TRANSFER – JAPAN – Planes, Sushi Trains and Snowmobiles

Transfer | From The Pages

With more white powder on its doorstep than the columbian drug cartels, Hokkaido’s mountainous terrain is wild in nature and only the hardiest of souls dare exist there.

Shortly before the tragic 2011 tsunami in Japan, Nick Hyne, Clint and Mitch Allan, Go Seek filmer Stu Ross and photographer Jake McBride were blessed with an amazing connection between the ancient, sacred Japanese mountains and modern transportation – a 1986 smoke billowing diesel snowcat.

This story has been extracted straight from the pages of Transfer issue 7, this trip really managed to capture the vibe of a Niseko backcountry mission!

Click through the pages using Issuu just as they were in the magazine, sit back, grab a Sapporo and enjoy the read…

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