It is spring already in Yuzawa and we have had some pretty warm weather of late. Much like the rest of Japan, the cherry blossoms have made a really early
There are some good discounts floating around this year from reduced rate shinkansen fees, travel subsidy campaigns (currently on hold), and also Niigata Prefecture subsidising lift tickets. The discount lift
The summer temperatures have fallen away quickly in the mountains here and it is feeling decidedly autumnal. The changing of the leaves season is about to start and there are
It is a return to winter this morning as we woke up to 10cms of snow on the ground. It has been snowing on and off all morning and it
We get this question quite a bit as people are planning their winter snow trips to Japan – which is the best ski resort in Yuzawa, or which is the
Autumn colors around Yuzawa at the moment which always means that winter is just around the corner. We are starting to dust off our gear and get ready as there
The Snow Country Region contains a large amount of ski resorts: everything from the interlinked multi-resort ski areas of Kagura / Tashiro / Naeba, or Yuzawa Kogen / Gala /
We are into July now so we only have to wait until late November until the first resort in the Yuzawa area opens up for Winter 2018/19. We’ll update opening
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
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