Located in the beautiful Iwate Prefecture, Shizukuishi is a true Japanese hidden...
October 3, 2024
the dry, light snow only found in the coldest parts of central Hokkaido...
January 23, 2023
Once I bought baby formula from my local supermarket in Kutchan, Japan thinking ...
December 2, 2019
Unsurprisingly, the most popular resorts in Japan tend to be the ones with the m...
November 21, 2019
Introducing the inaugural 'Snow Chasers Pass'... Our answer to a multi-resort da...
November 15, 2019
SUNŌKERU’ is a “short, curved, hard rubber tube through which a snowboarder...
November 8, 2019
Kagura Ski Resort’s season runs from late November to early May. There you can...
September 27, 2019
Steaming sulphuric hot pools and plenty of snow, Manza Onsen is home to two Japa...
September 13, 2019
There’s an abundance of visual delights, so limiting the list to five was no e...
September 5, 2019
We revisit this underappreciated prefecture and provide some must-do cultural ac...
July 26, 2019
If you're like us you can't go longer than a few weeks without watching some foo...
June 12, 2019
Well, we did not see that one coming… From deluge to drought in a day, the Nis...
February 28, 2019
Spring is a more challenging time of year for forecasting compared to Winter, wh...
February 28, 2019
Is February the new January when it comes to skiing in Japan? Find out how good ...
February 15, 2019
The fabled 'Japanuary' has come to an end but the powder skiing sure hasn’t…...
January 31, 2019
The last two weeks have brought us lots of beautiful bluebird days with the occa...
January 18, 2019
The 2019 Freeride World Tour (FWT) begins in just four days in Hakuba, Japan wit...
January 15, 2019
The Japanese snow season is now ticking along nicely, and generally speaking, sn...
January 14, 2019
Snowboard extraordinaire Travis Rice is out of the spotlight in his latest film,...
January 3, 2019
I type this it's currently snowing outside with the Grasshopper calling for 1 t...
December 25, 2018
You can get excited about good snowfalls on Christmas Eve, as well as a big sno...
December 20, 2018
Ohayou gozaimasu from snowy Niseko Japan! A place that provided so much pow on a...
December 18, 2018
Since my last outlook, those grassy mountain pastures have turned white, and ski...
December 17, 2018
The overall vibe I’m getting is that we can expect average snowfalls on Hokkai...
November 13, 2018