http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php?app=blog Community Blog List Syndication Thu, 10 May 2012 00:28:13 +0000 editor@snowjapan.com (SnowJapanForums) IP.Blog 60 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-94-shirane-kusatsu-gunma-golden-week-2012/
Mount Kusatsu-Shirane (草津白根山) is a 2160 meter active volcano in Kusatsu, Gunma. It is called Kusatsu Shirane to differentiate it from the Mount Nikkō-Shirane on the other side of Gunma Prefecture. The summit of Kusatsu-Shirane volcano,...]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-94-shirane-kusatsu-gunma-golden-week-2012/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-93-karuizawa-onioshidashi-nagano-gunma-golden-week-2012/ Part two of our Golden Week travels and we decided to have a big long day out in Nagano and Gunma. It turned out to be a bit of a mammoth day with lots of driving (330+km), but the weather was so lovely and everywhere was looking so gorgeous and so colourful in the sun that we wanted to make the most of it and get as much in as possible. There... Thu, 10 May 2012 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-93-karuizawa-onioshidashi-nagano-gunma-golden-week-2012/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-92-temples-sakura-and-gardens-niigata-golden-week-2012/
On Saturday we went to the lovely Kokujo-ji temple in Mitsuke.
It is a really beautiful setting, and for me the most pictureseque in Niigata-ken (along with my local Untoan).
Lots of enormous beautiful and varied trees, sakura, temples buildings and all the pretty...]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/5/entry-92-temples-sakura-and-gardens-niigata-golden-week-2012/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/6/entry-91-looking-forward-to-the-1213-season/
It has been another busy one for us here at SnowJapan and even now our daily reports are being updated and will continue until the last of the lifts close in the respectived areas that are covered.

In the meantime we have been busy working on...]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:02:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/6/entry-91-looking-forward-to-the-1213-season/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-90-walking-on-the-moon/
I first heard of Gassan when I was investigating whether...]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-90-walking-on-the-moon/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/18/entry-89-from-ishiuchi-maruyama-march-27th-2012/ Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:32:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/18/entry-89-from-ishiuchi-maruyama-march-27th-2012/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-88-night-boat-to-cairo/
It's Sunday afternoon and I'm pondering where to get a Monday fix of the white stuff, when I receive an email from my Hakuba mate telling me that it's dumping down and to get myself up there PDQ! I therefore hot-foot it over to my local Teco Plaza before...]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:07:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-88-night-boat-to-cairo/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-87-seishun-juhachi-kippu-the-scenic-route/ Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:27:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-87-seishun-juhachi-kippu-the-scenic-route/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/11/entry-86-naeba-yuzawa-niigata-review/ Naeba, Yuzawa: The Review



Where?: Naeba, Yuzawa, Niigata in Japan.
When?: Feb/march 2012 (usually half days).
Who?: Less than 100 days LIFETIME. Feeling the cold...]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:09:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/11/entry-86-naeba-yuzawa-niigata-review/ http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-85-nagano-nights/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/17/entry-85-nagano-nights/