Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, ...

I am somewhere in the trees. Thigh-deep in powder. Stomping through the snow. Not riding my board as I should be but carrying it. Muttering to myself about taking the wrong line and getting stuck, I ...

KUTCHAN, Hokkaido--An internationally renowned ski resort area in the Niseko region in southwest Hokkaido is often said to be part of Japan, but not in the same "vein." The area has been developed ...

Niseko continues to define Japan’s international ski boom, drawing global visitors with deep powder and English-friendly services. As travel rebounds, other regions are following suit, from Hakuba ...

BROOMFIELD — Vail Resorts on Wednesday announced a partnership with one of the snowiest and most celebrated powder-skiing resorts in the world — Niseko, Japan. This is the first Asian partnership for ...

New luxury ski hotel Niseko Kyo hosted its official ribbon cutting and opening ceremony on Friday 20th of October ahead of the launch for guests on November 30th - ready for Niseko’s 2023/34 season.

Niseko, a once sleepy farming area in southwest Hokkaido, has gone through a series of booms and busts over the years. For now, in what is arguably Asia’s premier ski destination, it is all boom.

I’m a Jewish ski bum. At the end of our highest holidays, the phrase, “Next year in Jerusalem” is said as a wish for all Jews to be able to return to the homeland. I’m quasi-observant, but had the ...

There is something inexplicably calming about watching falling snow. The way it drifts gently in the breeze before - as if having made up its mind - settling onto a pile of fresh white powder. My ...