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Salt Road Festival 2011 – Day Two in Hakuba
Day two of the Salt Road Festival – Shionomichi Matsuri – saw Sarah from Snow Season Japan dress up in Samurai costume and make the walk from Lake Aokiko to Hakuba along the ancient Salt Road. Another fantastic day with … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Festivals
Tagged Backcountry, Facebook, Hakuba, Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival, Powder, Salt Road Festival, Samurai, Snow, Snow Monkey Onsen, Vimeo, Zenkoji Temple
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Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival 2011
Our trip to Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival is a real highlight of the winter in Japan for our seasonaires – it’s one of Japan’s most famous and definitely most crazy festivals. Last Saturday we travelled to the traditional ski town … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Winter Season Trips, Culture
Tagged Nozawa Onsen, Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival
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We asked past Snow Season Japan seasonaire Graham a few questions!
It’s always great to get feedback from our past seasonaires and we recently caught up with Graham who joined us for the full 12 week season in Hakuba to get the low down on his adventure and winter season in … Continue reading
Posted in Japan Winter
Tagged Fish Market, Graham Bowler, Hakuba, Hakuba 47, Japanese Language Course, Kyoto, Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival, Powder, Snow Monkeys, Sumo, Tokyo
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Local summer festival in Nagano city
We are pretty sure the Japanese invented festivals, full stop. Go anywhere in Japan, any time of the year and you are sure to run into a festival of some description. Our absolute favourite is the Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998 Winter Olympics, Festival, Hakuba, Nagano City, Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival
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We caught up with 2008/09 Snow Season Japan seasonaire Pete Weir for a chat about his experience in Hakuba with us!
Last season Pete Weir (23) a snowboarder from Scotland signed up for our full 12 week season trip to Hakuba. Sarah from Snow Season Japan caught up with him all the way down in New Zealand last week for a … Continue reading
Ride deep powder AND learn Japanese on our exclusive Language Course!
Have you yet to decide where to go for the 2009/10 winter season? Are you looking for a winter season with a difference? Well, you’ve come to the right place, because here at Snow Season Japan we want you to … Continue reading
