{"id":76163,"date":"2009-01-28T19:01:07","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T10:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=103"},"modified":"2009-01-28T19:01:07","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T10:01:07","slug":"skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/winter-activities\/skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Skiing &#038; Snowboarding in Hakuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/ski09ha4.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\" \/>We went to <strong>skiing at Hakuba<\/strong> last weekend. Hakuba is just a one and a half hour drive from Matsumoto. The Japanese word &#8220;hakuba&#8221; means &#8220;white horse&#8221; so most Japanese have a good opinion about Hakuba. Now, it is also <strong>getting very popular with foreigners<\/strong>, especially Australians, for <strong>it&#8217;s great snow, the 1998 Olympic courses, and cheaper prices<\/strong> than Europe.<br \/>\nIn addition to enjoying skiing and snowboarding, people sometimes come to Matsumoto and enjoy Japanese culture and historical spots like <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+3.htm\">Matsumoto Castle<\/a>. Most of them also go to <a href=\"\/contents03+index.id+12.htm\">Gigokudani Hot Spring<\/a> to watch the snow monkeys who are now world famous.<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"\/ko\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldxoopswpattach\/ski09ha2.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/>We went to Goryu Ski Resort and Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park, which are the most popular among foreigners in Hakuba. I saw many foreigners at the resorts in spite of the strong yen and the world-wide economic recession. We were six Japanese and two Americans and we all enjoyed a great day in Hakuba.<br \/>\nOther ski resorts:<br \/>\nHakuba Happo is famous for its Olympic downhill, super-G, and combined courses and jumping stadium, so it&#8217;s popular with professional-level skiers.<br \/>\nThere is an Olympic cross-country ski course called &#8220;Snow Harp&#8221; in Hakuba Sanosaka.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/contents05+index.htm#downhill\">Norikura Ski Resort and Nomugi Pass Ski Resort<\/a> is closer to downtown Matsumoto and it also has great snow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/winter-activities\/skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/winter-activities\/skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba\/\" data-text=\"Skiing &amp; Snowboarding in Hakuba\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went to skiing at Hakuba last weekend. Hakuba is just a one and a half hour drive from Matsumoto. The Japanese word &#8220;hakuba&#8221; means &#8220;white horse&#8221; so most Japanese have a good opinion about Hakuba. Now, it is also getting very popular with foreigners, especially Australians, for it&#8217;s great snow, the 1998 Olympic courses, and cheaper prices than Europe. In addition to enjoying skiing and snowboarding, people sometimes come to Matsumoto and enjoy Japanese culture and historical spots like Matsumoto Castle. Most of them also go to Gigokudani Hot Spring to watch the snow monkeys who are now world famous. We went to Goryu Ski Resort and Hakuba 47 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/winter-activities\/skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/winter-activities\/skiing-snowboarding-in-hakuba\/\" data-text=\"Skiing &amp; Snowboarding in Hakuba\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2370],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skiing &amp; Snowboarding in Hakuba | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We went to skiing at Hakuba last weekend. 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