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  • Record-breaking Snowfall Covers Northern Japan

    Yet another snowfall record to add to this season! A few inches of snow can bring cities to a standstill, imagine what happens when more than 4 feet of snow falls in just 12 hours! That’s exactly what hit Obihiro, a city on the [...]

  • Grasshopper’s Japan 2024-2025 Snow Season Outlook, Mid-Season Update

    Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper After a record-breaking December with some spots breaking 68-year-old records and some very deep days in Japan we now find ourselves at the end of January. The past 10 days have been relatively dr [...]

  • Once-in-20-Years Snowfall Sets the Stage for Niseko’s 2025 Season

    Niseko’s Just Getting Started! As we gear up to welcome 2025, Niseko is already celebrating with one of its best early-season snow starts in years!  By December 17th, the area had recorded an incredible 142cm of snow—its [...]

  • Hakuba Snowfall at a 10-Year High, Christmas Storm to Bring Even More Snow!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year… …for shredders across Japan, as ski resorts nationwide are off to an absolute flyer! While Niseko continues to make headlines with their heaviest snowfall in decades, Honshuâ [...]

  • La Niña Serves Up Early, Plentiful Fresh Powder To Japan!

    La Niña is already delivering the goods with colder temperatures and consistent snowfall – the taps are on full blast with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.  As we head into the season, the numbers are already looking [...]

  • Mountainwatch Travel’s Guide to Myoko Kogen

    There are so many Japanese resorts to choose from and Myoko Kogen has got to be one of our favourites. Joe Stanco, owner and operator of Joey’s Myoko, has been living in Myoko for a few winters now. As well as owning his rental [...]

  • Get to know the Shiga Kogen Prince Hotel

    Shiga Kogen is both the largest interconnected resort and highest resort in all of Japan, meaning there’s so much terrain to explore. In total there are 18 connected resorts. The area comprises a wide variety of terrain across t [...]

  • Travel – A Ski Holiday and Wellness Retreat in One at Nozawa Onsen

    By Alex Parsons The hot spring waters of  Nozawa Onsen are said to have special healing properties. From quelling mental stress to soothing aches and pains, the steaming bath houses are beacons of wellness, frequented by Japanes [...]

  • Why You Need To Travel To Japan

    Japan offers some of the best snow in the world, but it offers a whole lot more as well. Here’s why you need to travel to Japan.  When most people think of skiing in Japan they think of Niseko or Hakuba, however, there are [...]

  • Nozawa – Great Snow and Traditional Japanese Culture Make It the Perfect Family Holiday Destination

      There’s something special about showing your family the beauty of Nozawa Onsen in Japan. The kids getting excited over oyaki (steamed buns) in the street or playing on their tatami mats and futons. Your partner marvelling [...]

  • Hakuba Photo Journal – Late December 2019

    It’s been a slower December than usual across Japan in terms of snowfall, but there have been plenty of moments worth capturing. While we haven’t seen consistent snowfall to have all lifts running in Hakuba, the upper [...]

  • Top 10 Do’s And Dont’s When In Japan

    Strap in folks we’re going on a tour of some lesser known things to learn (the easy way, not the hard way) in Japan. Photo: Matt Wiseman/Niseko Photography & Guiding Liquid Snow Tours | Matt Wiseman [...]

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