Just a heads up. I Was up in Nozawa Onsen this weekend, it was was awesome. I'd highly recommend it as a place to go for the weekend (cool hot spring village) but als the riding was great.

I was up there a few weeks back and had some awesome days as well. The top valley was great, seriously long powder turns and a pretty easy exit back to the slope. A few years back that was closed so it was pretty cool to be able to run it.