Good guide by Xiao Xi who speaks Japanese, Chinese and English. communicates updates, meeting schedule and recommendations by WhatsApp chat group. when there's no data available, he will also update verbally. 1 night star at hotel green plaza hakuba which is great . kamikochi recommended route which is easy as started the walk early and ending at Kappa bashing bridge. those wanting to walk further to moyjin first pond will need to pack lunch earlier as to avoid lunch crowd at Kamikochi (otherwise the lunch crowd doesn't allow enough time to go to moyjin and back). Kurobe dam and Tateyama: good recommendations to buy and pack some lunch as limited time for lunch. started early snowing so could have brought along some slip on shoe grips as it can be icy at Fujinooritate.