Japan

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Seems appropriate.
Minasan, yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Doko ni imasu ka?

#RideTohoku

[tp1_kenobi]

90% sure of hitting Hokkaido this upcoming Feb. Bringing my girl who's just hit intermediate skill level. Going to be a challenge in keeping her happy while I try to get my full backcountry on. If you know or willing to share places, I'm all ears. Looking at Furano for a few days and then potentially hitting some of the smaller resorts to get away from the crowds. I need her to learn how to ride pow...

[tracer]

90% sure of hitting Hokkaido this upcoming Feb. Bringing my girl who's just hit intermediate skill level. Going to be a challenge in keeping her happy while I try to get my full backcountry on. If you know or willing to share places, I'm all ears. Looking at Furano for a few days and then potentially hitting some of the smaller resorts to get away from the crowds. I need her to learn how to ride pow...

I ain't been to Hokkaido yet (was hoping for closed borders again to head up this winter heh) but a buddy of a buddy runs this place: https://www.furanosnowtours.com/
Seem like chill folks.

[tp1_kenobi]

Thanks for that link. Looking like Feb 17 - Mar 1 I'll be in that area if you're interested? I'm happy to get a Japan meet going. The closed borders must've been great for the lack of crowds but I can see the local economy taking a huge hit b/c of it.

[kimchi]

I need to explore JP more, but in 3 trips so far have enjoyed JP a lot more for culture and food than for riding. Ridden two big touristy resorts at Hakuba and Niseko, but also a much smaller resort and BC zone at Tenjindaira. The snow quality is insane, but the terrain's trends quite mellow. Maybe if I could find a more Bachelor-esque mountain with some interesting wind lips and transition features, but haven't experienced that yet.

I may swing out there in March for a work trip, but don't know if I'll be able to carve out any time for riding.

[Triple8Sol]

Just booked my third Japow trip. Let’s gooooo!!!

[yukinori]

i used to hit hokkaido on annual trips years ago but have never hit any mountains in honshu which i plan to check this season. i'll be there just before prime season in late dec-early jan due to fam sched, where should i go!? i'm not nitpicky on terrain as long as snow is good and a plus would be onsen in town for obv reasons!

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i used to hit hokkaido on annual trips years ago but have never hit any mountains in honshu which i plan to check this season. i'll be there just before prime season in late dec-early jan due to fam sched, where should i go!? i'm not nitpicky on terrain as long as snow is good and a plus would be onsen in town for obv reasons!

Well…
https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#6/ ... on&lang=en
Anywhere really

[yukinori]

@spurist looking good!

[ilboarder12]

if anyone is tripping around hokkaido, stop by rusutsu and lets take a few laps