Located in the beautiful Iwate Prefecture, Shizukuishi is a true Japanese hidden...

March 28, 2023

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

In our opinion, Niseko United offers the best night skiing in the world. This vi...

November 11, 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

Direct flights from Sydney to Sapporo have just been added for the ski season, s...

April 18, 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 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