Snow Village

The Snow Village is being held.

Fireworks were also very beautiful on Saturday.

It go au again on the 13th MAR.

Please come to ShigaKogen to Play.

Beautiful day!!

What a beautiful day!!

The Mt.Higashitateyama seen in the front is done.

It is possible to slide in ShigaKogen in most areas.

IT IS VERY COLD TODAY.

"KIDOIKE" is covered with the snow.

A new snow got off by 12cm on the HASUIKE.

It is a powder snow.

The snowfalls in the vicinity ShigaKogen Tourism Association are 25 cm.

Two Australians came to the Olympics Memorial to play yesterday.

Fresh snow...

This picture was taken from the same place and day as the picture posted before, at the end of the day. Hopefully, we will have more snow during the week!

This is Hasuike Ropeway Station, 4:30 P. M.

Good news!!!

As we expected, the day started with some snow today in Shiga Kogen.

It was just a light snow about 9 in the morning at Hasuike but it's becoming better right now! Looks like it will be a cloudy/snowy day today... and becoming colder than the previously days. So, if you are planning to go out on the slopes, be prepared wearing warm clothes.

Beautiful snow today!

This morning started with a beautiful snow!

this is Hasuike Ropeway Parking, about 9 A.M.

and this is Shiga Kogen Protection of Nature Center, about 10:30 A. M.

At this moment, we can see a light snow mixed with a sunny day from our window, at Hasuike.

We registered 30 cm of fresh snow this morning! It's really a good day to go out and enjoy all this snow!!!

Icing Sugar

The snow was icing-sugar looking yesterday, at the end of the day :)

at Hasuike Ropeway station.

Today started with an amazing blue sky and seems to be like this during the whole day.

Perfect day to snowboard, ski, hike, take some pictures... enjoy the snow!

Video of the Week

This video shows Hasuike Ropeway station a feel minutes ago.

Shiga Kogen started with a beautiful snow this morning and seems to be like this for a while.

+20 cm of snow registered this morning at Hasuike! Enjoy!

more 10

Last night's snow fall add more 10 cm to our ski runs.
It's very cloudy today and we hope we can see more and more snow registered here!
So far, we have registered 116 cm in Hasuike.

This is Higashitateyama viewed from Hasuike this morning.

and this picture was taken yesterday, at the end of the day, in front of Hasuike Ropeway Station.

Sometimes all you have to do is wait.

Now you can see the Hasuike Ropeway Station.

Feb 14, 2009.


3 hours later,

12:17

Saturday.

*Happy Valentine's Day!

Things to do in a very bad weather day

Ok, you have been waiting for your holiday for a while, planning and dreaming about your days skiing or snowboarding...　And when you are finally here, your day starts like this!

Here are things you can do:

-Hang around in the hotel common areas. You probably will meet someone else who is skiing for a while and you can exchange valuable information about places to go, different techniques, brands... Or, if you are here for a while, you can give some tips about a nice view, your favorite area to ski.

-You could meet interesting people, chat and maybe play something. Ask at the front desk, maybe they have card games that you used to play. Even if you dont remember the rules, playing with people from different countries makes for fun times! Everyone may have different rules ;)

-With lucky, you could meet people from different countries and learn a lot about their traditions, or places you never heard about…

-Snowshoe hiking. Today could be a day that you enjoy the snow differently. Lots of people are snowshoe hiking at the moment, even though it is foggy today. Having fun!

-If you like ice skating, go out and enjoy! It's free! But take care... you have to be fine when the fog and rain has gone!

-Come on, you are in Japan! Try new things, new tastes... So far, Kit Kat Pepper and a Shiga Kogen beer - Caffè espresso taste - are the most unusual things I have found here. But if you want to try something more traditional, why not natto (納豆 - fermented soybeans)???

-Take different pictures. We usually wait for a clear day to take gorgeous pictures. But today can be an opportunity to go out and take completely different pictures. Mysterious images, old looking, sometimes almost sepia, like a draw or a dream…

-Or just rest at the onsen and save energy for having fun when the weather is better!

But I have to say that I saw lots of ski/snowboard lovers going out anyway... who cares if it's not sunny and the sky isn't blue today?!

Carpe diem!


*picture taken about 1 hour ago, as you can't see, this is Hasuike Ropeway Station.

Feb 14, 2009.

9:10 A. M.

Saturday.

* How about you? How do you like to spend a rainy fog day in the mountains?

They travel a lot!

These guys came from Australia and now live in Hong Kong. They had been in New Zealand and many places in Japan like Roppongi, Harajuku, Niseko and Hakuba. Now they are spending the week in Shiga Kogen.


Here they are enjoying the view from Hasuike Ropeway's restaurant.

A frozen pond

Hasuike (Hasui Pond) frozen in the winter.

Giant ski field and Shigayama in the background, sunset.

Monday, 4:20 P. M.

Feb 2, 2009.

Hot Hot Hot...

The snow of the rooftops are melting today... the weather is great and thermometer register 3° C now. This picture was taken about 11 in the morning and now, the sky is blue, without clouds... just beautiful!

But if you are coming to Shiga Kogen this weekend, be prepared,　everybody here are expecting lots of snow tonight and the Japan Meteorological Agency expects drops of temperature between Saturday and Sunday... minimum expected of -8° C, so, take care and have fun!

Yesterday

Yesterday started cloudy but during the day the sky becomes clear and the day ended beautifully!

This is the Ropeway Station, at Hasuike, saturday, 4 P. M.

Amazing Friday

Friday was another amazing day in Shiga Kogen! Even though a little colder than the rest of the week... it was sunny all day! Beautiful to snowboard, ski, hiking or just to sit (indoor, of course) and appreciate the view!
Signs on the street registered -14° in the end of the day!

This is the Ropeway which connects Hasuike to Takamagahara in 8 min. Runs every 20 min.