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Weekly Japan Snow Forecast – The Grasshopper

Powder slashes in the Hakuba trees may be just around the corner. Konnichiwa my fellow froth merchants, this is your faithful Grasshopper bringing you the first forecast of the 2018/2019 northern hemisphere snow season. Now t [...]

What’s On At Happo-One During The 2018/19 Season

Happo-One is the largest and most popular resort in the Hakuba Valley, and will be celebrating a milestone this season! Happo-One will celebrate its 60th anniversary this season and with this anniversary comes many new changes, ad [...]

What’s On At Hakuba 47 + Goryu This Season

Hakuba 47 + Goryu are two of the most popular ski resorts in the Hakuba Valley and are just a short 5-10 minute drive from the main Happo village. Hakuba 47 and Goryu are interconnected and accessed off the same lift pass which me [...]

Nagano Snow Chasers – Day Tours From Hakuba

If you’re staying in Hakuba, Myoko, Madarao or Nozawa Onsen, and love riding POW then we have something for you! Across these resorts we have a bunch of great, qualified backcountry guides who offer exciting backcountry day [...]

Top 10 Ski Resorts In North America For 2019 | According To Forbes Magazine

By Matt Wiseman – December 11th, 2018 For the last several years, Forbes magazine, known for its business-heavy reportage on topics such as finance, investing, technology, entrepreneurship and marketing, have somewhat oddly [...]

Kicking Horse Leading Canada’s Biggest Terrain Expansion for 2018/19

One of Canada’s most hardcore ski resorts – abeit still ranking in the top 5 for families – is now even more hardcore as skier and boarders can access more advanced and expert terrain than ever before! | December [...]

Rusutsu Joins The Epic Australia Pass

RUSUTSU, JAPAN JOINS THE EPIC AUSTRALIA PASS FOR THE 2019-20 WINTER SEASON Rusutsu joins the Epic Australia Pass, Epic Pass and Epic Local Pass in a long-term alliance, beginning with the 2019-20 winter season Epic Australia Pass, [...]

Your Complete Guide To Hakuba This Season

Just over three hours from downtown Tokyo in the Northern Japanese Alps lies Hakuba – one of the world’s great ski destinations. If you’ve rightfully decided to tick this winter paradise off your bucket list, we’ve put [...]

Beyond the Hotspots: Hidden-Gem Ski Resorts in Japan to Explore

You’ve probably heard of the likes of Niseko and Hakuba but there are over 500 different ski resorts across Japan. Here are a few of our top recommendations. If you’re looking to escape the westerners and experience an [...]

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What’s New In Japan For The 2018/19 Ski Season

G.N.A.R. – The Squaw Valley Skiing Game – Full Movie

Gnar (adj.): A shortened version of the word gnarly, meaning high on the scale of dangerousness and coolness. – Urban Dictionary.com or, G.N.A.R: Gafney’s Numerical Assessment of Radness. Taking it’s name from the l [...]

Ski Hakuba with Kids!

Our Sales Team Manager, Justine has organised countless family ski holidays over the past 11 years. Here she explains her top recommendations for skiing Hakuba with kids. Why Hakuba? Hakuba is one of Japan’s premier winter de [...]

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nicky sullivan

Lizzie was so helpful, gave us some options and advice to help us pinpoint where we wanted to go. And once we had booked provided some really helpful travel advice and answering questions we had. Easy to deal with, everything was smooth and we had a great time.

Shelly Drewitz

Calum was awesome at helping us every step of the way with our trip. We got a great deal on the accommodation and ski lift, and we will definitely come back to Mountainwatch next time based on his excellent service.

Mark K Grant

I booked my Japan ski holiday through Mountainwatch. Very professional and when we arrived in Japan all was laid out for us. The accommodation was even nicer than expected. KIrsty was very good to work with and made things very easy!!!! will book again next season.

Jess

Great experience booking through this company, our contact Anna was brilliant, and organised a fantastic ski trip for us. The travel was all clearly laid out, the accommodation was lovely, the ski field was fantastic, great range of local dining options and bars.

Brett A

Mountain Watch are great, well organised and excellent advice on locations and accommodation. Highly recommended!

darren martin

Thanks Kirsty for helping arrange our family trip to Myoko for Xmas 2025, we had an amazing time

Jan Kelly

Thanks Kirsty, once again your arrangements for us in Japan worked very well. We’ll have no hesitation about touching base with you before we make another booking….. not sure if we’ll be organised by June, but we’ll see. Have a great season yourself and keep up the good work at MountainWatch. Regards Jan and Tom

Samantha Farr

Our trip to Hakuba and Tokyo was so smooth and easy thanks to the help of Justine. Hotel was great and in a perfect location and it was very smooth having all our extras like lessons and rentals booked and sorted before we arrived. Would 100% book through Mountainwatch Travel again!

John Durham

This is the second year that Kristy has organized travel arrangements for a skiing holiday to Furano in Japan, for us. It is the second time that those arrangements have been fulfilled seamlessly. No hassles, as planned and on time. Perfect, and will use Mountainwatchj Travel again. John Durham

Simone B

We booked through Anna O’Malley for our stay in Nozawa onsen Village in Japan. Seamless service, prompt, and pricing reasonable. The Shimataya View Hotel, was a lovely stay. Room size was large, great views, and Amazing service from Staff. Momoi and Eloisa couldn’t help enough- from dinner reservations to organising luggage to Tokyo. Property is older, though clean, well maintained. 10 min walk to slopes, 5 min walk to village centre. I recommend Mountain Watch, and this property. Photos are the view from our room.

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