I thought about whether or not I should start this now, considering what is going on in Japan at the moment. However I thought it would be a good idea to get the stoke on for next year in order to maybe encourage a few more people to travel to Japan next year, which in turn will only help their economy. Just checking the crew list from last season and it looks as if everyone has returned from their holidays, so now it's time to start discussions about next year
And yes I know March is still good for snowfalls, but most of us can't enjoy that
If I have missed any of the residents living in the Japanese resorts, let me know. GN has been left off Niseko this year!!
<span style='font-size: 17pt'>Updated Crew List</span>
The starting point for information on Japanese travel:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan
Hakuba
fattwins: Hakuba resident
damian: Hakuba resident
timmyhugecans: Hakuba resident
HakubaBCbum: Hakuba resident
TJ: Hakuba resident
itchy_knee: Hakuba resident
Wizard: Hakuba for the season
Mark102: January 10 - March 15
rugbyskier: January 9 - January 13
stovemiester: January 20 - February 10
ponyrider: February 13 - February 17
TACKIE #1: Christmas - early February
TACKIE: Late January - Mid March
TropicalPow: January 26 - February 03
Smitty484: 28 January - 24 February
Pelm1: 03 February - 17 February
Sandy: 26th December - 2nd January
Budgiesmuggler: 2 January - 7 January
Sandy: 10 February - 13 February
Annago +1: January 13 - January 29
the other white meat: January 16 - January 26
BofSki and Red Marmalade: February 26 - March 03
Flohrie: 30 January - 18 February
smackies: 25 January - 05 February
cal32: 23 February - 25 February
Donza: 15 February - 24 February
skimax + skimax jnr: 20 January - 28 January
CarveMan & CarveGirl: January 26 - February 04
Nozawa Onsen
Fat Boy: Nozawa resident
seekingpow: 07 February - 13 February
dickyknees63 + Family: 14 January - 21 January
rugbyskier: January 18 - January 20
ponyrider: February 18 - February 23
sara777: 25 February - 03 March
skichic: mid January for 10 days
Oldskiier: 11 January - 16 January
gibbsy and crew: 25 January - 04 February
PMG + 1: 29 January - 03 February
DWD + TBC: 15 January - 23 January
Budgiesmuggler: 27 December - 2 January
Sandy: 03 February - 05 February and possibly late Feb/early March
BALTO: February 12 - February 22
miro67: 31 January - 07 February
Myoko Kogen
seekingpow: 14 February - 22 February
qwill: 2 or 3 weeks in January
BofSki and Red Marmalade: 04 March - 10 March
MarkGC: 21 January - 28 January
rugbyskier: January 14 - January 17
TropicalPow: February 03 - February 14
snowjunky: 02 February - 09 February
Oldskiier: 05 January - 10 January
gibbsy and crew: 19 January - 25 January
PMG + 1: 03 February - 08 February
cams: 16 December - 26 March
smackies: 20 January - 24 January
Peejay: 22 January - 02 February
skichanger + 3: 19 January - 14 March
Madarao Kogen
snowjunky: 09 February - 14 February
Shiga Kogen
ausi ski bum: December/January for 10-12 days.
snowjunky: 14 February - 21 February
Sandy: 13 January - 15 January
miro67: 24 January - 31 January
Kagura/Naeba/Yuzawa
Markopolo, mid January one week
Sandy: early March
Hokkaido
Mrstr_Chief: 2 weeks, February.
claydough: February 02 - February 16 (Niseko and Rusutsu)
Crispy013: February 03 - February 26
bluestick: January 17 - February 18
Niseko
Go Native: Few weeks
ratherb@thesnow: 12 days from 23 January
Bindo: 11 February - 19 February
Fonty: 16 January - 28 January
Texy and crew: 27 January - 10 February
chivvo: 14 January - 20 January.
Crispy013: 8th February - 25th February
surfie_guy1: 28 January - 9 February
SEJ: 11 January - 15 January
Charles: February 02 - February 09
Mercyrx3: January 27 - February 11
GSea: 23 February - 27 February
deepsno: 10 January - 22 January
nickmaaaate: 06 February - 19 February
CarveMan & CarveGirl: 15 January - 25 January
snow-pixie: 04 December - 12 December
Furano
FuranoFreshPow: Resident
freddy: December 20 - March 14 (ish)
spaceman347: December 25 - February 08
Rusutsu
GSea: 15 February - 23 February
Dynaland, Gifu
ojisan: 22 January - 24 January
Other - add in name(s) of resorts
Sandy: 27 January - 29 January: Zao Onsen
SEJ: 15 January - 30 January: Daisetsuzan National Park (back country)
MG and family - Asahikawa/Kamui/Asahidake: 5 February - 12 February
All over the shop:
JoeKing: Honshu in Mid January - Hakuba, Myoko and Nozawa Onsen
Budgiesmuggler : Nozawa/Hakuba/Myoko 27 December - 07 January
Still deciding:
Accommodation
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan (search by region)
Travel:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan#Transport
Snow reports and forecasts:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan#Climate
Back Country
http://www.dancingsnow.com/
http://myokokogen.net/nordic.htm
http://steepdeepjapan.com
http://nisekosnow.net/niseko-backcountry/index.php
Hakuba Avalanche Bulletin: http://nadare.jp/alert/index.html
Maps
Akakan Resort
Akakura Onsen
Hakuba
Nozawa Onsen
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If I have missed any of the residents living in the Japanese resorts, let me know. GN has been left off Niseko this year!!

