Niseko Snow Report, 26 January 2014

Jan 26, 2014 | Snow Reports

*3.5cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:30 today the temperature was -3°C. Useful information from other places Snow depth at the peak, 390cm Snow depth at the base, 190cm Accumulative snow fall to date, 847cm JMA’s six hour...

Festival of Japan Opening Ceremony

Jan 25, 2014 | News

In a fantastic boon for tourists and foreign residents alike, this year is the inaugural Festival of Japan, which brings a wide variety of Japanese cultural events to Niseko. It was the opening ceremony last night, with a modest, though enthusiastic, crowd of holiday...

Demand For Real Estate in Niseko Back on Track

Jan 25, 2014 | News

After a slowdown during the Global Financial Crisis and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, it seems that demand for real estate in Niseko is once again booming, with sales nearly doubling in the last twelve months. Michael Davenport from Niseko Consulting has...

Niseko Snow Report, 24 January 2014

Jan 24, 2014 | Winter Sports

*3.0cm of fresh snow has fallen in the last 24hrs in Hirafu Village. At 7:30 today the temperature was -10°C. Glen is off to Honshu for a few days on a photo shoot with Powdershots Niseko – hence the temporary snow station to take measurements. I was wishing...

Magic Morning

Jan 22, 2014 | News, Winter Sports

There wasn’t a huge amount of fresh snow in the village this morning (15.5cm – see snow report here) and peak gates weren’t set to open, so hopes weren’t high for today. Well, there was plenty of snow out there if you knew where to look, as these shots from...