Sunday was the a last day of the season for the Green Curry Van, Gyu+ Bar (aka the fridge door) and other Hirafu favourites. As the snows starts to melt and the number of powder junkies dwindle, the locals who run Winter businesses in Hirafu
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One of the highlights of skiing and boarding in Japan is the Japanese hot spring. After a long day of punching through the powder, nothing beats relaxing those aching muscles in a traditional Japanese onsen. Japan’s natural geography means that it is not only blessed
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Snow is not only for boarding or skiing on but it is also magnificent just to look at. In Niseko there are some great cafes in town and there is nothing better than sitting and watching the snow falling from the sky with a hot
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Today is the start of the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival which runs for seven days and is one of Japan’s largest winter events. The main attractions of the event are the two hundred and twenty eight ice and snow sculptures: sparkling during the day and
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The snow has arrived in Niseko and we’re getting pumped! Mt Yotei is snow capped and starting to look its winter best. Time for all you snow-fiends to start your daily ritual check of the conditions. So where does all this snow come from and
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A mere two minute walk from the main quad lift, Owashi is a backpacker’s hostel designed to cater for the modern independent skier and boarder. A combination of small private rooms and great communal spaces gives guests the option to relax in quiet comfort or
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Niseko has hardly any crowds and plenty of fresh tracks and terrain to explore. The adventurous will be skiing first tracks until well after lunch unless it snows all morning, in which case you’ll be skiing clean lines until you can’t stand up anymore.

With more snow than Siberia, Niseko is reknown for some of the world’s best powder – an average of more than 15 metres every year ranked it No. 2 in the world.* Tucked up on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, it sits just across
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