Nozawa Onsen Accommodation, Nagano, The Alps Japan
Nestled in the Japan Alps is a magical place steeped in culture and with some terrific skiing and boarding. Nagano was home to the Winter Olympics in 1998.
Get in touch if keen to get knee deep in powder or neck deep in a Hot Spring soon…
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Nozawa Onsen is a very traditional town with beautiful hot springs, friendly locals, and awesome snow. Our Lodge gives you amazing value and we have a range of accommodation to suit any budget.
The Lodge is only 100m to the slopes and short stroll to town
Relaxed and comfortable atmosphere
In the centre of Japan’s main Island Honshu easy access from anywhere
You can fly direct to Tokyo and there is a shuttle bus direct to the Lodge
English and Japanese Speaking Staff to help with all your needs
Unique and beautiful place with breathtaking nature and culture
Nozawa Village is also famous for its hot springs, there are many nearby
Lots of terrain, with Gondolas, high speed quads, and long runs – very few lift lines
Thanks Mark – we were first invited to Nozawa years ago and have been enjoyed the skiing, the village and your hospitality ever since. Thanks for helping us enjoy it so much,
20cm overnight in Nozawa looking like a December to remember…
Base up top: 65 cm Temp Top; -6 Degrees
Base at bottom; 0 cm
New Snow since close: 20 cm
Weather; Snowed all night and snowing lightly
Has been a snowy few days in Nozawa with about 15cm of fresh on the slopes yesterday morning when we went up.
Saw a bit of sunshine in the afternoon and then started snowing again down to village level in the evening
It was coming down pretty heavy all night but pretty wet. Temps have dropped this morning though and the flakes are drifting nice and light from the sky
Looks like more snow on the menu for Nozawa and could get heavy by the end of the week
Base up top: 45 cm Temp Top; -3 Degrees
Base at bottom; 0 cm
New Snow since close: 10 cm
Weather; Beautiful Bluebird Day to start the season
Does not seem like that long ago since I was writing the last report. The lifts closed just 6 months ago and today we start the new season!
Magic start too just quietly! Nice and early just scraping into November, a respectable forming base, 10cm of fresh overnight, and the sun is shining.
Hopefully, a sign of good things to come for the season ahead. A few keen skiers taking to the slopes today but should be pretty quiet for the next few weeks until Christmas time. So if keen come on up and get some crowd free turns in. Looking like January is going to be busy in Nozawa so if not already booked maybe try and come a different time.
The forecast is foe some more snow tomorrow then some sun and temps remaining below 0 degrees up top so hope the base will hold well.
We hope everyone is genki and look forward to welcoming you back to Nozawa Onsen soon. Domo
November 30th 2013. The Snow Season in Nozawa Onsen begins. What a magic day to get it underway..
Lodge Nagano, Villa Nozawa and Kamoshika Lodge are all turning on teh Solar Power switch in Nozawa Japan this season. Now you can feel even better about yourself staying with us!
In a first for Nozawa Onsen and probably the first ski lodge in Japan Villa Nozawa has installed a 12kw Solar System on the roof!
With Japans power challenges and in line with our general philosophy for helping to cool the globe we just had to do it. Lodge Nagano and Kamoshika Lodge are following.
The rest of the village are waiting to see if it is a success and many will make the switch. The biggest test will be the 4 meters plus of snow that can sit on there in a season.
Will be lots of roof clearing but we think the environment is worth it…
April may have some snow install for us yet in Nozawa
Base up top: 230 cm Temp Top; 3 Degrees
Base at bottom; 40 cm
New Snow since close: 0 cm
Weather; Clearing to Sunshine
After a bit of a rough few days the sun is peeping out again in Nozawa. The weather has been unseasonably warm and had a feeling we may not see much snow again this season.
Checking the weather forecast though and looks like a strong Westerly change and a big drop in temperatures today. Freezing level should drop down to below 1000m and as you can see there are some little falls expected for the top of the mountain.
Don’t think it will amount to any waist deep powder but nice to see some cooler temps about. Tomorrow and Tuesday are looking like blue skies and should be some fun spring skiing on offer. The Nagasaka Gondola is back in full swing too. Lots of families are up enjoying the warmer days and spring slush.
After an ordinary day yesterday the sun is breaking thru this morning in Nozawa and we should be in for a few clear days ahead.
We got hit with a bit of rain yesterday unfortunately but also a little bit of snow on the upper slopes so should be not a bad spring day on the hill.
Pretty much empty now on the slopes and can ski some runs and not see another soul. Spring conditions look set to continue and we may get a bit more of a shower but believe it or not temps are set to drop from Monday on and we may get a bit of snow next week. Fingers crossed and enjoy the sunshine..
