JRT Trading Leases Chisenupuri Ski Area

Sep 22, 2016 | Hotels & Onsens, News, Resort, Winter Sports

For 2 seasons Chisenupuri Ski Area’s lifts have remained idle after Rankoshi Town decided to stop running the resort. It looks like the lift won’t be running again any time soon but….the ski area is under new management and the team will be offering...

World’s Best Heliski Operation

Sep 20, 2016 | News, Travel, Winter Sports

A pitch from the the team at Hokkaido Backcountry Club   While we may among the world’s smallest operations, we believe HBC deserves to be considered among the world’s best. Why? Because, quite frankly, we made the impossible happen. While...

Niseko Hirafu high Speed Hooded Quad Lift Construction Update

Aug 30, 2016 | News

It has been a while since we reported on the upgrade of the King Hooded Quad Lift and yesterday seemed like a good time to get up there and take a closer look. The old lift has been completely removed. Unfortunately the Hiking courses on the upper mountain have been...

Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding with Rising Sun Guides

Jul 27, 2016 | Guides & Schools, News, Winter Sports

  Guest blog post by Andrew Spragg from Rising Sun Guides   Unfortunately, Niseko is no longer the snow industry`s best kept secret and those days of endless lift accessed powder are getting harder to come by. These days you may have to travel further afield or...

5 Niseko Stories OYUKI

Jul 19, 2016 | News, Winter Sports

Yesterday on the world famous action sports website Teton Gravity Research premiered the first of 5 short films shot by My House Pictures for Niseko’s own winter apparel company OYUKI . Over the next 4 days you will be able to check out a new Niseko Story on the...