SAPPORO—This ski season in Hokkaido, a growing number of skiers and snowboarders have gotten lost in the backcountry after ...

Hoshino Resorts Tomamu, located in central Hokkaido, features a ski area and tower hotels that are popular with tourists from China and other countries. Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart acquired the ...

Spot rare wildlife, soak in a hot spring and sail in a frozen wonderland on Japan’s northernmost island.

In general, resorts that receive more than 300 inches of ... January is the peak of ski season for most of Japan, but particularly Hokkaido, which sees its heaviest and most consistent snowfall in the ...

Myoko Suginohara doesn’t have much advanced terrain, and the black runs are not particularly challenging, but it’s a great intermediate Japanese ski resort. Skiing in Hokkaido is an iconic ...

Northern Japan received record snowfall on February 4. The city of Obihiro observed 124 centimetres of snowfall in 24 hours ...

Vail Daily reporter John LaConte snowboards through the trees at the Kamui Ski Links, a municipally owned ski resort in ...

North America’s largest ski resort oozes prestige (Getty Images ... A magnet for Asia’s elite, Niseko on Hokkaido Island is not short of deep “champagne” powder, traditional onsen hot ...

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

Qantas will begin a seasonal route to Hokkaido, Japan’s powder fields. The post Qantas announces seasonal snow flights to ...

The most popular skiing can be split into two main areas: Nagano/Hakuba (main island), and the various ski resorts around Sapporo like Niseko and Rusutsu (on Hokkaido). Of course, there are dozens of ...