Amanda & Mike take a shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to GALA Yuzawa, an award winning ski resort just 75 minutes from Tokyo Station, for a day of snowboarding.
GALA Yuzawa:
JR Tokyo Wide Pass:
Pro tips:
JR Tokyo Wide Pass
If going to GALA Yuzawa, get a JR Tokyo Wide Pass. It’s a 3 day JR pass that allows virtually unlimited JR travel in a 2-3 hour radius of Tokyo. But more importantly, it’s less than the cost of a single shinkansen trip to GALA Yuzawa and it gives you discounts on lift tickets, locker rentals, and gear rentals.
Reserve Shinkansen Seat
Plan your shinkansen ride ahead of time to ensure that you get a reserved seat. This will make your trip a bit more stress free, but don’t worry, we had non-reserved seats and did just fine.
Snowboard Bag
If you bring your gear, have a bag, preferably a backpack style one! We felt pretty dumb trying to get through the train stations swinging our shoulder strapped bags around.
Music by Johan Lilja:
Music by Joakim Karud:
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