Resorts

You’ve seen the cherry blossoms, you’re all templed out, and you are craving an escape from the city. If you are looking for a fun day trip activity from Tokyo,

So you are comfortable on most slopes around the resort and are looking for you next challenge? The other day we accompanied a friend who has taken several lessons with

A long time without posting – apologies. We’ve been busy – lots of lessons, lots of fun and lots of festivals. There has not been as much snow as usual

We’ve been having fun teaching a bit of skiing and a bit of English to Japanese children at Maiko! 英会話スクールに通う日本人の子ども、大歓迎! Check out the report (in Japanese) A young participant helping our

Our home base is the Yuzawa/Minami Uonuma area but we love to head out and ski wherever our clients and friends ask us to slide about with them. This has

Only in Yuzawa for a short time? Want to make the most of your time on the snow? Head out for some night skiing and get some extra hours on

We’re in the middle of our first big snowstorm of the winter and getting blanketed in much needed snow. The shovels are out in town and snow-clearing efforts have begun

Somehow we have managed to reach mid-January already. It’s not been an impressive winter for snow compared to an average year but all resorts are open and skiing well. We’ve

A belated happy New Year. We hope 2016 brings you everything that you are wishing for, and if that happens to be snow, you could be in luck. It has

While we are waiting for the snow to arrive (hopefully not long now) we are planning some of our adventures for this winter. The great thing about living here is

We’re still waiting for our first really big snowfall of the season here in Yuzawa. We have a few options for skiing with GALA, Kagura, Tashiro, Naeba and Okutadami all

A bit of snow this week but not quite enough to get everywhere open. A few resort opening postponements, even with a light dusting forecast for tonight. Nevertheless there are