Ski Adventure in Myoko Kogen

By Kate McRobie Last updated March 23, 2026

After a season of scarce snowfall in the Alps, professional skiers Julien Lange and Flo Bastien made their way to Myoko Kogen, Japan, to chase the snowstorm of the decade. With powder-starved souls, read on to experience Myoko through the eyes of the Yuki Dake crew in this thrilling travel report!

Mountainwatch Travel | Written by Julien Lange and Flo Bastien

Being a pro skier in Europe has been hard work this year as the Alps has had about as much snowfall as the Sahara averages so far. With myself, Julien Lange and Flo Bastien focusing on filming rather than contests this season we couldn’t do much without powder, so when Mountainwatch Travel (previously Liquid Snow Tours) invited us over to Myoko Kogen, Japan to ride the snowstorm of the decade we hopped straight on a plane.

I had never been to the main island before, but I heard rumours of taller, more alpine peaks than on Hokkaido. Haven’t had the chance to see if it’s true yet because it’s been continuously dumping snow since we got here.

Which has been just fine for us powder starved Europeans. The crew at Yuki Dake has been showing us around to the good spots in the trees, with all the pillow smashing and air boosting we’ve been craving, while keeping us comfy in the evenings at the traditional Japanese onset that they renovated to a lodge this summer.

Super happy to be here, and they say the storm’s only just getting started.

– Nikolai

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Kate McRobie

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Kate McRobie is a digital marketing specialist with over ten years' experience across New Zealand, Amsterdam and Japan in the sports and snow industries, including campaigns for Netflix, Under Armour, Giant Bicycles and Vans. She spent two back-to-back seasons based in Niseko, Japan, heading up marketing for HTM across some of the region's largest hotels, ski schools, rental operations and restaurants.

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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Ski Adventure in Myoko Kogen

After a season of scarce snowfall in the Alps, professional skiers Julien Lange and Flo Bastien made their way to Myoko Kogen, Japan, to chase the snowstorm of the decade. With powder-starved souls, read on to experience Myoko through the eyes of the Yuki Dake crew in this thrilling travel report!

Want to experience Myoko Kogen for yourself?

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