Day 1
Arrival in Tokyo, transfer from the airport directly to Riders’ House Hakuba.
Rest along the way, welcome meeting, dinner together (O’banzai).
 
Day 2 – Day 9 (possibly up to day 11, if without a tour of Tokyo):
 
Our riding and our access to backcountry will be from this
OLYMPIC resorts:
 
Happo One

Hakuba47-Goryu

Tsugaike

Norikura

Cortina
 
Daily programme:
 
• Breakfast “onigiri + coffee & cookie”
• Stop at the convenient store for breakfast according to individual requirements,
Delivery to the resort to catch the first gondola,
• Handover of lift pass
• Introduction of the resort, route recommendations, recommendations for places for lunch
• Transfer from the resort to RHH with a stop at the supermarket or for an onsen bath
• Evening rest at RHH, possibly transportation to dinner (according to the group's wishes)

Additionally (included in the price) during the 1st-9th day (depending on conditions and weather):
• visit of the Olympic Museum / or the history of local snowboarding
• one or two one-day trips (can be combined with skiing):
• Nozawa onsen spa village (with skiing) + museum of the history of Japanese skiing
• Shiga Kogen resort (with skiing) + monkey onsen (from the movie Baraka)
• or monkey onsen + Nagano city, following the Nagano Olympic ’98 and the Zenkoji temple
 
10th day (possibly 12th day, if no program in Tokyo)
Transfer to Tokyo (transport by car "minibus" or highway-bus)
 
12th day
Transfer to the airport, departure to Europe, or further stay in Japan...
 
and optionally a tour in Tokyo:
11th-12th day: Tokyo - a program of your choice and of the group's wishes + individual free time
program options: walks through the center of Tokyo: Shibuya, Ebisu, Shinjuku, Ja-ne-sen, Ropongi, Sky Tree tower, katana museum, Tokyo Tower, ...

The whole package Price
including always the 8 days lift-pass!
starts from 1,750 Euro (without program in Tokyo)
up to 2,200 Euro (including Tokyo and all extra services / excluding backcountry guide)

The price always includes:
• Hakuba Valley lift-pass for 8 days of riding
• transfer by car ("minibus") from Tokyo airport (Narita / Haneda) directly to accommodation in Hakuba
• accommodation for 8 - 11 nights in Hakuba
• breakfast "onigiri, coffee and biscuit"
• two one-day trips of your choice
• transfer Hakuba - Tokyo
• transfer Tokyo - airport
• everyday’s transfers by minibus Captain Bubble for the entire stay
• guide and driver for the entire stay

You can order and purchase the following services:
• complete backcountry / freeride tours with a professional guide (approx. 150 € / day / person)
• 4x dinner of 4 different types of Japanese cuisine (sashimi/sushi, soba/udon, shabu-shabu, okonomiaki / approx. 25 € / dinner)
• 2 nights accommodation in Tokyo (approx. 2x 100 €)
• luggage shipping and transport from Hakuba directly to the airport (60 €)
• Shinkansen bullet train, route: Nagano – Tokyo (approx. 100 €)
• bullet train from Tokyo – to Narita airport (approx. 30 €)

Price does not include:
• flight ticket Europe – Tokyo – Europe
• winter sports extra insurance (obligatory for participation),
I recommend the insurance valid outside the ski resort (for those planning to go off the slopes).
• 12x lunch (approx. 10 €) and 8x dinner (approx. 10 – 25 €)
• pocket money

Accommodation:

Riders’ House Hakuba, Nagano, Japan

bedroom for 2 (double bed) – for an additional charge of 100 € / person / whole term
bedroom for 4 (double, single, single)

In Riders’ House there is: kitchen, living room, HI-FI sound system, TV with HDMI, bathroom with shower, toilet, ski room, drying room, garage with workshop and equipment for ski / snowboard maintenance, spare equipment rental, …WI-FI.