The temperatures have risen and it feels like spring has arrived here in the mountains. Once we get that shift to spring around Japan many people forget about skiing and snowboarding and start to look at their green season hobbies, but there are plenty of...
Winter is (hopefully) just around the corner. We've had the first snow up high, the fall colors are almost done, and the locals are busy setting up protection from the snow for trees and houses. Resorts are getting ready too with ceremonies to ask for...
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 ticket program is called the Oniwari Campaign and also extends to rental equipment at the resorts....
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 is not long left to wait now. The first resort will be opening on November...
Cheap lift tickets for resorts in Yuzawa and Minami Uonuma is a topic we get lots of questions about and even though it is still just August some early bird ticket offers are appearing already. Surf&Snow have got some offers up for Iwappara, Gala Yuzawa, Kandatsu...
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 / Ishiuchi Maruyama, to single lift single run offerings like Ipponsugi. Lots of the Yuzawa and...
One of the most common questions we get when advising people about their winter ski vacation to Yuzawa / Minami Uonuma is which resort should they choose for their lesson? This area has a huge amount of different options when it comes to ski resorts,...
Suberi-meguri is a plan arranged by the local tourist office that offers an accommodation and lift ticket package for those coming to Yuzawa. It tends to be a really good value package and is a yearly offering by the Echigo Yuzawa Onsen Tourist Association (Snow...
We try to keep our main site clean and simple while updating the blog with other information. We haven't done a very good job of organising the information on our blog I'm afraid. There is a search box, index, tag cloud, and category list in...
When people think of big ski areas in Yuzawa they often mention the Mitsumata, Kagura, Tashiro and Naeba areas that are all linked together. Not as well known, but equally worth an explore if you are in Yuzawa and looking for some good terrain, is...