Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

However, this season, industry insiders were salivating as the La Niña weather pattern — a cyclical period of cooler weather — pointed to a return to the massive snow dumps that made the island of ...

Overseas tourists are flocking to lesser-known destinations and novel services in a district on Japan’s northernmost main ...

Areas in Hokkaido saw some of the sharpest rises in land prices in 2024, thanks largely to foreign visitors who have ...

The Niseko area, in Japan’s northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido, has made a name for itself as a premium ski destination, thanks to the high quality of its powder snow — or Japow, as it’s come ...

It may not have the bravado of some of Niseko’s fanciest ski-in, ski-out hotels, but that doesn’t matter: the ACE Family Quad Lift is a two-minute walk away, accessed via a carpark at the ...

The Australian airline will operate three round-trip flights a week from Sydney to New Chitose Airport until the end of March 2026 with an eye on skiers headed to Niseko and other Hokkaido ...

Hokkaido is surrounded by water ... California will probably get no snow,” says Satoshi Nagai, general manager of Niseko Tourism Promotion, in his cramped but busy office a few minutes ...