We went to Nagano for our first skiing this season last weekend. We visited Shirakaba ski resort on Saturday and visited Tateshina ski resort on Sunday. These ski resorts are located in Suwa area in Nagano prefecture and so we stayed at a …

Some weather news said it will be warm this winter. In fact the average temperature of November and December was higher than normal in Japan, so there is no natural snow in some ski areas in Nagano and Gifu. Actually, we were planning to g…

We often go to Nagano for skiing in winter by car. The northern part of Nagano has a lot of snow fall in winter. We need snow tires when we drive on snow roads. On the other hand, Nagano prefecture sprinkles snow salt like calcium chloride…