Oct 25, 2017 | Resort, Winter Sports
A brilliant take on the Hokkaido powder experience from DPS. Amazing to see the super slo-mo of 1600 frames per second from the Phantom Cam filmed on location at Kiroro Resort. Here in Niseko the latest range of DPS skis are available for hire or to purchase from...
Oct 23, 2017 | News, Resort, Snow Reports
Today’s typhoon brought pretty wild weather and what is almost snow at village level … well sleety, slushy accumulation anyway. We imagine that up high you could probably strap a board on or click into an old pair of skis and slide around a bit, though you would...
Oct 23, 2017 | Food & Drink, Guides & Schools, Hiking & Bike Trails, News, Travel
Each year the arrival of the Salmon schools migrating back up river to spawn is a sure sign winter is on it’s way in Hokkaido. This annual salmon run (Which happens for most of October) links perfectly with the Autumn leaves and looking at the coloration of the...
Oct 19, 2017 | Winter Sports
As the first snow makes it down to village level (albeit only for a few seconds before melting) the reality that winter and rideable snow are not too far away has everyone in Niseko turning thier gaze mountainside. We thought about now was a perfect time to get a...
Oct 18, 2017 | News, Resort
Last night a strong cold front hit Hokkaido and also arrived in the Niseko. All of the mountains in the region are coated in a decent layer of snow. Here in Niseko we have not had a accumulations settle but we have seen plenty of footage of falling snow from Kutchan...