Like almost all of the ski areas in Japan the hill I went to yesterday has no or very little machine snow infrastructure so in warm seasons their open period is either very short or really low quality skiing/snowboarding. I believe 2022/23 was pretty terrible for the low elevation central Honshu resorts. Shiga Kogen up the road was fine because of the extra approx 3500 feet base elevation and 5000 feet extra top elevation.
The town we are staying in is very authentic with family run ryokans (tatami mats and futons on the floor) and restaurants that seat about 10 people and by last nights standard serve very good food. From what I can tell there is very little English spoken by the proprietors so communication is sometimes interesting.
For the beer thread but they have a local brewery that do great beers including a cracking porter.
The town we are staying in is very authentic with family run ryokans (tatami mats and futons on the floor) and restaurants that seat about 10 people and by last nights standard serve very good food. From what I can tell there is very little English spoken by the proprietors so communication is sometimes interesting.
For the beer thread but they have a local brewery that do great beers including a cracking porter.