Since the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, skiing has been big news in Japan and for decades now, this destination has sat firmly atop ...

Skiing at Niseko Grand Hirafu should be on every skier's bucket list. There’s enough snow to go around, and then some.

It started snowing as soon as we stepped into our taxi at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo; great big flakes, falling fast and ...

Japan’s Yeti Snow Park is the first resort to open for the 27th year in a row, but with all man-made snow. The race to begin the 2025/26 ski season had North American resorts like Keystone and ...

With demand for Japan at an all-time high - search traffic up 50% and enquiries soaring 124% year-on-year - Ski Safari has created three all-new Ski & City Safaris that combine Japan’s legendary ...

Hakuba Valley is located in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, which is just three hours from Tokyo by bullet train. The valley is nestled high in the Japanese Alps and enjoys some of the best powder in the ...

Japan's main islands are roughly bisected by mountains as tall as 12,000 feet from south to north. Among the country's over 500 ski areas, the most popular are on the northern island of Hokkaido and ...