{"id":37233,"date":"2017-01-29T15:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T14:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/?p=37233"},"modified":"2022-08-27T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T14:29:48","slug":"skiing-in-yuzawa-niigata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/blog\/skiing-in-yuzawa-niigata\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiing in Yuzawa (Niigata)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skiing in Yuzawa (Niigata)<\/h1>\n<\/div>

Just 160km from Tokyo (one hour by Shinkansen bullet train) and you\u2019re in a different world. Mountains, villages without the facilities of the big city and lots of snow.<\/p>\n

Most Japanese people work so hard that they can only go skiing for one day. Weekends are most busy of course. I went during the week: no waiting for the lifts, hardly anybody on the slopes. I could not even buy a 4-day lift pass, the maximum number of days available was 2!<\/p>\n

There had been so much snow, meters high, and it kept snowing. They keep the roads snow and ice-free in these villages by continuously spraying warm water onto the roads. Like an irrigation system. Great for cars, but not for pedestrians. Within 2 minutes my only pair of shoes and socks were soaked.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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I stayed in the \u2018family room\u2019 at a traditional Inn\u00a0Kagura house<\/a>\u00a0(found via booking.com) Close to the lifts and slopes, decently priced at about \u20ac30 per night (cheaper during the week).\u00a0Budget skiing in Japan turned out to be minimalism taken to the max. Enjoy this tour of my \u2018hotel\u2019 room\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>