Yukimushi Snow Insects in Niseko

Oct 15, 2018 | News

As the season edges closer another tell tale sign of the approaching snowfall in Niseko. Yukimushi or Snow Insects usually appear within a week of snowfall and have a very short life cycle. Yukimushi are tiny at around 5-7mm. The best time to find Yukimushi seems to...

First Snowfall on Mt.Yotei 2018

Oct 13, 2018 | News, Snow Reports

Over the last few days the temperature has really dropped and at long last the heating has come on. It is always a bitter sweet moment saying goodbye to summer and staring down the barrel of a long…long….long winter here in Niseko 😉 First snowfall on the...

Winter Bearing Down

Oct 2, 2018 | News, Travel, Winter Sports

Stormy weather has taken hold here in Niseko. The leaves are turning quicklyand the temperature is dropping. We are still waiting for the first real snowfall ( Hatsuyuki ) for the 2018-19 season – Mt.Yotei had a frosting a few weeks back now but as exciting as...

Hokkaido Earthquake Update

Sep 7, 2018 | Events, News

It has been an wild week here in Niseko. Typhoon #21 slammed into Hokkaido overnight on the 4th causing extensive damage and then at 03:08 yesterday on the 6th we had a 6.7 magnitude earthquake around 70 km away near Atsuma. Power was cut to the entire island...

Time-lapse Tuesday in Niseko, 12 June 2018

Jun 12, 2018 | News

Being blessed with 4 distinct seasons of varied lengths….ie winter is much longer than summer. Summer is almost here. Today it is cold and raining but when the sun returns the whole region will literally explode into summer with farmlands producing amazing...