the river on the opposite side of the Valley from Nozawa Onsen. But how many have skied it? I must admit except for dinner I have not been over to Togari for quite a few years now. So what are we missing out […]
Ski Improvement Courses Nozawa
Ski and Snow Board Improvement Courses Nozawa Onsen Nagano Japan Ski Snowboard Improvement Courses Nozawa Japan On a one-week snow trip the time goes pretty quick. By the time you get to the snow get all your gear unpacked and sorted then hit the mountain, a few great days a few fun nights and before you know it you are packing again to head home. You often probably hear yourself say I am going to work on certain aspects of my riding ability this trip but it all becomes a snowball blur. Why not take the time out for a dedicated improvement course to get your turns and timing to the next level. This year we are running a few […]
Nozawa Ski Resort could be open in just 1 Month!
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 […]
Nozawa Onsen Lift Ticket Prices
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 Resort a great day trip from Nozawa Onsen
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 […]