Japan’s Big Ski Adventure

Nov 25, 2013 | Food & Drink, News

Last Friday the Wall Street Journal in the US ran a 2 page feature article about development in the Niseko region titled Japan’s Big Ski Adventure. The story featured 4 of my images including images shot for Shiki Niseko in January. This morning The Wall Street...

Opening Day Postponed for Grand Hirafu

Nov 22, 2013 | News

Warm weather and rain has continued unabated for the last few days which has melted the recent snowfall significantly all over the mountain. Mt Niseko Grand Hirafu Resort has postponed their scheduled opening day tomorrow until further notice. That’s right no...

Niseko Snow Report, 21 November 2013

Nov 21, 2013 | Snow Reports

*7cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:00 today the temperature was 1°C. Great to see the snow falling again 2 days before the opening of Mt Niseko Grand Hirafu Resort. Hopefully the temperature remains low and the snowfall...

Free Legal and Tax Seminar for non-Japanese Residents and Visitors

Nov 19, 2013 | News

Today at the Grand Hirafu Mountain Center there will be a free legal and taxation seminar held from 13:00 until 17:00. The seminar will be conducted in English and will be a great chance for English speaking local residents and business owners to get a break down on...

Tasty Hirafu POW

Nov 18, 2013 | News, Winter Sports

Warm rainy conditions today in Hirafu but the good news is snow is on the forecast for Thursday. It won’t be long until we are all scoring sweet tasty POW turns like the ones we has last week on the 14th….delicious.