Finding quality self-contained accommodation in Niseko or Hakuba can be a daunting task at the best of times, but with Japan’s ski season rapidly approaching and a tourism boom in …
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Hajimemashite to the readers of Ski Asia! I’m Eliot Cochrane, and I’ll be sharing insights on skiing in the Tohoku area this season. Tohoku offers incredible snow, unique resorts, and …
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If you want to save, planning and booking the individual parts of your winter trip to Japan online is the best move. It involves a little more effort, but when …
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I don’t think there are many places in the world where you can “hire” a snowboarding Olympic gold medallist for the day, but that’s exactly what’s on offer at Aomori …
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Social media-savvy skiers may have come across a recent TikTok from Australian outdoorsman and Alone Australia season 1 contestant Outback Mike, lamenting the incredible price jump of a Perisher lift …
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While the term “driving distance” is relative to how keen for pow you might be on any given day, here, it refers mostly to those within 30km, with the only …
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Japan is in the midst of a tourism boom, with 2024 set add almost 44.6 trillion yen to the economy – a 5.7% increase on 2019’s contribution. The upshot is …
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If you’re used to ski trips where you stay in the same resort for a week or more, usually at a ski-in, ski-out hotel, organising a multi-resort ski trip can …
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For a while now, Japan has been known as a go-to spot for powder fiends. With an influx of pow hunters flocking to its renowned ski regions such as Niseko, …
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Recent ski seasons have seen visitors increasingly likely to rent a car during their stay. Unlike some one-ski resort/one-village destinations like Nozawa Onsen, for example, the Myoko Kogen area offers …
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