Category: Accommodations in Niseko

IN the time it takes to read the US-flavoured news in The Japan Times and eat a Japan Rail bento box breakfast (smoked fish, sesame pork, nori roll, vegetables, pickled radish, sour plum, rice, green tea; about $10), my shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo has hurtled across Honshu, Japan’s main island, and climbed almost imperceptibly […]

Scorching droughts, desperate famines, rising sea levels, blah blah blah. When it comes to global warming, ski bums want to know one thing: How will it affect the powder? There’s already a snow crisis brewing in warmer resorts around the world. But few areas are as insulated from global warming as Japan’s northern island of […]

So there’s not enough snow on Europe’s mountains. In Hokkaido, Japan, they get daily doses of fresh white stuff. And there are luxuries you won’t find in the Alps, too, says Minty Clinch. You’d have to be crazy to go skiing in Japan. Or so I thought. But a week in Hokkaido’s powder heaven for […]

by Rachael Oakes-Ash From: www.smh.com.au To some snow hounds, apres equals sex. If they got some then the town rates high on the apres-metre. To others it’s about the variety of bars despite the fact the drink of choice remains the same, Jaigermeister. Loved up couples on tour, meanwhile, insist it’s about an open fire, bottle […]

Niseko, known for housing the best ski resorts in Japan, is nestled in the Japanese Northern Island of Hokkaido in the Abuta District. It is situated approximately two hours from the airport in Sapporo. It provides tourists and locals alike with amazing ski slopes and beautiful scenery. The Niseko area is essentially divided into four […]