[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first lift is due to start moving at Kagura on Friday. It is about 10 degrees and still very autumnal here, so we are hoping for a cold snap to come in, otherwise it is snowmat until the snow arrives. For those coming later during...
Gala Yuzawa Ski Area usually tries to make it through to the Golden Week holidays in early May before closing each year. However, due to the very warm March we have had this year they have announced that the last day this year will be...
We are on the search again for a few awesome instructors to join our team for Winter 2018/19 in Japan. Snow Country Instructors are a boutique international ski school based in Yuzawa, which is a ski town about 80 minutes from Tokyo by bullet train....
So that was a busy February! It is now March, and spring seems to have arrived early and in full force. Much of the talk around town seems to be about ski resort closing dates and cherry blossom viewing trips! Not so fast everybody: there...
Yesterday we went to try the Mikuni Cat Ski operation up at Naeba and had a huge amount of fun. It is billed as "backcountry for everyone", and would be a great introduction to skiers and boarders wanting to try riding outside the resort, but is...
January is typically a quieter time for us - a bit of a lull between the busy periods of Christmas/New Year, and Lunar New Year. One of the joys of winter in Japan is that there are so many resorts all over the country, and...
We do lots of lessons in Iwappara and find that it is one of the best resorts for learning skiing and snowboarding in the Yuzawa area. Every time we head out that way we drive past Snowmobile Land which makes its home in the park...
We are half way through January 2018 already and it has turned into a very busy winter with lots of visitors coming to Yuzawa and Snow Country to enjoy the great Japanese snow. Our ski and snowboard coaches are working hard on the slopes making...
If you are up for a fully festive weekend then you need to take yourself along to nightskiing at Ishiuchi Maruyama on 23rd & 24th December. Head up the second lift and you will emerge into a Christmas Wonderland on the plateau at the top....
Another winter week has ticked past in Snow Country. Very much a case of "Be careful what you wish for." Everyone was keen for more snow, and then a big storm comes through and drops half a meter of snow on the whole town. Hours...