After living in Singapore for 1 1/2 years, my kids are dying to see some snow!!! I have a 4 year old and a 10 year old. Where would you suggest we go for skiing after Christmas? Any resorts you would suggest and other activities? Thanks.

You can take a look at some of these links for more information on skiing here in Japan:

http://www.tokyofamilies.com/archive...alaYuzawa.html

http://www.skijapanguide.com/index.php

http://www.evergreen-hakuba.com/ski/

Nagano, site of a Winter Olympics, is easy to reach from Tokyo.

http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/rtg/pdf/pg-406.pdf

We have skied twice in japan. Once in Nagano about 8 years ago,and once in Niseko about 20 years ago.

Nagano is close and simple from Tokyo, and there are lots of places to stay and ski. Very easy for foreigners.

Niseko is a bit harder. You can take the shinkansen train or fly up to Sapporo then take a short train to Niseko. We stayed in a very traditional inn, and only skied two days out of our week there, as our daughter was too little to ski, so we did shifts.

It was a nice resort, and the rentals and runs were excellent. At that time, there were very few non-Japanese tourists, so there was no English signage and it was tricky getting around. I've heard it has been "discovered" now and is easy for foreigners.

I was just reading about Nikko in <i>New Japan Solo</i>. There are a pair of ski resorts in the Nikko area. One is at/near Yumoto Onsen. Besides the Nikko attractions and the hiking in the area there is a Edo Mura (Edo period village) with performances including a ninja one. The book says that kids love the place. There is also a monkey theater.

Thanks for the advise...