Mid January 2020
Accommodation was good at Nozawa.
Shimitaya was the same quality as a few years ago albeit 50% dearer which was very disappointing. Overpriced.
Disappointingly Nozawa has really changed in the 3 years since we were there. The traditional village vibe has gone and the place is over run with Australian package tour groups with many yobos amongst them.
We could never recommend Nozawa to our friends these days. So sad that its quaintness has led to popularity which has in our view now ruined it.
Restaurants are harder to get into and dearer as well too.
Every hotel and every restaurant we went to was all Australian and Chinese. No Japanese apart from the staff. .
Regards
Guy
Early Feb 2018
Had a great time at Nozawa Onsen. The Nozawa View Hotel was a great place to stay, clean a good Onsen and the staff were more than helpful. My room had a great view of the morning. It was only an 8-10-minute walk to a ski lift. Breakfast each morning was great and plenty of food to start the day’s skiing (the scrambled eggs would be better hot, but I suppose that is the Japanese way)
All the accommodation that Japan SnowAccommodation booked for us was of a very good standard and I would recommend your company to all my friends
Regards
Peter Damaso
Late January 2017
We had a great experience thanks and all the accomodation booking etc went perfectly smoothly.Nozawa View hotel is really good. Couldn't fault it and we loved the traditional rooms. Too many Australians at the resort though and on a fine day there were decent lift queues which was unfortunate but nonetheless a gorgeous village and some great skiing particularly up the top of the mountain where the snow conditions were less susceptible to temperature changes.Your assistance in this trip was fantastic. Thanks so much again.
Guy