Author Archives: Andy

Spectacular Koyo

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Andy

Up north all eyes are on the snow fall, the latest dump was not quite as big as was expected in the village, but it seems there are further flurries [...]

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Newly Discovered Snow Porn…

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Andy

I know little about this soon to be released movie… but I want to know more! It hits the nail on the head with pretty much everything I love about [...]

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Snow in Nozawa Onsen!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Andy

The first decent dump of the season has fallen in Nozawa. According to the resort website, around 15cm fell up on Yamabiko. There was a little bit of white showing [...]

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Sunny days in Nozawa Onsen

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Andy

We have woken to another sunny day in Nozawa Onsen, it seems to be a reoccurring trend at the moment with a disproportionate amount of bluebirds for February. Yesterday temperatures [...]

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A warm spell for Nozawa….

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Andy

Yesterday was a stunning blubird in Nozawa, so we decided to jump in the car and go for a drive to the other side of the valley. On the range [...]

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A perfect day in Nozawa Onsen

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Andy

We have had plenty of snow over the last month but yesterday had to be pick of the season so far. After 3 days of solid snow and a reported [...]

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Nozawa Onsen Going off

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Andy

It has been an awfully snowy 36 hours in Nozawa Onsen. Since yesterday morning it has pretty much been going non-stop, with the base at Yamabiko cracking 3 metres. There [...]

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It's snowing again…

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Andy

We had a brief but heavy spell of snow yesterday in the early evening, with around 15cm of snow falling in a few hours. The forecast was for heavy snow [...]

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Nozawa Onsen Photo Update

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Andy

The last few days in Nozawa Onsen have been a good mix of powder and clear weather. After a snowy Saturday night and clear Sunday, pretty much everything was tracked [...]

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Surprise Dump

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Andy

There was nothing much in the forecast for overnight but we awoke today to 30cm of fresh on the doorstep. A quick look up from my front door at the [...]

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