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[mikefields]

Thinking of going to Japan for New Years to hit the slopes. Any recommendations on where to go?

[ttompatz]

Sapporo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo

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[jon_blazon]

Lunar new years? Wow I'm thinking the same thing...here's a couple good sites to give overviews of many areas:

http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,22511182-35675,00.html

http://japanspecialists.com/files/niseko_guide.html

Personally I'm leaning towards going to Niseko, the big attraction for me is it records the 2nd largest annual snowfall for a ski resort in the entire world, over 15m!!!

Post any other suggestions you have....

[mikefields]

I've been using http://www.snowjapan.com/e/index.php and personally was leaning towards Nagano, but there's even so many resorts in that area that it's hard to choose, especially with only a few days off.

[jon_blazon]

Ya, after realizing that Niseko is real tough to get to I'm prolly gonna go with Nagano as well. Most likely to the Hakuba resorts. Hakuba 47 and Hakuba One look like they have some nice challenging terrain, and with the Hakuba resorts you can visit 7/10 all on one ticket.

[jimmyjames1982]

My first post on Daves, woo hoo.

I am going to Hakuba Valley for 5 nights in late Janurary. There is a hostel in town for only Y3,900 a night. Happo One and Happo 47 is where I'm going to spend my 4 days skiing. I chose Hakuba becasue of the convenience from Tokyo, as it is only 3 hours away by train. I got a flight from Busan to Tokyo for $271 round trip from NWA.com, can't beat that. I am beyond excited for this trip, I'm having ski dreams almost everynight.

[anyangoldboy]

I hear it's rots of run

[McSensei]

instead of Tokyo. You can access all the good slopes from there, may save you some yen. snowjapan.com is good to guide you