January 2011

The Magic Foot of snow in Nozawa

by Mark on January 25, 2011

Its happened again in the Magic Foot of snow in Nozawa with a fresh 30 cm falling again last night Was not snowing when we went to bed but big fat flakes falling this morning and a few people have come down already with that satisfaction plus look on their faces From all reports it […]

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Arena is the big green building just above Lodge Nagano. It was another big production of the boom times. It had an awesome Aquatic Centre, equipped with Wave pool, slides and a lap pool. Was a great little summer escape from the cold. Unfortunately it went the way of the dodo a few years back […]

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Nozawa Onsen Night Life

by Mark on January 23, 2011

Apologies for the late report was a big night all round in Nozawa Started snowing heavy at about 1am this morning and when I surfaced there was 30cm of fresh and very light snow gathered This was once again a bit unexpected the forecasts were not predicting anywhere near that much. We are starting to […]

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Nozawa Onsen Turning it on again

by Mark on January 21, 2011

It is going to be one of those perfect days in Nozawa today It was not forecast but we received a good dump starting yesterday afternoon which continued through to this morning. There is at least 20cm of fresh in the Village and should be 30 cm up top. The sun has come out to […]

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Nozawa Onsen Jump into it

by Mark on January 20, 2011

It has been snowing off and on in the Village this morning but nothing heavy, and after the last few weeks it seems almost weird not to have a big dump… has been a few days now!  Some people are already getting itchy for a bit of a fresh fix! Still, terrific conditions to be […]

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