On Sep 16, 11:08 am, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 15, 6:37 pm, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > January/February would probably be a safer bet.  Again, depending on
> > weather.
>
> That's what I figure. The folks asking the question are going in early
> December and I advised them against getting their hopes up, but
> thought if there's some heli skiing someplace that might be an option.
> I reminded them that the Nagano Olympics had issues with it being too
> warm.
>

Have them check this out:

http://www.welovesnow.com/eng/index.php

One of the resorts listed is Kagura which claims to open in late
November.
That includes places like Mt. Naeba which looks really nicely snow
bound
during weather reports when the season hits.

http://www.princehotels.co.jp/ski/naeba/index.html

It probably will be a cold winter this year but that doesn't mean
snow, unfortunately.
They really shouldn't get their hopes up.