We started our spring season last week.

We are having wilderness first aid training corse this week with the Japan MTB Guide Meeting. It’s so important to have this training for people in the adventure sports market. Our staff, Ymkn Seth and me (Michie) took this also. We hope to offer this corse next year also.

We  got a trampoline again last week. It’s been 2 years since we lost our last one. We heard lots of request from guest to have have a trampoline again. So here it is. It’s bit smaller than last one but still really good. The biggest request to our director Dan, was from Ymkn’s 3 years old girl. She said “Where is trampoline uncle Dan?”

We all looking forward to having you come and try our trampoline.

Kirara Kamp and NORTHSTAR will present a Kids Snowboard Camps in Golden Week. We had photo and video shooting together the last two years for Super Kids and this year is not only for super kids but also for everybody who wants to ride little bit longer. In the morning campers ride in Norikura Spring Park. In the later afternoon they will back to NORTHSTAR lodge and challenge Mountain biking and Tyrollean Traverse.

Dates: Session A: May 2nd-4th(Sat-Mon) / Session B: May 4th-6th(Mon-Wed)
Place: NORTHSTAR & Norikura Spring Park *also open to public.
Ages: 4th to 9th grade snowboarders who can park-ride (1st to 3rd grade need to be accepted on special basis)
Capacity: 20 kids for each session
Fee: Kids: ¥30,000 (include; 2 nights lodging with 6 meals, program fee, insurance, park entrance fee)
Parents: ¥19,000 (include; 2 nights lodging with 6 meals. Not include; program fee, insurance, park entrance fee)
Optional Backcountry Tour: ¥8,500 (include; guide fee, lunch, transportation, equipment rentals)
Coaches Michiyo Hashimoto (Micchyan), Hayato Imai (Lion), NORTHSTAR staff
Contents Park Riding (w/ one point lessons), MTB, Indoor Rock Climbing, Bouldering, Tyrollean Traverse, Campfire, etc
For Parents: Photo Clinic by Seth McAllister, NORTHSTARphotographer.

For more detail or contact us from reservation page.

Norikura-Kogen Onsen Skiresort finished the season last weekend though we had some snow falls this week and some of riders might think they need to ride more. Here is a great news for you.

Bus rides to Kuraigahara will start from Golden Week and there will many snowboarders and skiers to go up to backcountry. There will be snow also at the top of ski resort, Kamoshika then. This season, we will have a Spring Park at Kamoshika bottom. It will be a hike up access though we will be waiting for the riders who want to ride more.

Date: May 2nd to 6th (Sat to Wed)
Time: 10:00AM-2:00PM
Fee: Day Pass- ¥500, 5-Day Pass- ¥1500
Items: 6m kicker, box, rail, etc (It depends on the snow condition and weather)

As you know yesterday was April Fools. All uf us at NORTHSTAR are doing best at Norikura.

NZ Branch? Someday!

NORTHSTAR to start New Zealand Branch Lodge. We will start preparations to open in Wanaka from June and open for operations in October 09. Opening a new lodge is not an easy matter and so we are sending some of our best staff there to start. The Yamaguchi and McAllistar families will move be moving to NZ the end of April to make sure things move smoothly. And of course we will be offering tour packages from Japan to NZ.

In addition, we will need billingal staff to help with this new project. If you are interested, please contact us at info@ridenorthstar.com.

Please support NORTHSTAR as we grow bigger.

See you in New Zealand!