It’s the best quality snow in Japan. In the beginning of the year, I go up every day,” says Jia-Rong Chen, who left a job in tech in Tokyo to come to Niseko for the season. “But by the middl ...

Planning your winter trip skiing in Niseko, Japan? This is the ultimate guide for your first time skiing in Niseko! Everything from the best ski area, where to eat, where to stay, how much to ...

Mapping out next season’s Japan ski trip? Discovering Snow Country is about to blow up your itinerary in the best possible ...

The Hoshinoya Lodge Niseko has planned ski-in/ski-out access and is slated ... walk or ski run and enjoy the healing elements of Japan’s hot springs for an experience rooted in discovery and ...

Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido offers much deeper snow and is where you’re much more likely to find that truly bottomless Japanese powder skiing experience. The largest and most popular ski ...

I popped my ski cherry on the beautiful mountains of Niseko in north Japan (Picture: Claie Wilson) Clutching my skis as I pose for a picture on the pristine, crisp white slope, I am the epitome of ...

But one thing hasn't changed, she said: "The snow remains fantastic." Visa's data showed that nearly half of all overseas visitors to Japan this past winter went to Niseko, according to Prateek ...

It may not have the bravado of some of Niseko’s fanciest ski-in, ski-out hotels ... In what I’ve recently found to be a recurring theme in Japan, the central heating is set and controlled ...

Once a winter wonderland for Japanese tourists, Niseko has become ... powdery snow. Cold winds from Siberia pick up moisture in the Sea of Japan, before colliding with the cold mountains of ...