Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder ... The most popular skiing can be split into two main areas: Nagano/Hakuba (main island), and the various ski resorts around Sapporo like Niseko ...

The town of Hakuba in northern Nagano Prefecture is no stranger ... but Hakuba remained just one among a host of ski options overshadowed by Japan’s premier resort Niseko. The town ramped ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the ... so visitors can enjoy skiing and snowboarding in our many world-class ski resorts. In particular, Hakuba, Shiga kogen, and Nozawa Onsen are ...

Home to many of the venues of the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, plus a Freeride World Tour stop, the valley features 10 different ski resorts (some of which are interconnected), plus access to Japan ...

Lodge Nagano is a simple budget lodge with an ... Hakuba Valley, a two-hour train ride from Tokyo, is Japan’s largest ski destination. It is streaked with over 200 runs that cater to all levels ...

Possibly the best-known ski resort in Japan, Niseko is world-famous for its ... 1970s and 1998 served as one of the host venues for the Nagano Olympics. Nozawa Onsen is best for the traditional ...

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest ... They headed to a resort in the Hakuba Valley that had hosted events for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. They took a lift ...

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic ... only 1% were foreign tourists. Ski resorts in Hakuba Village in Nagano, meanwhile, are filled with foreign visitors. The reason: It takes just ...

This snow overkill is routine across Japan’s 400-plus ski resorts, and is thanks to constant ... about an hour north of Nagano, remains resolutely Japanese. Hot springs bubble to the surface ...