Skiing several feet of fresh, untracked powder in Daisetsuzan National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, I feel like I’m bouncing around inside a cumulus cloud ...

Japan is actually split into 14,125 islands, but the only two you have to worry about for skiing are Honshu (the large main island) and Hokkaido (its smaller northern neighbor). Luckily, the western ...

In this skier’s guide to Hokkaido, I’ll share a few guided trips, family-friendly hotels, trustworthy ski shops and tips to help you plan your own adventure.

Japan is the Holy Grail for skiers who love to ski deep powder. On the northern island of Hokkaido, the mountains are known for frequent snowfall, après ski means soaking in an outdoor onsen with ...

With snowfall accumulations of up to 45 feet each winter, the northern Japanese island prefecture of Hokkaido has garnered the attention of wide-eyed powder hounds from around the world. There are … ...

Travel Well in Hokkaido, Japan with our epic snow guide! We were on a tight budget and found affordable accommodation, cheap ...

Hokkaido Where To Ski. Niseko: Japan’s answer to Whistler, Niseko is the nation’s most visited and most developed ski resort, with lots of hotels, bars, four interconnected ski mountains with ...

Club Med took over two hotels in the Kiroro ski area (about a 1.5-hour drive from Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport) and revamped both in the past two years with its signature colourful sense of ...

Hokkaido has more than a dozen resorts to choose from. Kiroro , located about 90 minutes from the New Chitose Airport in Sapporo, has flown under the radar for years, but that’s changing.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already aware that the skiing in Japan is really, really good. Heck, they even named a whole month after it–Japanuary. With upwards of 400 established ski ...