Otaru Snow and Light Path Festival

Feb 9, 2014 | News, Travel

Forgive the awkward name, this is a very cool little festival that takes place in nearby Otaru. Unfortunately due to the timing clash, this festival lives in the shadows of the much larger Sapporo Snow Festival. However, Otaru isn’t trying to compete with Sapporo as...

What’s Happening Around Town – 7th February to 14th February

Feb 8, 2014 | News, Travel

Things are starting to quiet down after the peak period of Chinese New Year, but there is still plenty happening in and around Niseko. Cultural The biggest thing happening this week is the 65th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, which runs until February 11th – for more...

Red Bull Freeze

Jan 29, 2014 | News

Talk about a fusion sport! In 2012 a bright young Canadian decided to make ice-skating a little more extreme by taking it off the flat skating rink, and moving it to a terrain park, blending ice-skating with inline-skating and creating Ice Cross. Last year was the...

Otaru Ushio Festival

Jul 29, 2013 | News, Travel

Last weekend Otaru City celebrated it’s 47th Otaru Ushio Festival. The 3 day festival was packed with all sorts of entertainment and cultural exchanges and centered around the main downtown port area near the historic canal. Lots of people were dressed in...

Niseko Snow Report, 4 February 2012

Feb 4, 2012 | Snow Reports, Travel

Powder Reset *17.2cm of fresh snow has fallen since yesterday morning and at 6:30am today the temperature was -9°C. After yesterdays snowfall and another significant fall through out the last 24hrs conditions will be great up there on the mountain. Useful...