None, or very little night life. Far from train station, in/out to nearby city is by bus, forgot already if hourly or twice hourly. Not so much food variety, konbini is small. Other than that, okay la. Lots of onsen/sento, some need schedule to go, others just open, no need to pay.

Sounds perfect for a quiet snowboarding getaway! Thank you very much!

Would you recommend anywhere else in Japan for snowboarding? I've been to Niseko already

Nagano...Hakuba among the best ski and snowboard place.

http://www.happo-one.jp/english/

You also can try Dynaland Ski and Resort..its located at Gifu...if you take flight from Malaysia..need landed at Nagoya..then catch bus or train to this rsort..

http://www.dynaland.co.jp/

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Like eidrag said, it's a very quiet town. Slopes are typically not crowded, hardly any queues at the ski lifts. Nozawa Onsen also normally gets huge dumps of snow, but too bad the year I went was a "dry" year so some of the slopes on wrong sides of mountains tended to be patchy / icy.

Hi, would like to ask opinion whether my itinerary below worth to get Kansai thru pass?
Specifically the 3 days pass for 5200 yen, will it be worth to buy 2x the pass covering unlimited rides total 6 days everything?
Been to Osaka, but used the usual ticket way, buy when needed. Hotel staying at Tennoji area.

1st day, noon arrival KIX > Tennoji/Shinsekai > Dotonbori/Shinsaibashi
2nd day, Kyoto full day (Going Arashiyama, Kiyomizu & Fushimi Inari Shrine mainly by train)
3rd day, Nara morning > Umeda evening
4th day, Kobe full day
5th day, Kuromon morning> Wakayama/Osaka Castle/Dotonbori/Shinsaibashi
Last day, morning departure KIX

i want to ask the rule about tripod usage in disneyland
so i read the rule, selfie stick and large tripods are not allowed
how do i determine my tripod is large or not?
is just standard el cheapo tripod
if the security held it, will it be returned back to me?

Last 2 years,went to Disneyland....selfie stick are not allowed to use. Then me curi curi to use...no problem at all...advise do not make any trouble ,when you use selfie stick ,its could harm other people around you.

sometimes selfie sticks annoy other people especially when they are taking photos by normal point-and-shoot method and suddenly got selfie sticks in their photos...

i did see ppl using selfie stick
but use it moderately
tokyo disneyland/disneysea has a big crowd...many ppl walking here and there
so your selfie stick may cause inconvenience to other ppl

Thank you! I've been following Powderhounds too much for their snow resort recommendations. Will have to save this for next round!

Fresh powder and empty slopes Sounds like the perfect snow getaway to be honest. Thank you for sharing!

Judging from you itinerary, i assumes you will only need two day pass which is for Kyoto whole day trip and Kobe.
As long as your day trip expenses does not over 1700 yen, it is totally not worth it to get, unless you want to get the privileges where you have to go through 3 pages list of the shops.
Other than that, you just need icoca card will do

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Alright, missed out definitely last day 1 trip to KIX wont exceed 1700 yen

Hi, i am planning to visit Hokkaido (Sapporo, Hakodate etc) cherry blossom but the estimated best viewing / full bloom is during the golden week. Should i proceed? anyone have been there during the full bloom period?

From the website, it is just 20 minutes by bus from the station. So, it should be considered as not far. The nearby shinkansen train station (Iiyama) was just recently built and starts operating in the middle of 2015.. which is less than 2 years ago.

I just been snowboarding a bit only, mainly at Hokkaido, so cannot give any more suggestion. You already go to Niseko, that one is the top spot already.

Highly recommended for snowboard ...Rusutsu..Hokkaido..I been many time stay here...Its most best places to stay..

http://rusutsu.co.jp/

Aokigahara/suicide forest is sooo awesome and creepy!
Going there for hiking the next time im in Japan

25days countdown! Can't wait!

me another 1week+

still no itinerary nor booking

wah...you very geng lor...btw, kyoto heavy snow today.....so nice!