UCABU photobook and photo exhibition

Nov 17, 2017 | Events, News, Resort, Winter Sports

UCABU Hot Air Balloon x Snowboarding Niseko Japan from Junichiro Watanabe on Vimeo. Tonight sees the latest exhibition by local photographer Junichiro Watanabe. This year Jun has created something special. UCABU literally translates to floating in Japanese. The whole...

Niseko Snow Report, 17 November 2017

Nov 17, 2017 | News, Resort, Snow Reports

*10cm has fallen in the last 24 hours in Niseko. At 6:30 today the temperature was -2.5°C. The early season snowfall has continued and we have a solid top up and it is still snowing. The snow has a very light powdery quality which can be explained by the cold...

Niseko Weather … a primer.

Nov 16, 2017 | News, Resort, Snow Reports, Winter Sports

It’s that time of year when everyone who has spent more than 10 minutes in Niseko or visited once in 96 has a weather theory and the ability to see into the future. You could even say weather forecasting is an unofficial winter sport here. Some folks go with the...

Niseko Snow Report, 16 November 2017

Nov 16, 2017 | Snow Reports

*22cm has fallen in the last 24 hours in Niseko. At 6:30 today the temperature was -1.5°C. Some serious snowfall overnight and it looks like the snow clearers will be back at work this morning making the roads passable! With strong winter like conditions today and a...

Enter the White World

Nov 15, 2017 | News

Surprisingly from 8:00 is started snowing and then it DUMPED. In a matter of an hour the snowfall transformed the region into….winter. Here is a short edit driving through Hirafu Village to Kutchan and back. Enter the White World in Niseko from 360niseko on...