Snow Season Kick Off Party, TOMORROW!!

Come and enjoy a great night out with the locals!

http://www.furanotourism.com/english/Assets/images/furanowelcomeparty12-13.pdf

Skiers/Snowboarders Information

It's the first day of December.
Some ski resorts in Central Hokkaido started operation for this season today.

4 ski resorts in Hokkaido Powder Belt are now available for skiing.

Furano Ski Resort
The whole Sailer run is open from today.
You can ski down more than 3 km from the top of the ropeway station to the bottom.

Lift operations:
Furano Ropeway 8:30-15:00
Downhill Romance No.2 chair 8:45-15:00

Open courses:
Spies Course(upper)
Sailer Course
Shirakaba Course
(Skiing is restricted to the some part of the mountain at the moment)
http://www.princehotels.com/en/ski/furano/index.html

Tomamu (Hoshino Resort)

Lift operations:
Alpha Cabin 9:00-15:30
Lift 3 9:00-15:30
Lift 6 9:00-15:30

Open courses:
Aspen Bahn
Naster
Beginner Slope
Silver Bells
http://www.snowtomamu.jp/winter/en/ski/frame.htm

Kamui Ski Links

Lift operations:
Kamui Gondola 9:00-15:00
#1-#3 Lift 9:00-15:00
#4 List 9:00-16:45
http://www.kamui-skilinks.com/

Daisetsuzan Sounkyo-Kurodake Ropeway

Lift operations:
Ropeway 8:00-16:00
Lift 9:00-15:20
http://www.rinyu.co.jp/modules/pico01/

Furano Ski Resort

The snow season started on Nov 23.

At the moment the skiing is restricted to the upper mountain and to return to base it is necessary to use Furano Ropeway.

The weather forecast is snow everyday this week.

Hope it extends across the resort soon.

http://www.princehotels.com/en/ski/furano/index.html

Information about closure of some Furano ski runs during the 2012 /2013 ski season

1 Jan 11 - 13  Giant run – closed for “All Hokkaido Junior High School Ski Competition”

2 Feb 16 - 17   Giant run – closed for “Hokkaido Disabled Ski Competition”

3 Feb 23      Giant run – closed for “Serge Lang Cup”

4 Mar 3       Giant run – closed for “Hokkaido Red Cross Ski Patrol Competition”

5 Mar 10 – 17  Spies run and Ropeway run – closed for “Furano City’s Mayor’s Cup / Inter High School Selected Students Skiing Competition“

Mar 11- 17   Technical run and Panorama run – closed for “Furano City’s Mayor’s Cup / Inter High School Selected Students Skiing Competition”

6 Mar 31      Spies run – closed for “Kimura Kiminobu Cup Giant Slalom skiing competition”

Autumn leaves

Beautiful red and yellow leaves have finally arrived at Daisetsuzan, the highest mountain group in Hokkaido.

This is 2 weeks later than usual.

The autumn leaves gradually spread down gradually to town.

Why not come to Furano area to enjoy taking a hot spring whilst viewing these beautifully coloured mountains on a balmy autumn day?