<span style='font-size: 17pt'>Updated Crew List</span>
The starting point for information on Japanese travel:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan
Hakuba
fattwins: Hakuba resident
damian: Hakuba resident
timmyhugecans: Hakuba resident
HakubaBCbum: Hakuba resident
TJ: Hakuba resident
itchy_knee: Hakuba resident
Wizard: Hakuba for the season
Mark102: January 10 - March 15
rugbyskier: January 9 - January 13
stovemiester: January 20 - February 10
ponyrider: February 13 - February 17
TACKIE #1: Christmas - early February
TACKIE: Late January - Mid March
TropicalPow: January 26 - February 03
Smitty484: 28 January - 24 February
Pelm1: 03 February - 17 February
Sandy: 26th December - 2nd January
Budgiesmuggler: 2 January - 7 January
Sandy: 10 February - 13 February
Annago +1: January 13 - January 29
the other white meat: January 16 - January 26
BofSki and Red Marmalade: February 26 - March 03
Flohrie: 30 January - 18 February
smackies: 25 January - 05 February
cal32: 23 February - 25 February
Donza: 15 February - 24 February
skimax + skimax jnr: 20 January - 28 January
CarveMan & CarveGirl: January 26 - February 04
Nozawa Onsen
Fat Boy: Nozawa resident
seekingpow: 07 February - 13 February
dickyknees63 + Family: 14 January - 21 January
rugbyskier: January 18 - January 20
ponyrider: February 18 - February 23
sara777: 25 February - 03 March
skichic: mid January for 10 days
Oldskiier: 11 January - 16 January
gibbsy and crew: 25 January - 04 February
PMG + 1: 29 January - 03 February
DWD + TBC: 15 January - 23 January
Budgiesmuggler: 27 December - 2 January
Sandy: 03 February - 05 February and possibly late Feb/early March
BALTO: February 12 - February 22
miro67: 31 January - 07 February
Myoko Kogen
seekingpow: 14 February - 22 February
qwill: 2 or 3 weeks in January
BofSki and Red Marmalade: 04 March - 10 March
MarkGC: 21 January - 28 January
rugbyskier: January 14 - January 17
TropicalPow: February 03 - February 14
snowjunky: 02 February - 09 February
Oldskiier: 05 January - 10 January
gibbsy and crew: 19 January - 25 January
PMG + 1: 03 February - 08 February
cams: 16 December - 26 March
smackies: 20 January - 24 January
Peejay: 22 January - 02 February
skichanger + 3: 19 January - 14 March
Madarao Kogen
snowjunky: 09 February - 14 February
Shiga Kogen
ausi ski bum: December/January for 10-12 days.
snowjunky: 14 February - 21 February
Sandy: 13 January - 15 January
miro67: 24 January - 31 January
Kagura/Naeba/Yuzawa
Markopolo, mid January one week
Sandy: early March
Hokkaido
Mrstr_Chief: 2 weeks, February.
claydough: February 02 - February 16 (Niseko and Rusutsu)
Crispy013: February 03 - February 26
bluestick: January 17 - February 18
Niseko
Go Native: Few weeks
ratherb@thesnow: 12 days from 23 January
Bindo: 11 February - 19 February
Fonty: 16 January - 28 January
Texy and crew: 27 January - 10 February
chivvo: 14 January - 20 January.
Crispy013: 8th February - 25th February
surfie_guy1: 28 January - 9 February
SEJ: 11 January - 15 January
Charles: February 02 - February 09
Mercyrx3: January 27 - February 11
GSea: 23 February - 27 February
deepsno: 10 January - 22 January
nickmaaaate: 06 February - 19 February
CarveMan & CarveGirl: 15 January - 25 January
snow-pixie: 04 December - 12 December
Furano
FuranoFreshPow: Resident
freddy: December 20 - March 14 (ish)
spaceman347: December 25 - February 08
Rusutsu
GSea: 15 February - 23 February
Dynaland, Gifu
ojisan: 22 January - 24 January
Other - add in name(s) of resorts
Sandy: 27 January - 29 January: Zao Onsen
SEJ: 15 January - 30 January: Daisetsuzan National Park (back country)
MG and family - Asahikawa/Kamui/Asahidake: 5 February - 12 February
All over the shop:
JoeKing: Honshu in Mid January - Hakuba, Myoko and Nozawa Onsen
Budgiesmuggler : Nozawa/Hakuba/Myoko 27 December - 07 January
Still deciding:
Accommodation
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan (search by region)
Travel:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan#Transport
Snow reports and forecasts:
http://wikiski.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Japan#Climate
Back Country
http://www.dancingsnow.com/
http://myokokogen.net/nordic.htm
http://steepdeepjapan.com
http://nisekosnow.net/niseko-backcountry/index.php
Hakuba Avalanche Bulletin: http://nadare.jp/alert/index.html
Maps
Akakan Resort
Akakura Onsen
Hakuba
Nozawa Onsen
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Furano
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